Hello Spiro. I have found there are a lot of people not very happy with
water saver johns. The main complaint is they have to be flushed twice a lot
of times.
Water savers started at around 3.5 gallons with the lowest one around 1.28
gallon. I am sure there are some made with less than the 1.28 gallons. Some
are valveless and others have valves like mine. I would think that it would be
a little misleading since during the flush water is running into the tank and
bowl from the valve. My new one probably uses 2 gal. at least per flush. That
is fine and dandy for the average person that gets plenty of fiber. I weight
in at 165 tops and the largest in my family. Now if I was constipated and
needed help to go a water saver would require more than one flush. Very large
people will require a larger water volume to flush.
Quite the subject here to discuss. Any way I got the large comfort john
and got the 1.6 gal tank. It is easy to get on and off since it is high and
large. I could have gotten a larger tank for it that holds more water. That
info will not come from a lowes type store at all. If I was doing this for
kids since it was my children's bath, if young I would have gotten the 13 1/2
inch high john with a small tank. Since my son is now over six feet tall he
said it was nice not to sit with his knees to his chin.
So john and tank size should be according to size of the user. Those wall
mounts are very nice unless you are big. If I was 300 lbs and shifted my butt
to the side, the wall would move and after awhile it will leak and or break.
That is the reason I asked at lowes and the plumbing outlets that I wanted
a water saver that always works right. The only thing the guy at lowes kept
saying was the distance from the wall was standard around 12 inches for the
bolts. I couldn't pull anymore info from him.
One thing I can say about my 7.5 gal one in the basement, it will flush
anything smaller than an elephant.
I am not sure about the water usage of the up-chuck. I have not seen any
for sale for years and that was special orders only.
.......................bob
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