Thank you. The reasons given are why I don't want to make a mistake when I next buy a toilet. It wil l be soon as a wash cloth stopped up the one that then cracked when I investigated the continuing clog. So sounds like 2 gall is safe. I will remember to look for 16-17 inch and around 2g. But what then is the difference between valvedless and valved? Again, thanks
On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, chiliblindman wrote: > 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 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
