On Sun, 17 May 2009 21:14:02 -0700 (PDT), Big_Jake
wrote:

On May 17, 1:41*pm, Steve Barker wrote:
trailer wrote:
We're thinking about replacing one of our 1970's era commodes in one of our
bathrooms. *We have 3 commodes in the house and will probably replace all of
them eventually. *Each commode is of the older (6 gallon?) flush type.

Years ago I was told to hang on to the older commodes because the newer ones
didn't flush well and were prone to a lot of noise.

How do the new commodes sold today work? *We are looking to save water, even
though just two adults live in the house.

Also, are the newer commodes quite? *I don't think I would accept a commode
that made a lot of flush noise.

Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.

Thanks

I've never heard of a "noisy" toilet. *And i've had real good luck with
the american standard 'wellworth' model of toilets. *If you want extra
water down the hatch (which our 6 have never needed) *you just hold the
handle down.

s

You should hear the pressure-assisted toilet I installed a few years
back. Enough to awaken even the soundest sleeper a couple of rooms
away.

I had one like that in a motel once. Like someone said, I thought a
rocket had launched.

I took the cover off the tank, and then I tried to reach Jack Bauer to
disarm the bomb inside.

Well it filled the tank and didn't look anything like any toilet I
knew, but I was able to fall asleep in the bed anyhow.

As for the "Wellworth" toilets - Kohler has made the Wellworth toilet
for some time. Are you plugging that model by Kohler, or some other
model by American Standard?

JK