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Default 12" rough-in toilets actually measure 10"?

On 9/5/2010 2:15 AM, Molly Brown wrote:
On Sep 4, 10:10 pm, wrote:
On Sep 4, 11:31 pm, wrote:

I was shopping in Lowes tonight for a basic toilet to replace an old
one we have in a rental. The original one in the rental is 10" rough
when I measured from the flange studs to the wall. Lowes only sells
12" rough-in in stock, however the toilets they had on display I
measured just for curiousity, and most actually measured about 10"
from the flange holes to the back of the tank. So I'm just wondering
why they do this?


To allow for varying wall thicknesses, for one reason, but mainly its
because a little short is a lot better than a little long.

R


Until someone leans back on it anyway.


??? Toilet tank is not supposed to touch the wall. If they can 'lean
back' and make the toilet move, either the floor and drain line assembly
are rotted out, or the tank was not secured to the bowl properly.

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