On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 06:33:06 -0700, Dick LeadWinger wrote:

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:30:38 -0600, "Mike Dobony"
wrote:


"Dick" LeadWinger wrote in message
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We have two, beautiful Kohler toilets that we are changing out with
Toto's. These are 3.5 gpf toilets. I know they can be used as long
as they were installed prior to the 1.6 reg, but can they be used at
all by someone else? I was thinking of something like a mountain
cabin. These were very expensive toilets, and I hate to just put them
in the trash.

You can legally go to Canada, buy a full 3.5gpf toilet and bring it back to
the US. You can also legally give them to someone else to use. The trash
1.6 gpf was a nightmare in my old house. Just didn't have enough volume to
get the pipes cleared and had to clean the drains at least once a year. I
wished I could have found a good 3.5 gpf toilet to install there. We were
forced to install the 1.6gpf toilets in the new house and they are barely
adequate. Stupid law that only affects what is sold as new in the US.


All I can say is you haven't tried the latest generation of 1.6
toilets, like the Toto. The first time I flushed one I couldn't
believe how it sucked the bowl down. No swirling around with these
babies. They get the job done.

To follow up on my original post. We now have two Toto Ultramax
toilets in the house. They are unbelievable compared to the old 3.5
Kohlers they replaced (which went to the dump.) There is so little
action when you flush you swear nothing is going to happen, but down
it goes! We are so pleased we have another Toto on order for the 1/2
bath. This one will be a Drake, which is less expensive, but rated at
even greater performance than the Ultramax (900 grams vs 700 grams.)
We are sold on the 1.6 gpf Toto's.