A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate the
toilet a couple inches. Well, I've had toilets up. And replaced a flange one
time. But, I'll admit that I don't know any way to elevate an entire toilet
a couple inches.

I did some net search, and found booster toilet seats, and electric patient
lifters. But nothing for raising the entire toilet. Anyone done this, or
have a link?

--

Christopher A. Young
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On 2005-05-23, Stormin Mormon wrote:

A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate the
toilet a couple inches.

Toilets do come in two heights, standard height and ADA ("comfort")
height. The latter is 2" taller. Perhaps a new ADA height toilet
would be simplest?

Yours, Wayne

Stormin Mormon wrote:
I did some net search, and found booster toilet seats, and electric
patient lifters. But nothing for raising the entire toilet. Anyone
done this, or have a link?

Here you go Stormy:
http://www.dynamic-living.com/toilevator.htm

For about $100 more you can replace the entire toilet with a "comfort
height" toilet and that might make for a nicer, cleaner installation.

HTH.

Why wouln't you want to raise the seat?

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate
the
toilet a couple inches. Well, I've had toilets up. And replaced a flange
one
time. But, I'll admit that I don't know any way to elevate an entire
toilet
a couple inches.

I did some net search, and found booster toilet seats, and electric
patient
lifters. But nothing for raising the entire toilet. Anyone done this, or
have a link?

A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate the
toilet a couple inches. Well, I've had toilets up. And replaced a flange one
time. But, I'll admit that I don't know any way to elevate an entire toilet
a couple inches.

I did some net search, and found booster toilet seats, and electric patient
lifters. But nothing for raising the entire toilet. Anyone done this, or
have a link?
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The only practical way to do this is but an ADA compliant toilet and
install it. They're not very expensive.

Makes sense to me, but that wasn't the request.

--

Christopher A. Young
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"Noozer" wrote in message
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Why wouln't you want to raise the seat?

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate
the
toilet a couple inches. Well, I've had toilets up. And replaced

Might... I'll have to google that idea. Thank you.

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"Wayne Whitney" wrote in message
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On 2005-05-23, Stormin Mormon wrote:

A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate
the
toilet a couple inches.

Toilets do come in two heights, standard height and ADA ("comfort")
height. The latter is 2" taller. Perhaps a new ADA height toilet
would be simplest?

Yours, Wayne

On Mon, 23 May 2005 14:51:42 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate the
toilet a couple inches. Well, I've had toilets up. And replaced a flange one
time. But, I'll admit that I don't know any way to elevate an entire toilet
a couple inches.

I did some net search, and found booster toilet seats, and electric patient
lifters. But nothing for raising the entire toilet. Anyone done this, or
have a link?


http://www.azpartsmaster.com/shopazp...ODUCT_ID=9141E

That site has a flange extension that you might need when raising the
whole toilet. That plus a couple of new wax rings if needed, and
possibly a longer water connection.

I would cut out about 3 layers of 3/4 inch plywood and trim to fit
and then set the toilet on that. Cover the exposed area with a 2 inch
strip of vinyl floor tile and caulk generously.

"Stormin Mormon" wrote:
A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate the
toilet a couple inches. Well, I've had toilets up. And replaced a flange one
time. But, I'll admit that I don't know any way to elevate an entire toilet
a couple inches.

I did some net search, and found booster toilet seats, and electric patient
lifters. But nothing for raising the entire toilet. Anyone done this, or
have a link?

If it's an old-style (14 1/2" floor-to-bowl-rim) toilet, it might be a lot
easier / cheaper to just buy a new toilet that's ADA compliant. That should
add roughly two inches, and the labor will be minimal.

Stormin Mormon wrote:

A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate the
toilet a couple inches. Well, I've had toilets up. And replaced a flange one
time. But, I'll admit that I don't know any way to elevate an entire toilet
a couple inches.

I did some net search, and found booster toilet seats, and electric patient
lifters. But nothing for raising the entire toilet. Anyone done this, or
have a link?

I installed the Toilevator. It's a platform the toilet sits on,
raising it by about three inches. It comes with foam gaskets, an
extension for the waste pipe, and all the hardware. It took less
than fifteen minutes to set up.

I didn't install an ADA toilet because those have elongated bowls
and that bowl style was too long for the area the toilet was in.

I didn't use an elevated toilet seat because those are unstable and
prone to slip around on the lip of the bowl, also they are messy to
clean (trust me, you don't want to imagine it) and non-handicapped
household members don't care to perch on a slidy untidy seat
installed for the benefit of the handicapped person.

I've had the Toilevator in place for the last three years. No leaks,
no problems. Turns out family and visitors love it, because face it,
folks, most toilets are far too low for the average adult to
comfortably lower themselves onto, and then get up. Especially when
you're tall and/or stiff and sore and/or elderly. I just wish toilet
manufacturers would offer non-ADA (i.e. round bowl) commodes in
different heights, since that'd be the simplest solution.

Toilevator (they shoulda called it the ToiLift):
http://www.allegromedical.com/bathro...evator.P191757

HellT

Hell Toupee wrote:
I've had the Toilevator in place for the last three years. No leaks,
no problems. Turns out family and visitors love it, because face it,
folks, most toilets are far too low for the average adult to
comfortably lower themselves onto, and then get up. Especially when
you're tall and/or stiff and sore and/or elderly. I just wish toilet
manufacturers would offer non-ADA (i.e. round bowl) commodes in
different heights, since that'd be the simplest solution.


What makes a toilet ADA compliant is the height, not the shape of the bowl.
Frankly, I'd never own a round one anyway.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

I've had the Toilevator in place for the last three years. No leaks,
no problems. Turns out family and visitors love it, because face it,
folks, most toilets are far too low for the average adult to
comfortably lower themselves onto, and then get up. Especially when
you're tall and/or stiff and sore and/or elderly. I just wish toilet
manufacturers would offer non-ADA (i.e. round bowl) commodes in
different heights, since that'd be the simplest solution.


What makes a toilet ADA compliant is the height, not the shape of the bowl.
Frankly, I'd never own a round one anyway.
---------
American Standard makes ADA height toilets in both round and elongated
styles:
http://www.americanstandard-us.com/P...=56&x=38&y =6

Thank you, sir. That was just the boost he mighta needed.

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"Travis Jordan" wrote in message
m...
Stormin Mormon wrote:
I did some net search, and found booster toilet seats, and electric
patient lifters. But nothing for raising the entire toilet. Anyone
done this, or have a link?

Here you go Stormy:
http://www.dynamic-living.com/toilevator.htm

For about $100 more you can replace the entire toilet with a "comfort
height" toilet and that might make for a nicer, cleaner installation.

HTH.

Abe wrote:

I've had the Toilevator in place for the last three years. No leaks,
no problems. Turns out family and visitors love it, because face it,
folks, most toilets are far too low for the average adult to
comfortably lower themselves onto, and then get up. Especially when
you're tall and/or stiff and sore and/or elderly. I just wish toilet
manufacturers would offer non-ADA (i.e. round bowl) commodes in
different heights, since that'd be the simplest solution.


What makes a toilet ADA compliant is the height, not the shape of the bowl.
Frankly, I'd never own a round one anyway.
---------
American Standard makes ADA height toilets in both round and elongated
styles:
http://www.americanstandard-us.com/P...=56&x=38&y =6

That's great to learn. Back when I was looking for a taller toilet I
couldn't find one that didn't have an elongated bowl.

HellT

According to Stormin Mormon :
A friend of mine, his father is handicapped. I've been asked to elevate the
toilet a couple inches. Well, I've had toilets up. And replaced a flange one
time. But, I'll admit that I don't know any way to elevate an entire toilet
a couple inches.

I did some net search, and found booster toilet seats, and electric patient
lifters. But nothing for raising the entire toilet. Anyone done this, or
have a link?

The simplest way is to "shim" up the base of an ordinary toilet with
layers of plywood or 2x lumber. On new construction, this is very easy
because you just mount the flange (higher) on the top of the raised
base. You may want additional reinforcement under the floor to deal
with the slightly higher leverage.

[This meets our building code for handicapped toilets in semi-commercial
buildings.]

If you don't want to disturb an existing toilet flange, things get tricky.
A local "real" plumbing shop should have flange extenders or other
solutions less expensive than replacing the toilet with a "special".
--
Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.