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Anyone know where American Standard makes their toilets? I was peeking at
the Toto, and although they look wonderful at 400 bucks they're way outside
my range. So I'm looking at the stuff I can get locally and am wondering
which manufacturer, besides Toto, makes their products in the US or Canada.

I remember getting into this problem when looking at faucets and finding
that only one manufacturer made their stuff in the US, Kohler I think it
was.

American standard jakes
 

On Jul 23, 9:16 pm, "Eigenvector" wrote:
Anyone know where American Standard makes their toilets? I was peeking at
the Toto, and although they look wonderful at 400 bucks they're way outside
my range. So I'm looking at the stuff I can get locally and am wondering
which manufacturer, besides Toto, makes their products in the US or Canada.

I remember getting into this problem when looking at faucets and finding
that only one manufacturer made their stuff in the US, Kohler I think it
was.

Have you checked http://www.homeclick.com? They have Toto's starting
at $175.

American standard jakes
 

Eigenvector wrote:

Anyone know where American Standard makes their toilets? I was peeking at
the Toto, and although they look wonderful at 400 bucks they're way outside
my range. So I'm looking at the stuff I can get locally and am wondering
which manufacturer, besides Toto, makes their products in the US or Canada.

I remember getting into this problem when looking at faucets and finding
that only one manufacturer made their stuff in the US, Kohler I think it
was.

I recommend supporting Kohler whenever you have the opportunity. They
are one of the few remaining US manufacturing companies and provide
excellent support as noted in my Kohler engines support (same company)
post a week or two ago. Not many companies provide support for a 32 year
old product, much less service manual PDFs with overnight response at no
charge.

Pete C.

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"Pete C." wrote in message
...
Eigenvector wrote:

Anyone know where American Standard makes their toilets? I was peeking
at
the Toto, and although they look wonderful at 400 bucks they're way
outside
my range. So I'm looking at the stuff I can get locally and am wondering
which manufacturer, besides Toto, makes their products in the US or
Canada.

I remember getting into this problem when looking at faucets and finding
that only one manufacturer made their stuff in the US, Kohler I think it
was.

I recommend supporting Kohler whenever you have the opportunity. They
are one of the few remaining US manufacturing companies and provide
excellent support as noted in my Kohler engines support (same company)
post a week or two ago. Not many companies provide support for a 32 year
old product, much less service manual PDFs with overnight response at no
charge.

Pete C.

I'll take a closer look then. I found one that looks promising, now it's
just a matter of plopping down on it and seeing if it fits.

BTW: I keep seeing Comfort Height and presume that it means the bowl is
higher than normal - but would it be enough of a difference that little kids
would be uncomfortable using it?

American standard jakes
 

Eigenvector wrote:

"Pete C." wrote in message
...
Eigenvector wrote:

Anyone know where American Standard makes their toilets? I was peeking
at
the Toto, and although they look wonderful at 400 bucks they're way
outside
my range. So I'm looking at the stuff I can get locally and am wondering
which manufacturer, besides Toto, makes their products in the US or
Canada.

I remember getting into this problem when looking at faucets and finding
that only one manufacturer made their stuff in the US, Kohler I think it
was.

I recommend supporting Kohler whenever you have the opportunity. They
are one of the few remaining US manufacturing companies and provide
excellent support as noted in my Kohler engines support (same company)
post a week or two ago. Not many companies provide support for a 32 year
old product, much less service manual PDFs with overnight response at no
charge.

Pete C.

I'll take a closer look then. I found one that looks promising, now it's
just a matter of plopping down on it and seeing if it fits.

BTW: I keep seeing Comfort Height and presume that it means the bowl is
higher than normal - but would it be enough of a difference that little kids
would be uncomfortable using it?

I don't think so, since little kids have to climb a bit anyway. The
comfort height ones are largely for the more elderly folks where sitting
down and getting up is more of an issue and a higher seat means less
bend.

Pete C.

American standard jakes
 

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:09:12 -0700, "Eigenvector"
wrote:



BTW: I keep seeing Comfort Height and presume that it means the bowl is
higher than normal - but would it be enough of a difference that little kids
would be uncomfortable using it?

Naw, they won't be able to get on it so they won't be able to use it
at all.


Just kidding. I don't know how high they are, but I guess kids who
are barely tall enough for regular won't be able to get on.

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"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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Anyone know where American Standard makes their toilets?

They used to be made in Ohio. Hopefully, they still are.

American standard jakes
 

BTW: I keep seeing Comfort Height and presume that it means the bowl is
higher than normal - but would it be enough of a difference that little
kids
would be uncomfortable using it?

Kohler Wellworth comfort height is 2" higher than a "regular"