advice on a new toilet

Hello--

I need to replace the old leaky (original?) toilet in my 1928 house. The constraints are: 1. a 14" rough-in and 2. the old toilet tank has been bolted to the wall with two rusty bolts at a height of 32." Each bolt is about 7" from the toilet tank's center.
The walls are tiled with the original subway tiles, so I would love to find a toilet that is tall enough to hide the holes.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Betsy

Modern toilet tanks do not bolt to the wall. Some are one piece where the tank and bowl are a single unit, but most tanks are attached to the bowl. The 14" rough-in does limit you somewhat especially when you want the toilet to set close to the wall. If that was not a consideration, then any toilet would work on a 14" rough-in, but there would be a considerable space behind the toilet with 10" or 12" toilets. Toto makes a Unifit Adapter for 5 of their models: Carlyle, Carrolton, Lloyd, Soiree, and Guinevere. This adapater allows these toilets to work nicely on a 14" rough-in. You can see and read about these on Terry's Report on Low Flow Toilets linked off of the home page of this site. By setting the toilet as close to the wall as possible, you may be able to conceal the holes left by the bolts, or you may have to get creative and devise something that will cover the holes and not be a distraction. As far as I know, no other brand of toilet will do any better with this problem. I would suggest you be prepared to have a new toilet flange installed also. In 1928 the common way to connect toilets to drains was with a lead sleeve. Your plumber will know what to do and how to do it. I hope this gives you some direction in your search.

Thanks, Gary--

The Carrollton looks like the tallest of the bunch--those holes are going to look pretty bad back there, and I dread to think what the rest of the wall looks like. The ONE toilet I found out there that its the specs is the Atlantis Enhanced Height Toilet by Vitra. I put Totos in when I renovated my last house and had hoped to go with one of their Eco models this time but without blowing out the whole bathroom (which is financially impossible for me at the moment), a new toilet is the best I can do. But I don't know anything about this brand . . . any experience with it?

I'm just a DIYer, so I don't have wide experience with different brands. You know, sometimes when folks remodel their showers they have holes in the shower wall. Rather than redo the entire wall, they use what is commonly called a "Smitty" plate. These are just chrome plates that cover the holes. They obviously can not conceal the fact that there are patches, but they at least are not unattractive. This is what I meant about being creative. As I said earlier, I don't think any brand of toilet is going to hide those holes, so get the best toilet you can and use your imagination on how to plug and decorate those pesky holes. One thing I have learned on things like this is if you can't patch something so it is invisible, go the other way and make it look like you want it. Do it neatly and no one will think twice about it. Years ago I install new kitchen cabinets and found my floor sloped badly. On one side of the range, the cabinet were stove top high. On the other side, just 40" away, the cabinet was 2" low! It was that way for years until I remodeled again. During that time no one ever noticed and even my wife and I forgot about it.