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Gary,

I think you missed my last message. I fit a Drake in to the 9" rough-in spot. It was 9" plus a smidge. I complained that installing a Drake in a 12 inch rough leaves a mile of space...

Sorry. I totally would have, but I don't think the tank itself was the original. It was a normal tank from a toilet that the previous owners adapted to be a wall-mount by drilling holes in the...

When I run the hot water I swear I can smell something that's kind of like the smell/taste you get when you're raking leaves. I'm pretty sure this is just hot water, not cold. A search here turned...

Ah, I see. That explains what's happening on my shower when I use the little button valve on the showerhead to shut it off while soaping up. When I turn it back on it's hot as heck.

How do...

I'm looking to get rid of the old faucet with side-spray that's in my kitchen and replace it with one that has a pullout faucet. We do occasionally use the side-spray to rinse dishes after washing...

Do you ship Toto's outside the NW area where you're located? Your shopping cart implies that the only delivery options are kind of local to you. I've been ordering porcelain from wherever online,...

In reading some of Ian's Cadet 3 posts someone referred to American Standard as something like "Central American Standard" because it's made in Mexico.

Well I just installed a Toto Drake last...

Ian,

Sorry, I'm not getting a Cadet 3. The Drake went in just fine. 10-3/4" Drake install!! The tank screwed down on the bowl nice and snug and actually comes within a hair of touching the...

I leveled the toilet that I installed with some coins and then filled in the gaps along the bottom with some epoxy-based sanded grout. It's a slate tile floor, so it already had a bunch of sanded...

I went to a local high-quality fixture store just to look today. I know it's not theoretically possible to get the Drake into my small space, but I just want to try it out.

They had boxes with...

The weird plumbing is fairly recent, you're right. We bought the place from some artists, complete with walls painted with chalkboard paint, a cupboard made from a salvaged crisper door from an old...

Did some more research, and I actually did find a part number for the combo of round front bowl and 10" tank. The A/S part number is 2384.010. There are a couple of supply places where you can get...

great, that sounds like a winner! Thanks

Another challenge with replacing my basement toilet (aside from the 10-5/8 rough-in and the french drain between it and the wall) is that the toilet supply was installed about 4 feet up in the wall. ...

Yep, it does refer to the bottom of the bowl, but it seems that these Cadet 3 toilets have 3 different tanks with the tank gasket and bolts at 3 different spots which allows you to set the the entire...

you sure someone doesn't just walk in their sleep and have poor aim?

Haha, leave them both filled, put yellow food coloring in the tank, blue in the bowl, and let it sit.

If it's leaking from the bowl, you get blue on the floor, from the tank you get yellow on the...

You say the tank bolts are dry. Otherwise maybe you tightened them too hard and gave yourself a hairline crack in the tank. I did that before. But the leaks can be weird. My bolts were dry when I...

For you Cadet 3 lovers... is it possible to put the 10" rough-in tank (4019.016) onto the round front bowl (3011.016) for a really tight space toilet or does that not work? They aren't sold together...

Been reading more of the forum here and searching on cast iron closet flanges. Seems like the old style of a closet flange had these cutouts for the bolts instead of the slots.

Sounds like the...

I've seen the PVC replacement closet flanges that either screw in to an old cast iron drain or have steel screws that you tighten to expand a rubber sleeve to seal to the inside of the cast iron...

I'm interested in replacing the 30's era elevated tank toilet in my basement with something that uses a lot less water and flushes better.

The distance from the wall to the closet flange bolts...

Thanks for the info. It's not what I had hoped, but it helps me narrow down my options.

Now I have to find a toilet with around a 9" rough-in and porcelain that doesn't go back very far beyond...

In my basement I have a very old Sibley toilet which has the tank mounted to the wall and a 4 foot length of PVC pipe going from the tank down to the rear water entry on the bowl.

It has never...