Possibilities for replacing old wall hung toilet?

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swon

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We bought a house that has 2 bathrooms with wall hung toilets. The house was built in 1965 and I'm not sure if they were from that time, although I wouldn't be surprised if they were.
Anyway, we are remodeling one of the bathrooms (gutted to the studs) and only replacing the toilet in the other one.

If I don't want to do much additional plumbing work, are my only options to go with either the American Standard Glenwall, Crane Rexmont or Gerber Maxwell Wall Hung?

If I had it my way, I'd install floor mount models (I just like the way they look better and are also less expensive), but it seems like a lot of plumbing work to adapt the bathroom to a floor mount toilet.

I don't want to keep the toilets there now because they are an ugly brown color and I want white.

What would be the least expensive option to my problem?

Any help appreciated. (Obviously, I am not a plumber)
 
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No matter what you do adjusting carrier to fit new toilet is probaly not
posible glenwalls are OK installed a few. You may need a new carrier to
accomadate any wall hung W/C.
 

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pic added - do I have a carrier?

Thanks for the help so far.
Now, just to educate me a little more - I've attached a pic of the stripped out bathroom so you can see the piping.

If I go with the Glenwall, do I still need a new carrier? Or is the carrier for the Glenwall the tank?

Could I install one of the European style wall hung toilets that don't have a tank showing?
 

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You need a 6" deep wall if you want to go with a concealed tank.

If you want to use what you have with the Glenwall you will have to measure.
 
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It looks like in this instance, you'll need an even deeper wall since your vent stack is directly behind where the toilet was - basically, now you have NO available depth in the wall.
 
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