repair parts for toilets
I noted with interest the comments on the Kohler Persuade toilet and I just have a few cents of my own to offer. I have recently replaced two toilets in my house, and while they are both very basic (old style, cheaper) toilets, I have come to discover that Kohler is not the only toilet that has unusual and not often-stocked parts. I looked at my local Lowe's and found at least a dozen different flappers alone, and 4 actual STYLES of fill valves. I also saw a Kohler toilet seat for under $19.
There were very few Toto parts.
Toto only uses the red or blue flapper, which are both on the shelf, and will use any standard fill valve.
If you have a Korky or Fluidmaster fill valve, and the red Toto flapper, those are the only things you will need to repair almost any Toto toilet.
What this all means to me is that if I want reliability in ANY toilet that is new, unique, or rare, I will buy in advance a few common repair parts and keep them on hand for when they fail. We all know that repair parts can be difficult to find for anything in our homes, like furnaces (especially the most efficient ones with numerous sensors and computers), even lawnmowers and such. What I am really interested in knowing about this toilet is.... does it FLUSH? and does it flush WELL? The rest of this is pointless. If you want good products, be prepared to maintain them. People with Mercedes, Audis, Volvos, Samsung appliances, solar power systems, residential windmills, water pumps.... know that keeping common repair parts on hand is part of owning better equipment.
Looking inside the Persuade tank.