MikeQ
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You may have a problem with getting the vent where it needs to go if you don't have more depth.
Maybe I don't understand what you are saying but I would install the water tank under the horizontal plumbing vent line.
You may have a problem with getting the vent where it needs to go if you don't have more depth.
Maybe I don't understand what you are saying but I would install the water tank under the horizontal plumbing vent line.
Thanks for the feedback. I currently have a Toto in my main bath and while I don't know the exact model it is a G-Max flush. Works very well and I am more than happy with it. The only thing I don't like is it is regular white porcelain (not CEFIONTECT) and it is stained very easily. Is G-Max flush a type of washdown flush (but without the dual flush feature)? I'm wondering if the flush action and bowl shape of the Aquia wall mount can be compared to the Aquia III?
The flush on the Aquia wall-mount is different from your G-Max flusher. More of a big cascade of water into the bowl and you don't get that same gurgle at the end (hence "washdown"). Your G-Max uses a lot of the water to pull the water down from the bowl and through the trapway (which is one reason you have to start with the right amount of water in the bowl), and less for rinsing, if that makes sense.
We're getting outside my expertise, but I do know that Toto makes an "optional residential installation kit" that is supposed to fit a 2x4 wall instead of 2x6, and it has a special drain kit. The installation instructions are on the toto web site. Look at CWT418MFG for the whole shebang.
Good idea!
I found this video of an Aqiua floor mount:
It looks to flush almost just like my Toto G-Max except the G-max water level goes closer to zero during the very end of the flush. The washdown part looks very similar.
I also found this video of an Aquia wall mount that looks like it may not be installed or adjusted properly:
It looks like the flow is terminated too early.
MikeQ
I saw both those videos and I was shocked that the first guy got it to gurgle. Every one of these Duravit and Aquia wall-mounts I have seen doesn't have the gurgle, and there's something weirdly-incomplete and unsatisfying about it.
I think the first video is a floor mount. I would think the gurgle/no gurgle would have to do with either the amount and speed of the water released and/or the amount of wasteline vertical drop before hitting a Y.
FWIW, if you go with the Drake (not the Drake II or any other toilet in the Toto line), you could move that drain so it's 11" off the finished wall and the Drake will fit (but also beware the baseboard or whatever at the floor level, if there is one). However, that's probably a lot of work that's then going to leave you with a very challenging situation if you decide to or otherwise need to swap the Drake for something else (or if you or your successor wants to put in a different toilet ten years from now), so it's not something that's probably all that brilliant an idea.
If it were my house, I'd want the flange at the standard 12" from the finished wall...then, I'd have a huge range of choices at any time in the furure (or now). If you moved it closer to accommodate your preferences for a specific toilet, you'd forever be stuck should you wish to remodel down the road.
I am leaning toward getting a Toto to replace a round Eljer toilet. My bathroom is small and the Eljer stands only 27" from the wall. The tank is 19" wide. Is there a Toto that can be adjusted to fit in this space?
This is awkward, but...
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