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AS Cadet PRO - better or worse?
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Cameron Fields
Undergraduate
Well maybe I've been single minded, do you happened to know how well reverse flush toilets work?
and if they are easy to install I need to install one in a basement up north in Carolina.
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Yuck!
So you poop on a shelf, and then get to smell it.
Wonderful!
You don't think pooping on dry porcelain is going to be a problem?
Big type just like Master Plumber Mark would have done. Dooh!
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A very marginal American Standard Evolution Cadet, Marginal at best is what the homeowner said.
Not at bad as her Glacier Bay toilet which she had tried to return.
American Standard Cadet 3 elongated bowl with a built in lean.
This came from a home center.
I've tried to install bowls that customers have picked up on their own. I remember on A/S Antiquity that was so warped on bottom that it would have taken 1/2" shims at the back.
I've seen Cadet 3's at a home center that was a little like a rocking horse, it was high centered in the middle.
When I go out to install, I don't like surprises when I pull them from the box. Like the round bowl in the elongated box I pulled out one time.
Crazy.
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Jadnashua
Retired Defense Industry Engineer xxx
One apartment I had in Germany used that type of toilet...I did not like it at all. And, better close the cover before you flush, or you'll spray the room. Plus, you better have a big water line as it's similar to a flushometer - it needs a big line (at least on the ones I've seen).
Wptski
Retired Machine Repairman
In all fairness, you should also show a level on the floor as well. My Cadet 3 from HD wasn't that far off but I had to shim because of the floor. The exit trapway surface was higher than the outside edge of the bowl, so it would rock on its center when on the floor.
American Standard Cadet 3 elongated bowl with a built in lean.
This came from a home center.
I've tried to install bowls that customers have picked up on their own. I remember on A/S Antiquity that was so warped on bottom that it would have taken 1/2" shims at the back.
I've seen Cadet 3's at a home center that was a little like a rocking horse, it was high centered in the middle.
When I go out to install, I don't like the surprised when I pull them from the box. Like the round bowl in the elongated box I pulled out one time.
Crazy.
The person that posted that picture had put the level on the floor. The floor was level.
But again, I do think that the Pro versions of the Cadet "are" better then the homeowner versions.
But again, I do think that the Pro versions of the Cadet "are" better then the homeowner versions.
WJcandee
Wise One
Huh. Personal experience with the original Drake, the Carlyle (like an Ultramax II with a skirt), and the Aquia.
After the stupid Consumer Reports article that accused a Toto of not disposing of the liquid fully, I have actually tested all three of these models with richly-colored fluid. It all disappears and leaves no color in the refilled bowl. All are properly-installed, however, and that may make a difference.
The Ultramax II is one of my biggest sellers. It's an easy repeat sale. They buy one, they buy again.
The video that CR did was of a plugged bowl. It wasn't an install problem, it was sabotage. At least it would be if they knew what they were doing with toilets in the first place.
I like this video that TOTO did better
[video=youtube;Xn9_zctMge0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn9_zctMge0[/video]
The video that CR did was of a plugged bowl. It wasn't an install problem, it was sabotage. At least it would be if they knew what they were doing with toilets in the first place.
I like this video that TOTO did better
[video=youtube;Xn9_zctMge0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn9_zctMge0[/video]
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Cameron Fields
Undergraduate
No that's forward flush I reverse flush or up flush toilets that use the reverse impeller function. like this
sorry for the confusion not those other german toilets yuck
Cameron Fields
Undergraduate
DEFEAT Toto has won there is evidence clearly "Lord help me when my toilet design goes into production"
Back outlet bowls historically have had issues flushing.
Most still on the market in the US are pressure assist bowls. When I've asked manufacturers about this, they noted that it can take a lot to flush that direction. Most wall hung bowls now use a Flushometer in commercial use. Gerber has come out with a 3" Flushvalve Maxwell for their rear outlet floor mount and their wall hung. American Standard, Gerber and Kohler use pressure assist on their rear outlet bowls.
Gerberit does make a wall hung set up. I used some like that in Amsterdam and India.
Most still on the market in the US are pressure assist bowls. When I've asked manufacturers about this, they noted that it can take a lot to flush that direction. Most wall hung bowls now use a Flushometer in commercial use. Gerber has come out with a 3" Flushvalve Maxwell for their rear outlet floor mount and their wall hung. American Standard, Gerber and Kohler use pressure assist on their rear outlet bowls.
Gerberit does make a wall hung set up. I used some like that in Amsterdam and India.
Cameron Fields
Undergraduate
oh ok thanks.
kshorty
New Member
That's good to know. Thanks.
kshorty
New Member
By the way -- if you see this, gusherb94 -- I saw your video online of the Cadet Pro flush. It seems like it took a longish time for it to refill. Would that be because of the rigging set-up, or is that how it is? Thanks for your help.
GoKohlerGo
Brand New Plumber
Plugged bowl? I don't think so. If it was plugged, how would the water go down? Why would you think it was sabotage? They are Consumer Reports. Not Conscammer Reports.
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Jadnashua
Retired Defense Industry Engineer xxx
When there's something caught in the trapway, it is fairly common for liquids to leave, but solids to butt up and into that obstruction. Something like a pen, pencil, crayon, small toy, whatever can do that. The siphon jet on a Toto moves things quite fast...any time you see it delayed, there's something wrong. In 12-years, I've not needed a plunger...the old ones, a couple of times a month. To me, anyway, that says something. ANd, it's doing this on less than half the water of the old ones.
GoKohlerGo
Brand New Plumber
Can you tell me why they would purposely put something in the trapway?
At nineteen years of age, you haven't seen much yet.
It's very common for kids to put things down a toilet and watch it go. Wait till you get older and have kids of your own.
Plenty of things drop into bowls. I once found a ball that the family dog had dropped in. It was found stuck at the bottom of the bowl outlet. Nothing solid was going to get past that. After the flush, it would float up a bit and slowly let liquid out.
Cell phones, bars of soap, pens, small cars, action figures,
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