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Residences in Japan have tankless water heaters that are totally inscrutable to foreigners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPRjnWhjo3U
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Jan 23, 2020 03:08
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B-Nasty posted:American Standard Cadet 3 ($130) or Champion 4 ($180). Totos are for people that want their toilet to look like a MOMA exhibit or those that like to overspend in order to feel like they bought 'the best'. Toto's main advantage a while back were the porcelain coating and their tornado dual flush, of which the patents have expired. I think the main issue with American Standard was that their low GPM models would not flush as well, but this is only relevant to states that have very stringent GPM standards. I suspect the following: 1) Toto toilets have a better flush for a lower GPM restriction; American Standard have a better flush without a GPM restriction. 2) Toto recently has designed toilets to be more easy to clean along the exterior sides (so that's why they look like they are from outer space) 3) Bidet. But that being said, https://www.totousa.com/drake-two-piece-toilet-16-gpf-elongated-bowl-cefiontect Remember that you get 40% off, so you are really comparing $200 to $180, which is peanuts in the grand scheme of a remodel.
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Jan 23, 2020 03:19
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Senor Tron posted:My wife wants one of those, and I'm slowly coming around to the idea. Don't do it. You will regret it. They're hella expensive. And they honestly haven't really got all the kinks out yet. I don't know why they can't figure out how to get poo poo down the one pieces yet, but they haven't. There's plenty with similar looks and clean lines that can appease her. If you have to do it, just get one with the normal trip lever, not the buttons.
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Jan 23, 2020 03:20
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Can you use bondo to make it look like you have a 1-piece toilet? Also, Crappy construction tales: You dunce, you loving imbecile
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Jan 23, 2020 03:23
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Lead out in cuffs posted:This reminds me of an AirBnB I stayed at in Prague. The bathroom had an inline gas-powered water boiler, which had a habit of turning off halfway through showering. The person who normally lived in the apartment was a med student, and had assumed the heater was exhausting the oxygen in the room. She'd even put an oxygen meter next to it, and there were instructions about this that came with the apartment. I moved into a house where the idiot owner had moved all the en suite bathrooms for no good reason, which hosed up the pressure going to the upstairs. We had a tankless water heater, and the heat came on based on pressure at the outgoing spigot -- if the machine detected a drop in pressure, it would cut the heat off after 4 minutes. I replaced the showerhead with one of those high pressure swimming pool sorta things, and it was fine. One of my toilets is a Kohler, not sure if it's a Cimmaron (why would you name something after the worst car ever made?), but it's a one piece with the plastic column flusher inside, and I loving hate it. The column base isn't completely level, so sometimes it rests on the gasket in such a way that the tank continuously fills until I pull the lid off and jimmy the column. I should really replace it, but I'd have to move furniture to get enough clearance, and also I'm lazy. I've already replaced a half dozen toilet's guts in the past two years and I'm tired of it. The last toilet fuckup that required repairs was because I slipped on the tiles while mopping the floor, tried to catch myself on the first thing I saw, and put my hand entirely through the toilet tank, which disintegrated beneath me. Sent my apartment maintenance people a photo in an email after I cleaned up, and got radio silence for 8 months. They eventually told me I'd have to pay for it because it was my fault (for falling over on a slick floor), so I told them to gently caress off, bought a replacement tank from some company in Clearwater, FL (SCIENTOLOGY TOILET), and installed it myself. The Scientology Toilet and its mate in the other bathroom work just fine now, and the Kohler still sucks at its job.
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Jan 23, 2020 04:01
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ntan1 posted:1) Toto toilets have a better flush for a lower GPM restriction; American Standard have a better flush without a GPM restriction. Those two models are at 1.28G for a flush (no dual flush modes.) I know Toto makes some 1.1G, but really, who cares about 2 and a half cups of water for residential. Both are >=1000 on the MAP poop score. I think it basically comes down to looks and name, which is fine, I guess. My colon isn't picky.
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Jan 23, 2020 04:03
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Platystemon posted:Residences in Japan have tankless water heaters that are totally inscrutable to foreigners. I am coming around to the idea that the entire population of Japan is well onto the spectrum.
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Jan 23, 2020 04:05
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ntan1 posted:Toto's main advantage a while back were the porcelain coating and their tornado dual flush, of which the patents have expired. I think the main issue with American Standard was that their low GPM models would not flush as well, but this is only relevant to states that have very stringent GPM standards. I had 2 American Standards in my house in Northern CA and they were amazing.
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Jan 23, 2020 04:07
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sleepy gary posted:Can you use bondo to make it look like you have a 1-piece toilet? You can use ramen noodles
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Jan 23, 2020 04:12
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quote:Landlord removed back porch on my second story apartment without notice, I just almost stepped out the door and fell down a 30ft drop (self.legaladvice)
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Jan 23, 2020 04:32
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Platystemon posted:Residences in Japan have tankless water heaters that are totally inscrutable to foreigners. That's an older style heater (usually next to tiny square tubs that I hate). ECO CUTE is king now. peanut fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Jan 23, 2020 |
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Jan 23, 2020 05:00
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Bacon Taco posted:I had 2 American Standards in my house in Northern CA and they were amazing. Depends on year made :/. My house has American Standard too (that I'm replacing) and the ones in the 80s were great.
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Jan 23, 2020 05:41
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now this is plumbing/house chat I want an in-wall tank wall mount toilet, other than kohler veil what's available in the US market. I'm cramped for space and want an easy to clean floor.
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Jan 23, 2020 05:52
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Salty Bitch posted:Don't do it. You will regret it. Should clarify that I don't mean that particular brand, rather a toilet with a sink built in.
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Jan 23, 2020 05:57
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sleepy gary posted:Can you use bondo to make it look like you have a 1-piece toilet? Putting a body kit and a spoiler on my toilet
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Jan 23, 2020 06:29
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Platystemon posted:Residences in Japan have tankless water heaters that are totally inscrutable to foreigners. Doesn't seem super inscrutable. The back valve changes which fixture the water comes from, the right valve has off, light pilot, and on (as well as perhaps "more on") settings, and I'd bet the left one controls flow rate and therefore temperature also.
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Jan 23, 2020 06:34
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In-wall tanks always gently caress me up because if poo poo breaks you gotta punch out the wall again.
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Jan 23, 2020 06:55
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They're also conducive to leaking and difficult to install, because you have to very carefully mount them in between two studs.
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Jan 23, 2020 07:32
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Dr.Smasher posted:In-wall tanks always gently caress me up because if poo poo breaks you gotta punch out the wall again. Unless America does that a lot different than Europe, it's possible to maintain them just through the section with the button you use for the flushing. Still a pain in the rear end, but doable, and in a small bathroom it can save ou a bunch of space.
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Jan 23, 2020 09:22
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Senor Tron posted:Should clarify that I don't mean that particular brand, rather a toilet with a sink built in. I also wanted to clarify that I don't have the sink-toilets (which seem fine as an idea), we have toilets where the toilet bowl and water tank are all one giant ceramic unit. Like this. I do not recommend it, because the tank is where 90% of stuff goes wrong and if something gets really hosed up you can't just change out the tank, you have to do a full replacement. Also, the tank section is kind of weirdly set up and doesn't use the standard parts so replacing things like a float is more hassle. (This might just be my particular version, maybe there are standard versions out there). It's somewhat smaller than a regular setup but I don't think the space savings are worth it.
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Jan 23, 2020 15:07
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Salty Bitch posted:Yeah of course.
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Jan 23, 2020 15:19
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Qwijib0 posted:now this is plumbing/house chat ｔｏｔｏ
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Jan 23, 2020 16:07
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As a Home Depot zombie, all I know with Kohler is that I hate their retail packaging. Those octagon-shaped boxes they ship toilets in look fancy and distinct on the shelf, but the toilets inside show up cracked or completely shattered all the time. Some of that is our supply chain beating stuff up, but American Standard or even the Glacier Bay store brand stuff hardly ever arrives damaged even if the box is beat to hell.
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Jan 23, 2020 16:28
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Qwijib0 posted:now this is plumbing/house chat Okay, so be very particular on who you have install this. Try to install it where you can have a service panel on the other side. Like back it up to a closet or something, that way if theres a leak or a service issue youre not tearing out your wall/tile whatever. Depending on the wall space you have, they might have to put it super low to the ground and then you're doing squats every time you gotta poop. A standard toilet is 15 1/2 inches from base to bowl, not including seat. Ive found a few that were installed super low for tank reasons and its not a super fun go and I'm a little over 5 feet tall. So as far as brands, Toto does this the best, but they are not cheap. Duravit is number 2, just buy extra toilet seats cause theirs are odd shaped (like a D) and theyve been low key talking about discontinuing it for a year or so. Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help with anything else.
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Jan 23, 2020 16:52
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ntan1 posted:Depends on year made :/. My house has American Standard too (that I'm replacing) and the ones in the 80s were great. Mine were 2005ish vintage. And I understand that anecdotal evidence is not evidence, but those shitters outperformed the old 60s full-tank toilets I replaced.
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Jan 23, 2020 17:09
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ntan1 posted:They're also conducive to leaking and difficult to install, because you have to very carefully mount them in between two studs. Being careful when mounting onto two studs is always good advice, but may fall more into the OSHA thread.
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Jan 23, 2020 17:11
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Salty Bitch posted:Duravit is number 2, just buy extra toilet seats cause theirs are odd shaped (like a D) and theyve been low key talking about discontinuing it for a year or so. This is the quality scuttlebutt I paid ten bucks for.
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Jan 23, 2020 17:13
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Bacon Taco posted:Being careful when mounting onto two studs is always good advice, but may fall more into the OSHA thread. Or r/relationships 
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Jan 23, 2020 20:24
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Ashcans posted:I also wanted to clarify that I don't have the sink-toilets (which seem fine as an idea), we have toilets where the toilet bowl and water tank are all one giant ceramic unit. Like this. I do not recommend it, because the tank is where 90% of stuff goes wrong and if something gets really hosed up you can't just change out the tank, you have to do a full replacement. Also, the tank section is kind of weirdly set up and doesn't use the standard parts so replacing things like a float is more hassle. (This might just be my particular version, maybe there are standard versions out there). It's somewhat smaller than a regular setup but I don't think the space savings are worth it. Ha ha, what? Swapping out the entire tank is normal in the US? Here, even with a "separate" tank, if things are so hosed that spare parts can't fix it, you just huck that motherfucker and buy a new one. Because basically the only things that can require an entirely new tank is you either loving up the porcelain cover, which costs about as much as a new toilet anyway, or the gaskets between the tank and the rest of the porcelain, which are too much bother to change.
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Jan 23, 2020 21:24
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Crappy Construction hit my office today, yay! Well really it hit the office space upstairs where a water line to an ice maker broke loose last night and proceed to dump water all over the floor. Probably happened sometime around 5 when everyone was gone, but was luckily found by the cleaning crew around 9 PM. Water came down into my office space below though, so a cleaning crew has been here all day removing wet tiles, wet carpet, and opening wet walls to let them dry out. My office in particular is down one light, three ceilings, tiles, and about 1/4 of the carpet. At least the thing didn't pop at like midnight because then it would have gone unnoticed for a good 6 hours.
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Jan 23, 2020 21:54
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Bird in a Blender posted:Crappy Construction hit my office today, yay! Well really it hit the office space upstairs where a water line to an ice maker broke loose last night and proceed to dump water all over the floor. Probably happened sometime around 5 when everyone was gone, but was luckily found by the cleaning crew around 9 PM. Water came down into my office space below though, so a cleaning crew has been here all day removing wet tiles, wet carpet, and opening wet walls to let them dry out. My office in particular is down one light, three ceilings, tiles, and about 1/4 of the carpet. Saddle valve? The dude who installed our humidifier used one of those to tap into the water line and I was not happy about it.
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Jan 23, 2020 22:50
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 Someone asked for a wall hanging toilet, check that cute thing out. Like making GBS threads on a tic-tac. It's got a stud mount wall hang thing that, judging by the angle of the outlet, could not flush 57 chicken nuggets.
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Jan 24, 2020 01:16
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That feels hella uncomfortable. Your legs would be touching the toilet as you took a piss sitting down.
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Jan 24, 2020 01:29
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I think the angle is deceptive and it's much less of a sphere than it looks, just wider than a usual toilet.
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Jan 24, 2020 01:32
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For the last few pages this thread has really been some crappy construction tales.
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Jan 24, 2020 01:35
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If I was on my PC there'd be a Baby Yoda shop here.
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Jan 24, 2020 02:15
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DarkDobe posted:If I was on my PC there'd be a Baby Yoda shop here. "scuse me a moment, I gotta go put baby Yoda to bed"
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Jan 24, 2020 02:19
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DarkDobe posted:If I was on my PC there'd be a Baby Yoda shop here. When you do that also make one flipped upside down with eyes so it's a beluga.
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Jan 24, 2020 03:22
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That's more space and privacy than a lot of HK apartments. Air BnB that poo poo asap.
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Jan 24, 2020 10:14
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