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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Illinois (kankakee county)
Posts: 976
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Bought new toilet
American Standard Champion 4. 1.6 gallon flush. Had it about 2 weeks now. Very happy. Powerful-flush. Highly recommend. Elongated bowel ever clean and Ada compliant. Got it a Lowe's
Thinking about new toilet grab this one.
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: cleveland ohio
Posts: 445
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Bought new toilet
I heard the champion 3 is the one to have, but glad your happy with it.
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Master Plumber
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Miami Florida
Posts: 957
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Bought new toilet
Now all you need are the accessories
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ontario Canada, Toronto to be exact.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 39
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ontario Canada, Toronto to be exact.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Maryland
Posts: 3,159
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Bought new toilet
I bought a new AS toilet about 33 years ago and installed it for my aunt. I had to repair the floor and the closet bend, then carefully installed the toilet, something I had done many times before and many times since. After about a week the gasket between the tank and the bowl started to leak soaking the floor again. I have never purchased another AS Product since, and I see from the previous post why. Too Bad, American Standard used to mean something.
By the way how is the clog proof toilet supposed to work when the paper floats? Wont it just float over and clog the overflow drain holes? I use Kohler and have always had good luck with the Wellworth Classic
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 20
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I too recently installed a Champion 4. Some observations and issues: the flush handle mechanism is cheap plastic and can barely lift that huge 4 inch flush valve. I replaced it after a week with a nice universal all metal one. The toilet seat is junk. Replaced it as well. The huge 4 inch flush valve is an issue all to itself. When you flush, the float/flapper pulls off the seat and lots of water gushes down past the float and into the bowl. Well, so much water gushes past the float all at once, it immediately slams the float back down onto the seat. Only about half the water in the tank is emptied. I’ve played with the chain length and it makes no difference. It’s almost as if it is designed that way. Flush and release for a light flush, flush and hold for a complete flush. Even a flush and release does seems to empty the bowl, but why only emptying half the water in the tank? Overall it seems to work OK, but my 10 year old Kohler’s work good too and have never had a problem with them.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 39
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One benefit is that the cold incoming water mixes with the room-temp water that's sitting in the tank, so tank sweating is less common. My Drake II doesn't empty the tank on every flush. If you hold down the handle to empty the tank, you're using more water than the 1.28 gallons it's supposed to use. I don't think my Mansfield Cascade empties the entire tank, either. Last edited by stephen9666; 02-15-2013 at 01:53 PM. |
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Idaho
Posts: 4,152
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Bought new toiletQuote:
The problem was the tank took too long to refill between flushes On sunday morning after a service- that's not good. The 1.28 "half flush" solved the problem. It was still a powerful enough flush to give the bowl a good wash out
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Illinois (kankakee county)
Posts: 976
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Bought new toilet
Zero problems so far. Haven't used the plunger. My other bathroom has the old school crane flush toilet. Its in such great condition i haven't changed it.I think its 3 gallon if not more flush. I had to replace flapper. Order it off amazon couldn't find one anywhere. Crane toilet flappers are had to find. Its the one which has the slit in the back.
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