2Far ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #1 Posted March 24, 2020 2 years seems a little quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 24, 2020 Share #2 Posted March 24, 2020 Depends. The less expensive models don't last very long at all. I make a point to get the best they have. I get 5-10 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted March 24, 2020 Share #3 Posted March 24, 2020 2 or 3 years seems to be what I get. Me thinks they're designing in some obsolescence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #4 Posted March 24, 2020 23 minutes ago, donkpow said: Depends. The less expensive models don't last very long at all. I make a point to get the best they have. I get 5-10 years. Yep. And it seems heavier/denser is better. I'm not even sure what goes "bad" with them, since when I swap one out, it looks like the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted March 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Yep. And it seems heavier/denser is better. I'm not even sure what goes "bad" with them, since when I swap one out, it looks like the new one. I think the chlorine make them less pliable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #6 Posted March 24, 2020 I've gotten several years out of them. Eventually they get deformed and leak. That's what I notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 24, 2020 Share #7 Posted March 24, 2020 31 minutes ago, 2Far said: 2 years seems a little quick. It's not the years. It's the flushes. Or maybe not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 24, 2020 Share #8 Posted March 24, 2020 1 minute ago, 2Far said: I think the chlorine make them less pliable. There are some bleach lozenges that folks use in their tank to keep things fresh between cleaning. Those things dissolve even the plastic flush components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #9 Posted March 24, 2020 At this house we have never had an issue. A few years ago we replaced both toilets with taller toilets because my wife was having trouble getting up from the standard toilet. The old toilets still functioned perfectly. Evidently our toilets like our well water. We have lived here 27 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #10 Posted March 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, Longjohn said: A few years ago we replaced both toilets with taller toilets because my wife was having trouble getting up from the standard toilet. I don' get why taller toilets aren't the standard instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2020 Share #11 Posted March 24, 2020 Forever 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #12 Posted March 24, 2020 Just now, Razors Edge said: I don' get why taller toilets aren't the standard instead The shorter ones are good when potty training little kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #13 Posted March 24, 2020 Just now, Longjohn said: The shorter ones are good when potty training little kids. Seems most folks with kids use a little step to get kids up to sit or even plop them up there themselves. Seems a 1% of situations dictating how the 99% end up living 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #14 Posted March 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Seems most folks with kids use a little step to get kids up to sit or even plop them up there themselves. Seems a 1% of situations dictating how the 99% end up living Of course there is the other concept of the “squatting potty” where you have a very low toilet that is supposedly a more natural position to let the poop come out. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #15 Posted March 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Of course there is the other concept of the “squatting potty” where you have a very low toilet that is supposedly a more natural position to let the poop come out. Lol Edge is a genteel Washington based person. The poop would never fail to come out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 24, 2020 Share #16 Posted March 24, 2020 39 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Seems most folks with kids use a little step to get kids up to sit or even plop them up there themselves. Seems a 1% of situations dictating how the 99% end up living Says the guy with no kids. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #17 Posted March 24, 2020 25 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Says the guy with no kids. Your kids are how old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted March 24, 2020 Share #18 Posted March 24, 2020 Been here 13 years, have not replaced either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted March 24, 2020 Share #19 Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Mr. Silly said: Me thinks they're designing in some obsolescence. Just in case someone (not me, because I know lots of words, have a very large brain and am a very stable genius) was wondering...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted March 24, 2020 Share #20 Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Razors Edge said: I don' get why taller toilets aren't the standard instead We put in a new toilet recently and put in a taller one. My wife hates it. She is short and her feet barely touch the ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Share #21 Posted March 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, Zephyr said: We put in a new toilet recently and put in a taller one. My wife hates it. She is short and her feet barely touch the ground. You need to raise the floor. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 24, 2020 Share #22 Posted March 24, 2020 15 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Your kids are how old? 38, 33, and 31 and grand kids between the age if 14 and 2 months. BMN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share #23 Posted March 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, Zephyr said: We put in a new toilet recently and put in a taller one. My wife hates it. She is short and her feet barely touch the ground. We got one as well. She likes it on the down cycle, not so much on the up cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share #24 Posted March 25, 2020 So, in discussions with Wo2 last night, it appears that toilet's internals were not upgraded 2 years ago when we had the new toilet put in downstairs and upgraded innards put in the other upstairs toilet. So, I guess the flapper function failed at about the 13 year mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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