Toilet recommendations?

Funny story behind how I know about this, but I will wait until someone asks.

Yes, it is 'bathroom humor'.

Anyway, there is/was something called Toilet In A Box that retailed for about $100, and was a complete kit (literally everything you needed) in one box.
(You might want a nicer seat.)

Lowe's or Menard's.
Thinking it was Lowe's.

A few months ago, I got a toilet from Menard's myself, but have not installed it.
It is not the above, but everything (including a decent seat) was about $120 (or less).

The Toilet In A Box was an awesome, low cost, simple, and very effective solution.

 

Or this..
this would do.

But I must insist on a matching TP dispensor and at least one USB outlet, preferably two.

 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/KOHLER-...ed-K-78279-0/307908571?ITC=AUC-51139-23-12075

I just installed the round bowl version of this one 6 days ago. Yes, it is water saving but I haven't yet encountered a problem with having to flush multiple times....yet. I am so far pleased. I would also recommend not using a wax ring and instead use https://www.homedepot.com/p/Fluidma...versal-Wax-Free-Toilet-Seal-7530P24/205762183

As far as rough-in size, that is in reference to the distance from the wall to the closet bolts that are on each side near floor level. It will either be 10" or 12" and is so that the tank is flush with the wall and will not leave a gap.

 

I recommend one of the TRUMP™ electronic toilet and bidet systems. Featuring automatic dual-flush, automatic bum cleansing, automatic enemas, heated seats, WiFi, Bluetooth, and optional media player with Dolby Atmos sound.

 

I miss the old pull chain toilets that you could flush a whole Ford Ranger right down in one flush.

 

@MoodyBlues

I was putting it in the bathroom of my buddy's trailer home.

If you have ever done construction on a trailer, you know that there is literally nothing there.
The floors are glue and sawdust (partical board), the studs in the wall are 2x4 boards that have been cut in half lengthwise.

So anyway, the water froze, the floor broke through, and the bathroom smelled like a uninal at a ballpark during the summer.

We thawed the pipes out, and went to work on the bathroom floor.
Plywood to replace the broken, urine soaked partical board, and linoleum tiles for it as well.

In order to make the tile stick, we got a can of stuff that you spread out in three separate coats and let dry (each coat) to make the floor extra sticky.

All of this took days, and there was about two feet of snow on the ground.
A good amount of this snow was yellow by the time we got the Toilet In A Box home and installed.

At the time, I and my buddy still enjoyed 'the greener side of life', and the name 'Toilet In A Box' was just hilarious.

We were blasted when we got there, and we made quite the scene buying this toilet kit.

Not to mention that we had nowhere to go poop for the whole time of bathroom renovation.

So by the time we got the floor done and put this thing in, we were quite anxious to 'christen' it- to say the least.

Because we didn't want any leaks, and we only wanted to do this once, we used a No.3 wax ring. These things are huge, and it was some real overkill.

This toilet was amazing.
Not only was it a water saver, it ate the contents of our internals like it was starving!
One flush each, and no matter that both of us had not gone in three days!

We were both very impressed, to say the least.
The water swirled in a violent, almost scrubbing like whirlpool that made you think you should feel suction like with an airplane toilet.

No streaks, no double or triple flushing, and my buddy likes that horrible, thick, crumbly toilet paper.

It was a pure joy to poop in the Toilet In A Box.

So a day or two later, my buddy's sister comes to visit.
She is large, and out of shape.
Not really, because round is a shape.
But I digress.

We brag about how proud we are with what we did with the bathroom (before this, we had installed new shower walls and fixtures above the tub, and had to reinforce the floor underneath).

Clean, fresh shower, brand new toilet, new tile floor (done in the diamond style, instead of the square), and it looked pretty darn good considering that it was a 20 year old construction site trailer.

So after a time, she needs to utilize the facilities.

She uses the toilet, and I guess that due to the giant wax ring we used, it wasn't as tight to the floor as it could have been.
It really was, for anyone that weighed 250 lbs. or less.

But evidently, she weighed enough to crush that wax ring down a bit more, and she darn near came off the toilet and landed onto the floor.

We were in disbelief, because it felt solid as a rock when we used it. I even tightened it down a second time after we each used it on its' inaugeration day.

Now here it is, with almost ¼ inch of slop all the way around the bottom.

After we tightened it down again, it was fine.
Lessen learned... use only as large as a wax ring as is truely needed.

Ok, so maybe the story is only funny to me, or to anyone with a full colon and a severe buzz who then sees a big sign for 'Toilet In A Box' while shopping for a toilet.

This is what we did for enjoyment around here.

I have not installed the toilet I have now because the apartment it is going in is worse than what I am going to put in the toilet.

The building is ~115 years old, and in fairly dire shape.
There is worry that the city may try to condemn if they inspect at this point.

But it is downtown, and has 98% of the original trim and fixtures.

Plaster and lathe, lead paint, clawfoot cast iron tub, country cast iron kitchen sink, you name it.

The electric has been done 'ok' (my standards for electric are higher than standard household), the water pipes have been ran, and the bedroom is almost ready to move in- although it stilk needs work as well.

There is so much to do, but it is only me to do it.

The landlord (a friend of almost 18 years) and I have actually talked about going to Mexico instead of dealing with it.
We laugh, then we don't.
Then we chuckle, but in a sick way.

Welcome to my world.

 

"What on earth was it?! With a name like "Toilet in a Box".....well, it does make one wonder, you know?"

Umm, I was kind of thinking that the name might give it away.

Maybe not?

 

Use this link, add your own zip code (upper right) and any other filters you like (I already added chair height and enlongated bowl).

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Bath-Toilets/Chair-Height/Elongated/N-5yc1vZbzbdZ1z0m208Z1z0zbtk

 

Damn, it! @MoodyBlues
Now I am missing pull chain toilets!

MPCA
(make pooping cool again)

 

The benefit, as I have only installed a couple of toilets, is that if the toliet has to be repositioned during installation, for whatever reason, it doesn't require another wax ring. It can be reseated as many times is needed without affecting effectiveness.

 

Beside being loud the air assisted flush toilets are very expensive to work on. A flush handle and flapper for a normal toilet runs less than 25 dollars, the air tank for the other is in the 100 dollar range with more cost for other parts needed.

I can attest to the fact that they do flush completely, being in the apartment maintenance field I have seen them all, and the air flush is the best of the water saver ideas.

 

I thought those were only found on aircraft and trains? Where they flush using air suction.