We remember the days of cascading waterfalls onto the bathroom floor, the mandatory bathroom accessory, the plunger and the multitude of service calls from angry homeowners begging us to help them. Our only option at the time was pressure-assist toilets that were noisy and expensive. Since 1992 when 1.6 gallon toilets were foisted on us all by federal mandate they have often been a sore spot. When first required the toilets were produced by the manufacturers but the engineering needed to make them work properly was not done in my opinion.

Over the past 19 years improvements have been made and now some manufacturers produce toilets that flush very well. With the models we are now installing we rarely have clogging, with the exceptions being a child’s toy or similar object. Plungers no longer are a necessary item in a bathroom.

All in all manufacturers have responded to customer feedback by creating toilets that are both environmentally and consumer friendly. Gerber Viper and Toto Drake are two models I highly recommend to my customers. We install well over a thousand a year with almost zero callbacks for service.

Bringing clean water to America… Rick the Plumber