Advanced Toilet Research
I'm having some minor issues with the washlet that I installed recently. Don't get me wrong - there is absolutely nothing bad and very much which is good about a Japanese robot that washes your ass. The problem is the porcelain bowl. I live in a very old house, and the toilet is an early design as indicated by the sprues around some of the borders. Most objectionably the front lip of the bowl is thick, a bit short, and angled instead of dropping straight down. The problem is clearance. Words are failing me, so here are some pictures.
This is what the front of my washlet-equipped toilet looks like from above:
And this is why it's a problem:
I realize that I might be going off the deep end here, but this morning I left the house early to visit a Toto platinum showroom where the dealer helped me select a Toto UltraMax with one-piece construction. Price: $446.60. I don't necessarily need the elongated seat, but I figure as long as I'm attempting to address a concern issue I should not solve this problem in a half-assed way.
Replacing the porcelain with a different shape seat will obviously require me to purchase another washlet but that won't be a problem. This weekend xtingu and mrl24 were guests in my house where they became absolutely enamored with the comforts, convenience, and technology of modern Japan. I'm selling her my current toto (she's used it, she can use it again) to help defray the cost.
"We had teflon-coated new porcelain, a toiletside grounded outlet, and an S300 with elongated and heated seat. Not that we needed all that just for a dump, but once you get into locked a serious washlet collection the tendency is to push it as far as you can."
This is what the front of my washlet-equipped toilet looks like from above:
And this is why it's a problem:
I realize that I might be going off the deep end here, but this morning I left the house early to visit a Toto platinum showroom where the dealer helped me select a Toto UltraMax with one-piece construction. Price: $446.60. I don't necessarily need the elongated seat, but I figure as long as I'm attempting to address a concern issue I should not solve this problem in a half-assed way.
Replacing the porcelain with a different shape seat will obviously require me to purchase another washlet but that won't be a problem. This weekend xtingu and mrl24 were guests in my house where they became absolutely enamored with the comforts, convenience, and technology of modern Japan. I'm selling her my current toto (she's used it, she can use it again) to help defray the cost.
"We had teflon-coated new porcelain, a toiletside grounded outlet, and an S300 with elongated and heated seat. Not that we needed all that just for a dump, but once you get into locked a serious washlet collection the tendency is to push it as far as you can."