Toilet Design that Makes You Go "What the F***!?" (do not read if you hate me or my bitching and moaning)

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So two years ago I spent the extra money, and got a low-flush toilet that is supposed to be the best quality. Well then why does the tank of this piece of quality Japanese design and manufacture have two holes in its bottom (in addition to the hole that leads to the bowl)? And why are these holes closed with a nut and bolt? Water is subject to the laws of gravity, and in the past has been known to leak out of these holes, no matter how much I tighten the bolts. This had annoyingly expensive consequences for me and my downstairs neighbor.

Short of ripping out this toilet, does anyone have any suggestions on what to do about this problem? And has anyone else ever encountered this problem? Toilets are not goof-proof, but the usual problems seem to be either clogging, or something with the flapper. I have coped with such problems in the past -- why can't I have easy problems like that?

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Silicone?

― Core of Sphagnum (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

would this be the appropriate thread to talk about german toilets?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)

what the hell ... read about german toilets here.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

That's funny. I was at a German airport for an hour once and I used the "toiletten" and don't remember it working like that.

― Aja (aja), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

toilets in german airports may be different than toilets in german houses or businesses.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

i mean, when i was in germany and austria i DEFINITELY encountered the type of german toilet in the linked website. so maybe the ones in airports are normal b/c there's an international audience.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I guess.

they have smoking areas in the airport. they also have like glass chambers for the gates. those don't open till 30 min before your flight. we sat on the floor across from the "chamber" for almost half an hour.

I know. I'm ranting about airports. I'm flying to Atlanta on Tuesday.

― Aja (aja), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I had previously read about "inspect your feces" toilets, but I don't remember the toilet being like that when I lived in Berlin. But then that was years ago. Do we dare ask Momus about his plumbing?

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

THE DREADED SITZPINKEL!!!!

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

QUE

― Aja (aja), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i think that the german toilets w/ the ledge are the older design, if that article is accurate. but i encountered them in both older and newer buildings (i.e., both pre- and post-WWII buildings).

momus's opinion might actually be useful here.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Eh, should have known that wouldn't work.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I was in Germany for about a month, and I have no recollection of the toilets whatsoever.

I imagine I used the toilet during that one month. How weird.

But I have encountered many toilets in China and Japan that have the same ledge feature as German toilets. It's not just a German thing.

― supercub, Monday, 11 October 2004 03:26 (twenty-one years ago)

My cheap-ass American toilet has the same nuts and bolts issue. I never noticed until I got one of those 2K Flushes tablets, and suddenly had a pool of mysterious blue liquid in my bathroom.

Cheap rubber washers at the nearest hardware store should help. If they don't work, making a horrid mess with silicone sealant will fix it.

― Augustine (Augustine Bearse), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I highly reccommend putting 'weird toilet' into google with safe-search turned off. If you're not at work, anyway.

― Remy (x Jeremy), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:55 (twenty-one years ago)

i worked in mannheim for a few months in '98, they had those funny shelves there. we (mostly irish and english expats as well as me, the lone aussie) used to call them the "inspection shelf". how sad were our lives that the dunny was a source of amusement....

― gem (trisk), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:58 (twenty-one years ago)

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