Choosing the right toilet can be a challenge and more often than not usually ends up in numerous trips to the DIY store and a waste of your own time and money.
If you follow this guide below you can save the hassle by picking the right toilet suite to suit your home and its existing infrastructure.
Types of toilet available:
Back to Wall Toilet Suites
Back to wall toilet suites sits flush against your bathroom wall. This means that there are no gaps between the wall and toilet at all. This type of toilet is very modern in design suiting contemporary style bathrooms. As back to wall suites have no gaps they are also easier to clean.
What you need to know before installing a back to wall toilet suites
Toilet Pan Set out:
Measure from the wall to the center of waste where the toilet goes into the ground this will usually be in range from 120mm-200mm.
Water Inlet for toilet cistern
Now you have made your mind up on the toilet you need to make sure you have the right water entry point most toilets have a bottom water entry point with a mini cistern cock on the wall. The modern back to wall suite have a rear or back entry water point that is concealed at cistern height. This position is very particular to the make and model of suite and will very between brands.
Floor Level
The modern back to wall suite unfortunately has one weakness in its installation versatility and that is that it’s not able to be installed in positions with medium/large fall.
If your floor falls away noticeably to a floor grate unfortunately a back to wall suite in not going to be flexible enough to fit in this circumstance.
Skirting tiles
When installing a back to wall suite in most circumstances if the walls are not tiled above the level of the toilet suite than the skirting tiles will need to be removed so that the pan can go back flush against the wall.
A tiler or handy man will be required to cut and replace the tiles removed for installation at an extra cost.
Skirting tiles
When installing a back to wall suite in most circumstances if the walls are not tiled above the level of the toilet suite than the skirting tiles will need to be removed so that the pan can go back flush against the wall.
A tiler or handy man will be required to cut and replace the tiles removed for installation at an extra cost.
Close Couple Suites
Close Couple suites have the toilet pan and cistern joined so you cannot see the flush pipe. This type of toilet will suit all types of bathrooms and is very traditional.
What you need to know before installing a Close Couple Suites wall toilet suites
Toilet Pan Set out:
Measure from the wall to the center of waste where the toilet goes into the ground this will usually be in range from 120mm-200mm
Water Inlet for toilet cistern
Now you have made your mind up on the toilet you need to make sure you have the right water entry point most toilets have a bottom water entry point with a mini cistern cock on the wall.
The modern back to wall suite have a rear or back entry water point that is concealed at cistern height. This position is very particular to the make and model of suite and will very between brands.
Connector Suites
Connector suites are the most traditional types of toilets with the cistern joined to the pan by as plastic flush pipe and connector plate. This type of toilet allows for the greatest level of flexibility during installation.
Types of Pans
S-trap Toilet Pans
S-trap Toilet Pans are the most commonplace in Australia. It is identified with the toilet waste of the trap connecting directly into the floor-mounted pan collar.
P-trap Toilet Pans
P-trap version pans have horizontal outlet waste which connects into a pan collar mounted on the wall.
Skew trap toilet pans
Skew trap version pans are available in left and right hand models with a horizontal or angled outlet waste which is offset at 90° and connects directly into a pan collar mounted on a side wall.
Sometimes this is not visible due to the pan style and design if this is the case then a safe rule of thumb is if you currently have a close coupled or back to wall toilet suite than the same style of suite will be versatile enough to fit.
