[Greenbuilding] best low gpf toilet these days?

David Bergman bergman at cyberg.com
Fri Sep 7 14:27:09 CDT 2012


Agreed -- I've spec'd Aquia's on several projects and never had a 
client complaint.

David Bergman

At 03:08 PM 9/7/2012, Matt Dirksen wrote:
>I've had three Toto Aquia dual flush toilets in my home, and I have 
>never once needed a plunger having three small children flush every 
>type of toy down them over the past several years.
>
>(I do alway need a cleaning brush near by, due to occasional "drag marks"...)
>
>Matt Dirksen
>
>On Sep 7, 2012, at 1:44 PM, David Bergman 
><<mailto:bergman at cyberg.com>bergman at cyberg.com> wrote:
>
>>It's not the cheapest model, but we just got a Toto Ultramax 
>>one-piece HET and so far are very happy with it.
>>
>>I did research the Niagara Stealth -- which initially sounded great 
>>-- before choosing the Toto and found a lot of critical comments 
>>(though I don't recall the specifics offhand).
>>
>>David Bergman  RA   LEED AP
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>>adjunct faculty - Parsons The New School for Design
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>>At 12:23 PM 9/7/2012, Reuben Deumling wrote:
>>>I've liked my American Cadet 3 that came out on top of the MaP 
>>>study many years ago, though the initial throttling of the flush 
>>>volume that was yielding 0.96 gpf no longer works. I'm mystified 
>>>why this performance would seem to have deteriorated. But of 
>>>course in the meantime the 1.28 gpf standard has come along. Would 
>>>anyone care to offer suggestions of what models are particularly good values?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>PS there's a prominent ad by Niagara for their Stealth model on 
>>>the MaP site 
>>><http://www.map-testing.com/>http://www.map-testing.com/ - is that 
>>>a model anyone can speak to?
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David Bergman  RA   LEED AP
DAVID BERGMAN ARCHITECT | FIRE & WATER LIGHTING
architecture . interiors . ecodesign . lighting . furniture
bergman at cyberg.com    www.cyberg.com
212 475 3106

author - Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide
blog - www.EcoOptimism.com
adjunct faculty - Parsons The New School for Design  
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