How to Choose a Toilet
Making the highest-performing and most innovative toilets is always top of mind for us, because we believe the people who buy them shouldn’t have to give them a second thought. Let us help you find the right toilet for your space.
Getting Started
Choosing a toilet will require that you consider your needs and desires in order to identify the toilet best-suited to your requirements and to the reality of your bathroom. This toilet buying guide will help you do that.
To begin, consider these questions:
1. What type of bathroom will your toilet serve? You might choose different functionality for different bathrooms, like cleansing or bidet functionality for a master bath but easy-to-clean designs for a kids' bath.
2. Are you replacing a toilet or are you remodeling an entire bathroom? For a replacement toilet, you may want to choose the same footprint so it fits the space exactly, without gaps or visible marks on the floor.
3. Who will be using this toilet and do they have special needs? For example, you might consider taller than average toilets if someone in your home has difficulty sitting or standing or if you are updating your toilet in anticipation of future needs.
4. Have you considered a toilet with bidet functionality? Toilets that offer personalized cleansing are redefining the way people think about their private rituals.
5. How would you describe the style of your bathroom? Toilets come in many styles and colors, so you can either match or complement your existing bathroom's design details.
Understand the Possibilities
Explore all the options available to you when selecting a toilet.
Toilet Types
One of the first decisions will be what type of toilet is best for you and your bathroom space: one-piece or two-piece toilet, floor-mount or wall-hung.
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Rough-In Measurement
Not all toilets are right for every bathroom, so figuring out how much space you have is a key step.
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ContinuousClean
New technology means you can automatically flush and fight germs at the same time, keeping your bowl clean longer.
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Style Considerations
Coordinate the look of your new product with its style. You'll also need some features.
Color Options
Color is important and plays a vital role in the look and feel of your bathroom. The decision of a white or color toilet can shift the tone and enhance the style by creating a drastic contrast or seamless integration. There is no wrong answer when choosing a color, it’s simply a matter of choice.
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Toilet seats come with a host of features, including Quick-Release™ hinges for easy cleaning, Quiet-Close™ functionality, and bidet-style cleansing.
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Your bathroom should reflect your personal design style. We have many collections, encompassing traditional, transitional, and contemporary styles.
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Toilet types are defined by how many pieces make up the toilet (one-piece or two-piece) and how it's installed (on the floor or on the wall).
Smart Toilets
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Personal Comfort and Cleansing
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Cleansing features include warm water, warm-air drying, heated seats, and a self-cleaning wand for unmatched comfort and wellbeing.
Floor-Mount Rough-In
To ensure your floor-mount toilet fits your space, measure from the wall (not the baseboard) to the floor bolts that attach the toilet to the floor. This is the rough-in measurement. The most common rough-in is 12", though there are also 10" and 14" rough-ins.
Wall-Hung Rough-In
To ensure your wall-hung toilet fits your space, measure the depth of the wall studs which will hold the in-wall water tank.
These tanks come in sizes that coordinate with 2" x 6" or 2" x 4" studs. You will need to choose a tank that matches.
Modern Toilets
Design choices impact your space, use, and upkeep. Focus on bowl shape, room size, handle placement, and concealed bolts for ease of cleaning.
Elongated Toilets
Provides extra room and comfortable seating, with bowl length between 28½" to 31⅝".
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Round-Front Toilets
With the shortest bowl length of 25⅝" to 29¾", round-front toilets are a space-saving solution for small bathrooms.
Finding the Right Seat Height
Toilet height is measured from the floor to the top of the seat. Most often, toilets fall somewhere between 15" and 19", with standard toilets coming in under 17". Chair-height toilets measure 17" or more.
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Explore our selection of toilet heights to find the perfect fit.
Standard Height Toilets
An ideal choice for people of average or smaller stature, standard height toilets have a low profile.
Chair-Height Toilets
Approximately 2" higher than standard toilets, chair-height toilets make standing and sitting easier.
Custom-Height Toilets
Wall-hung toilets let you customize the toilet height, and make cleaning around the toilet easy.
Toilet Trapways
Trapways carry waste from the bowl to the piping and sewer line. Fully glazed trapways help stop clogging. Trapways can be exposed, concealed, or hidden.
Trapway Toilet Collections
Discover our selection of trapway toilets, each designed with unique features to enhance your bathroom.
Exposed Trapway Toilets
A traditional design that lets you see the trapway from the side. Standard bolt caps cover the bolts that hold the toilet in place.
Concealed Trapway Toilets
With their smooth, flat surfaces and low-profile bolt caps, concealed trapway toilets are easy to wipe clean.
Skirted Trapway Toilets
With an easy-to-clean base that hides the trapway and bolts, a skirted toilet gives your bathroom modern lines.
Flushing
Many of our toilets feature innovative new flushing options with benefits like a cleaner bowl and reduced water consumption. Consider which options work best for your household.
Water-Saving Toilets
Reduced water consumption saves you money. Older toilets used 3.5 gallons per flush, but today our toilets can use as little as 0.8 gallons.
WaterSense®-labeled toilets meet EPA criteria for performance and water efficiency.
Flush Handle Locations
The flush handle is an important design element, and comes in push or swing levers, push-button, sensors, and control panel formats. Whichever you choose, it should be easy to access.
Right or Left?
The flush handle is most commonly located as a push or swing lever on the front or side of the toilet. You’ll also want to be sure that you have easy access to the handle once the toilet is installed.
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