Understanding Toilet types, options?

Jeepers_Creepers

mnbvcxz said:

Try scrubbing that up - if it goes back to white, surely keep it? Could it even be 'enamel' painted to restore its finish? It's not a surface that should get much wear - not like a basin or bath.

twopenny

I had one of these in my last house. Everything flushed first time and it seldom needed cleaning because of that. One fixing of a washer in 30yrs .
So I'd say keep it and restore because I didn't realise how lucky I was till moving with more recent low level ones which seem to have little quirks for a passtime.
Check the current seats by sitting on them though. They tend to be on the small size for comfort. The salesman agreed.
I still have a solid mahogany one my grandfather purchased. It's been restored a few times and looks so smart. Worth trawling reclaim. They are easy to restore like new. Better quality hinges too. Or new ones make immediate good looks.

Niv

From reading the reply's from the OP I get the impression they are replacing it due to the fear of damaging it to tile underneath. Personally I would simply tile around it so there is no risk of damage.

Doozergirl

Niv said:

From reading the reply's from the OP I get the impression they are replacing it due to the fear of damaging it to tile underneath. Personally I would simply tile around it so there is no risk of damage.

LVT would be perfect in that situation, instead of tile. 

A little awkward to cut but a lot less than tiles, plus it has virtually no depth to it.  

Or roll vinyl...

mnbvcxz

The thought process went,

the lino tiles are too ancient to get clean properly anymore, we have some spare old ceramic tiles left over, wouldn't tiles be easier to clean? If we are doing that, even if we don't break the loo removing it, wouldn't a new white enamel one be easier to clean than the old slightly mottled discoloured old one? Then someone said they had heard of rimless ones, even easier to keep clean and wouldn't it be easier if it were a little taller? 

This all sounded fairly straight forward until I tried to find one that would fit at which point I found almost nothing fit our setup. So i posted here in the hope I was misunderstanding the toilet options, but it would appear not. 

We nearly bought a burlington regal comfort height loo at 470mm tall. But on carefully measuring realised it would stick out to far and block the door.

So far its down to the Twyford or a Nuie high level Carlton for £60 from victorian plumbing which looks suspiciously like many other high level toilets sold  under different  names. 

Anyway sorry not achieving much on this thread. Still the Twyford was a useful tip and it was worth a try.