We bought new toilets. One was a need – the downstairs one never flushes well and takes several tries to do the job – and the upstairs one isn’t terrible, but the bidet seat Lloyd bought a while ago is for an elongated bowl and we had a round bowl.
When we were in Colorado, Lloyd did some looking (yes, there was a spreadsheet involved) and found one that both Amazon and Lowe’s had. Since it’s not cool to order giant things from Amazon (especially breakable, porcelain things), he contacted Lowe’s and asked if they would match the price. They did, so he bought two. When they arrived at Lowe’s, he picked them up and they lived in our house for a while.
For many reasons, I wanted a plumber to install these. He was scheduled to come on Monday, but that was the first snowstorm and they called and said they couldn’t come. No worries. They rescheduled for Thursday.
Now, we had some problems with not being around when the plumber arrived: 1) The doors don’t close well and Wally likes to try and sneak out, 2) We had icicles and icy steps at the front door. I didn’t want someone wiping out on the steps or driveway, especially while carrying a toilet, so we asked them to use the back door, and to just leave the old toilets here so we could deal with them later.
And that, dear readers, is how we have come to have two toilets in each bathroom. They’re going to stay like that until this next snow disaster is over. I’ll try to remember to use the ones that are hooked up.
Deborah says
So fancy!
Brad says
Hooray for new toilets! And they’re Toto toilets? Do they do the strong flush thing? What do they look like? I can’t read the model name on the boxes in the pictures.