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Toilet advice - skirted/concealed trapway

9 years ago

We are ready to purchase 3 new toilets. I am looking for advice/reviews on any skirted/concealed trapway toilets. I am having a hard time finding them in my local stores and will need to order online. Does anyone absolutely love theirs? Our musts are comfort height and elongated.

Comments (5)

  • 9 years ago

    I think the Terry Love website is often posted for reliable toilet reviews so you might find what you're looking for there.

  • 9 years ago

    Love is too strong a word to use for toilets! I am very happy with the look of my one-piece skirted toilets, all comfort height and elongated. It is a more modern, streamlined look, but I like simple and clean lines for a toilet, even if our house style isn't modern.

    We have one Toto Legato and three ICERA Cadence toilets. Not 100% happy with the performance of the Toto, but satisfied with the ICERA models. Have one more bathroom left to remodel and we'll buy another ICERA Cadence.

  • 9 years ago

    We have one concealed trap toilet-AS and it looms great, easy to clean. I didn't realize what a pain it would be to change the toilet seat though.

    But we did have a heated toilet seat x 2 that were defective so we probably changed them more than the average bear!

  • 9 years ago

    We are in the market for four new toilets (new build) and I want skirted/concealed trapways in all or most of them. I'm looking into the American Standard Town Square. It's a pretty toilet - for a toilet - and comes highly recommended by my local store. We'll go with that or the American Standard Cadet 3, probably. Trying to figure out the difference, other than looks.

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    My requirements for my two bathroom remodels were completely skirted, comfort height, elongated, and one-piece. I have two Kohler toilets that met those requirements: Tresham and Kathryn.

    I replaced the soft close seats on both with a more thin, typical seat. My kids thought I was crazy to switch, but both my DH and I find the thinner, flat profile more comfortable.

    I will share some of the things that helped me narrow my choices. As I searched, I found that many companies that offered skirted toilets had a large opening in the back of their models; I REALLY disliked that so ended up with the Kohler choices. No company that I looked at online showed the back of their toilets so much reading and research helped me eliminate open-backed contenders. Two companies that I remember having the back opening were some American Standard and Toto models.

    Of the two Kohler models I have, I like the Tresham slightly better; but the Katheryn is also very nice and looks good in its bathroom. The Tresham was a new design when I bought it; since I could not see a model, ordering was a researched leap. I am very glad I took the leap; it's design elements make it slightly easier to wipe down than the Katheryn which is really the only thing that nudges the Tresham as my top choice.

    Look at side views too; some possible contenders had a funny looking half postcard size bump-out on the side that I did not like.

    i agonized over picking these toilets and researched accordingly; Both choices were good ones.