Mantel Sconces

Reply to: If this is a guest bathroom I think you need some kind of disposable towels because I would NEVER want to wipe my hands on a towel that had been hanging for who knows how long and used by how many people? I have pretty disposable towels in a container. They sell both the towels and the containers. Another alternative which I actually use in my master bath is to roll cheap white washclothes and put them in a decorative basket or container. This way a person knows that they are the first and only person using a towel.

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Reply to: I have a question for all of you owners of open-ended toilet paper holders: does the arm that holds the roll work its way loose all the time? I renovated a bathroom last fall and installed a Rohl Country Bath open arm toilet paper holder. Every couple of months, the arm works its way loose and falls off. After having to reattach it several times, Rohl replaced it under warranty. The new one was very tight when first installed, but I could tell it was loosening up over time, and it fell off last night. The salesperson says she's never had this problem with Rohl before. It's really a pain to reattach the arm, and it's unacceptable to me that I would have to with such a supposedly high quality product. Would love to hear whether any of you have had similar problems. Right now I am wishing I had gone with the old standby spring-loaded toilet paper holder. Thanks for your feedback!

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Reply to: Wish I had read these comments before we bought our two newest Toto toilets two years ago. We had bought two others in the home we sold and they were wonderful, easy to clean, reliable and fast flushing. We encouraged all our friends to buy Toto. The two newer ones, bought based on our experience in the '90s, are no where near as good. These both have Sanagloss finishes, which the sales person assured was an improvement (bought in a high end bathroom fixture store, not a chain). We followed instructions very carefully, washing with mild detergents, no powders, nothing too acidic. Took about three weeks and then we began to notice that they were maintaining evidence of debris. It got much worse as time passed, and the creviced design didn't help! We are very unhappy and will never ever buy another Toto. It appears they used a cheap chemical (perhaps even water soluble) to make the "Sanagloss" and then didn't properly glaze the porcelain. One more case of buyer beware....what a shame, the older units were perfect (even tho one of the older ones did have a slight easily fixed mechanical issue soon after bought those), we never had this kind of issue. Shame on you Toto!

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