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Low Flow Toilet Recall - Explosion Hazard
25 Jan 2014 16:26 #1
by otisptoadwater
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
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Recall date: January 23, 2014
Recall number: 14-089
Recall Details In conjunction with Home Recalls 2014
Flushmate Expands Recall of Flushmate III Pressure Assisted Flushing System
Flushmate Expands Recall of Flushmate III Pressure-Assisted Flushing System Due to Impact and Laceration Hazards. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Recall Summary:
Flushmate®III Pressure Assist Flushing System
Consumer Contact:
Flushmate at (800) 303-5123 between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET Monday through Friday and between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday, or online at http://www.flushmate.com and click on “Flushmate III Recall” in the black box on the top left of the page for more information.
https://www.flushmate.com/recall/pdf/flushmate-expands-recall.pdf
As if low flow toilets weren't "crappy" enough for other reasons!
Recall number: 14-089
Recall Details In conjunction with Home Recalls 2014
Flushmate Expands Recall of Flushmate III Pressure Assisted Flushing System
Flushmate Expands Recall of Flushmate III Pressure-Assisted Flushing System Due to Impact and Laceration Hazards. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Recall Summary:
Flushmate®III Pressure Assist Flushing System
Consumer Contact:
Flushmate at (800) 303-5123 between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET Monday through Friday and between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday, or online at http://www.flushmate.com and click on “Flushmate III Recall” in the black box on the top left of the page for more information.
https://www.flushmate.com/recall/pdf/flushmate-expands-recall.pdf
As if low flow toilets weren't "crappy" enough for other reasons! I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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26 Jan 2014 11:37 #4
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Replied by ScienceChic on topic Low Flow Toilet Recall - Explosion Hazard
There are two types of water-saving low-flow toilets: gravity-assisted and pressure-assisted (the ones at stores that make the really loud vacuum sounding swooshing sound). Most private homeowners have gravity-assisted because they are efficient enough and they are quieter. Stores install the pressure-assisted in an effort to reduce clogs during business hours.
Low-flow gravity assisted come in two types: 1.6gpf only and dual-flush (0.8 gpf for liquid waste, 1.6gpf for solid waste, and you choose which by pushing the handle up for one, down for the other). They've come a long way because of improvements in trap design and there are such a plethora of styles out there now that you can find a style you like somewhere.
We replaced all of ours less than a year after we moved into our house because XCel offered rebates back then for replacing old-style ones for more water-efficient varieties. In the 4 years that we've had them, I've had to use a plunger a grand total of 3 times for clogs in a house with 2 young kids. The biggest complaints I've seen about them online is that because the water level is lower, there's a larger area of bowl that is above the water line and if you don't center your butt right, it'll leave a skid mark that doesn't get washed off by itself. That's easily fixed with a little conscientiousness.
So chances are, this recall won't affect any of us. I wonder if other pressure-assisted manufacturers are seeing the same kind of issue, or if it's just because of a design flaw in Flushmates. It's been a while since I researched the manufacturers, but I don't remember Flushmate as being one of the higher-end, better rated ones, though that certainly could've changed in 4 years.
The Lowdown on Low-Flow Toilets
No longer the bane of bathrooms, the modern low-flow toilet saves water and provides ample flushing power.
By Jenny Nash
Low-flow gravity assisted come in two types: 1.6gpf only and dual-flush (0.8 gpf for liquid waste, 1.6gpf for solid waste, and you choose which by pushing the handle up for one, down for the other). They've come a long way because of improvements in trap design and there are such a plethora of styles out there now that you can find a style you like somewhere.
We replaced all of ours less than a year after we moved into our house because XCel offered rebates back then for replacing old-style ones for more water-efficient varieties. In the 4 years that we've had them, I've had to use a plunger a grand total of 3 times for clogs in a house with 2 young kids. The biggest complaints I've seen about them online is that because the water level is lower, there's a larger area of bowl that is above the water line and if you don't center your butt right, it'll leave a skid mark that doesn't get washed off by itself. That's easily fixed with a little conscientiousness.
So chances are, this recall won't affect any of us. I wonder if other pressure-assisted manufacturers are seeing the same kind of issue, or if it's just because of a design flaw in Flushmates. It's been a while since I researched the manufacturers, but I don't remember Flushmate as being one of the higher-end, better rated ones, though that certainly could've changed in 4 years.
The Lowdown on Low-Flow Toilets
No longer the bane of bathrooms, the modern low-flow toilet saves water and provides ample flushing power.
By Jenny Nash
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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