how often (as a rule) should toilets be replaced?

Answer 1

When they are a constant problem. Otherwise every 5 years. Cause it's an oooky thing.

Answer 2

As a rule, toilets need to be replaced as often as is required. It could be as early as 1 hour after installation (oops I dropped my 20 lb sledge) or more than 100 years (grandma kept hers clean). Toilets are relatively simple devices and are extremely reliable. If kept clean inside and out, and the internal works repaired or replaced when necessary, toilets could last indefinitely (all right, let’s say 200 years…we won’t be there to check).

“As required” is also a subjective thing. Most people will only replace a toilet if it is broken beyond repair, others will change it to get a different style or colour to match the décor.

Toilets, unlike tires, are good for more than 100,000 miles, unless they have an accident, then, like tires, they need replacing immediately.

Answer 3

Well...if you keep them clean they won't get oooky. Unless the bowl or tank breaks...they can last for years. Parts inside can be replaced at a fraction of what a whole new toilet would cost. The only reason you would need to replace the toilet is if you just don't like the way it looks...or you need a taller one for those older people with hip problems.

Answer 4

Unless its broke never . Other than replacing insides of tank whats to go wrong its ceramic. I do take them up when I paint bath a couple times and super clean replace tank to base seal and wax ring.
But The new one do use less water (and can get plugged more I work in construction I fix em all time. ) But if its you or one other person the saving may not that great .But over period time adds up . I like the cheap Elgr tiolet I use them on all installs less then $90 most places and few if any call backs. The get what you pay for back fires in this case.

Answer 5

there is no rule. the flapper that is located at the bottom of the tank should be replaced when it starts leaking, the fill valve should be replaced when it will not stop the water going into the tank. the toilet has a whole should be replaced when it is cracked, outdated as in a remodel of the restroom, or if you want to conserve water.

Answer 6

No offense; certainly to fae, but NEVER is one clear answer; unless as she states something goes wrong; and that would be in a Critical sense; a design change sense; some OCD sense.

Consider what a toilet is made of; then consider pottery shards still intact from millenia ago. The substance of the toilet if it remains undamaged will be on the planet; probably in a landfill; as long as the half life of Plutonium.

No offense to YOU,,,but there is NO RULE.

They aren't prohibitively expensive in a general sense and if you have the dollars and have a different "sense" you could change that fixture as often as you launder bed linens.

Answer 7

Replacing toliets is actually more a matter of taste and choice than a need to be replaced. The seat, fittings, internal mechanisms and plumbing connections can all be replaced individually when they break, and most of these are doable as DIY jobs.

You should only replace the physical toliet itself when it is damaged or cracked - as then you could end up with expensive leaks of dirty water or a health hazard if on the waste side.

Answer 8

Whenever you want toilets last forever if it ain't broke don't fix it older toilets flush better, replace only if your doing a remodel of the bathroom if not leave it alone.

Answer 9

I think you can contact your local plumber, and tell him you want to be put on the toilet swapping list. Then, for a small fee, he will send over a plumber to take out your old toilet, and swap it with a toilet he removed from someone Else's house. The toilet will look exactly like each other, so no one will have to know unless you decide to tell them.

Contact me, and I can set you up on the swapping list, it's not just for toilets, you can swap out your roof, appliances , and spouse.