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Peggy (NC)
Moving into an old house with cracked 1980's ifo toilets. The bases are very unique. I need to replace them and would like to replace them without having to tear up the cement floors. Anyone know about a manufacturer or toilet type or kind that I could replace them with?
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steve (CA)
Have you checked on getting new IFO toilets? I don't if the drains are the same, but if you haven't, you could try here - [#$%&]
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hj (AZ)
It would be extremely rare for ANY company to have maintained the same shape for 35 years, and since yours is probably oblong and modern ones are oval, you may be out of luck.
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Wheelchair (IL)
Oops. I forgot IFO was a brand.
Best Wishes
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steve (CA)
I believe the concern is that their IFO toilets don't have 12" drain rough-ins. The drain is either to wall or it drains to floor, but the floor drain is right next to the wall and OP doesn't want to open concrete to move the drain to US standard.
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bernabeu (SC)
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vic (CA)
I have sold Ifo toilets "way back when" as well have owned a couple of Ifo toilets in our former home.
I know for certain that a number of Ifo models actually were 12" rough (it's the only models that I would sell) and so Peggy I suggest that the first thing that you do is to measure the distance from the back of the wall to where the bolts go into the floor. IF the distance is close to 12" (or more) then almost all toilets used/sold today in the U.S. could be installed in its place.
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bernabeu (SC)
EXCELLENT advice
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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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