The American Standard Toilets conforms to the highest health and safety regulations and is by far consumers' number one choice when it comes to purchasing toilets.
Sometimes you may wonder, "What is the difference between one toilet and the other?" After all, when it comes down to it they all pretty much do the same thing.
All toilets today conform to health and safety regulations to a great extent. For instance when the 5 gallon flush toilets were first mass produced all toilets followed this pattern and so became the standard regulation.
However when companies like American Standard found that the 5 gallon flush was causing a problem in sewage because everything from toilet paper rolls to teenage mutant ninja turtle action figures were able to flush down the drain, as well as the 5 gallon flush used too much water, they pioneered the 3.5 gallon flush and this became the new American standard regulation.
Shortly after, the most economical and technologically advanced range of toilets, the 1.6 gallon flush became the American standard regulation toilets.
This is still the toilet that is used today and they are the toilest that are considered the American Standard and it has been regularized by the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 that required all toilets made or sold thereafter meet new federal water-efficiency standards.
To conserve water, those American standards set the upper limit of a single flush at 1.6-gal. The law took effect in 1994 for residential toilets and in 1997 for commercial toilets.
However with so many technological advances that has happened since the invention or refinement of the 1.6 gallon flush, the American standard toilet is called so in basic design only, i.e., utilizing gravitational pull and gallon flush.
Toilets today come in all different designs, styles and colours. Even the American standard comes in a wide variety with all sorts of different features like heated seats, voice, timed or automatic flush and even fully automated functions from opening the lid to closing it when you're done!
And of course, there are toilets made specifically for the disabled and the elderly. These American standard toilets also come in a large price range depending on their individual additional features and style so that there is a toilet to fit every style, bathroom décor and budget.
But, is important to know that regardless of price or style, toilets do conform to American standard regulations and work the same way unless otherwise indicated (changes in technological advancements).
