Are the inside parts of toilets universal?

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No. A lot of them work with each other, but not all toilets are the same.

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• Fondots@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sort of

  For most toilets there’s universal fittings that will work just fine, you may need to adjust them a little bit, but they’re made to be adjusted, and they’ll work just fine with most toilets.

  If you have the original factory parts in your toilet, they may not be adjustable, and if you tried to swap them into another toilet they may not fit/work in other brands/models, or they may kind of work, but maybe not quite right.

  There are a handful of brands that don’t tend to play well with the universal fit parts, I want to say Kohler is one, and if you go to a hardware store, most likely they’re going to stock the universal parts, then a couple of the most common oddball brands.

  There’s also of course some weird toilets that are just totally different- pressure assisted flush, composting or incinerator toilets, etc. that aren’t even working on the same principle as most toilets, but I think the odds are that if you have one of those, you know that already.

  Also I haven’t played with any toilets that were manufactured that way, but I did retrofit one of my toilets to be a dual-flush. Those kits seem pretty universal, but probably double-check before trying to put them in an oddball toilet.

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Incinerator toilets?

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    • tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Like an extreme bidet

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    • Fondots@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pretty much exactly what you probably think they are, I think they’re mostly a thing for people living off grid and maybe some RVs

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    • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Their motto :

      We start with your shit, and we finish with your ass

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• Toes@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  After trying to make the wrong replacement handle work, I’m gonna cast my vote as no.

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• MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They are not all the same.

  Measure the diameter of the hole at the bottom of the water holding tank. It’s the main difference between older and newer toilets in the US.

  Any US toilet repair kit should list what diameters it supports.

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They make universal flappers now that are actually universal.

    And most arms are extendable and can have angle adjusted multiple ways, so basically universal.

    If you replace anything else, you might as well change all the internals at once with a set

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    • Skydancer@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Except even flappers aren’t universal. Some toilets use flapperless flush valves

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nothing new to add, but since crowd sourcing answers is more reliable when you have more of them, I figure it’s worth it.

  As everyone before this said, it isn’t a perfect compatibility, so you can’t just grab any random kit and be certain it’ll be 100% right. But, there’s a decent chance it will be, or that you can improvise things enough to get it to work long enough to get the exact right bits.

  Biggest problem I’ve run into over the years is flappers not making a good seal, and the pipe not fitting well. The flapper is harder to deal with, but the pipe can usually be made to work with a gasket cut to size, long enough to get a better one at convenience rather than having to run right back out.

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• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nope, I’ve seen at least 3 completely different designs, none of those compatible.

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• TheWilliamist@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Mostly, but as others have said variations exist. Another caveat is that newer/shorter tanks may need to removed to access the nut to change the filler valve.

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• muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No they are not. Btw here in aus we got 2 buttons for water saving purposes.

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• Tramort@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not exactly universal but there is wide compatibility. Of it looks the same then you are probably ok.

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• Zonetrooper@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  While the kits may use standardized plumbing connector, they are not all guaranteed to use the same standard sizes.

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• Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not even national. I have a toilet with a ceramic flush valve built into the tank and it’s almost impossible to find a flapper that’s set up for this.

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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Our toilets don’t have no ‘kits’.

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