In modern home decoration, wall hung toilet with its unique design, space-saving, beautiful and stylish features, has gradually become the preferred choice of many families when decorating. So, what exactly is a wall-mounted toilet? What are its advantages and features? What do you need to pay attention to when installing it?
What is a wall- hung toilet?
Wall-hung toilet is also known as wall-mounted toilet and cantilevered toilet. Its structure is similar to the split toilet, the water tank and the main body of the toilet are separated and connected by pipes. Not see the water tank, not see the sewage pipe does not fall form.
Advantages of wall hung toilet
- Takes up little space and improves utilization: very friendly for small tiny homes can save a lot of space.
- No hygienic dead ends: very friendly for families with allergies, every place can be cleaned.
- No anti-odor: the side discharge drainage of the wall mounted toilet is not easy to reverse the odor directly from the sewer.
- High value: simple and atmospheric, it is the value of the bathroom.
- Low noise: the water tank is hidden in the wall, the flushing noise is small.
- Solve the pit problem: the original rough housing toilet pit distance is too close to the side, shifting too long will block the pipeline, the use of wall-hung toilet directly to the main pipe, not blocked.
Disadvantages of wall hung toilets
- High price and few options: there are only a few professional wall hung toilets, so the price is relatively high and there are fewer options.
- Complicated installation: first of all, it needs to be installed inside the wall, and secondly, it needs three visits to the door to complete the installation, the first time is the measurement above to determine the installation program, the second is the door to install the drainage system inside the wall, and the third is the door to install the toilet part.
- Maintenance is relatively complex: because buried inside the wall, only retain a access port so later if you want to maintain relatively complex.
What should I choose for a wall hung toilet?
- Choose one with a foam shield: wall mounted toilets without a foam shield can get splashed when you go to the bathroom, as well as may have an odor. Choosing a wall mounted toilet with a foam shield will prevent splashing.
- Choose double water supply: single water wall-mounted toilet flushing toilet water and cleaning water share a waterway, flushing toilet water will produce scale after a long time, cleaning is not hygienic. Double waterway wall-mounted toilet: there are two waterways, toilet flushing and cleaning are two waterways, cleaner and more hygienic.
- Choose the instant heating type: the wall-mounted toilet of the storage heating type is always in the heating state, which may produce scale and bacteria and cost electricity for a long time.
- Choose adjustable nozzle: non-adjustable nozzle wall-mounted toilet spray bar position is fixed, cleaning is not convenient, the use of poor experience. Adjustable nozzle wall-mounted toilet can be adjusted according to the angle suitable for their own distance.
- Choose super whirlpool: straight flush wall-mounted toilet is the use of water level drop the dirt out of the toilet, punch, loud, general odor prevention. Super whirlpool wall-mounted toilet odor prevention is good, the sound of water is small, water saving is not easy to cause clogging!
- Choose induction flap function: wall-mounted toilet with induction flap function, convenient for men to urinate to solve family conflicts.
- Choose the one that can be flushed manually: wall-hung toilets with manual flush buttons don’t need to worry about flushing even if there is a power outage.
As a well-known toilet supplier, HOROW has a variety of toilet products. The HOROW G10 is a wall-mounted toilet with bidet. It features an instant hot seat, an automatic opening and closing lid, as well as adjustments for water temperature, water pressure, and nozzle position, providing a luxurious experience for personal hygiene.
Installation of wall hung toilet precautions
- Wall-hung toilet package installation, but does not include slotting walls, etc. It is recommended to communicate with the designer or construction personnel in advance to determine the location of the toilet installation.
- The height of wall-hung toilet needs to be determined according to the specifications of the product, before installation, you need to confirm the height of the floor level after the floor tiles are paved, according to the actual situation to adjust the height to determine the height and then fixed.
- Toilet side reserved socket, convenient for later installation of intelligent toilet cover, can also be used as a daily charging.
- Water tank copper ball valve connected to the inlet pipe must be used hard pipe, hose easy to break and the tank embedded in the wall, once the water pipe rupture, ! Will have to tear down the wall, the current use of the most for the PPR pipe.
- In order to avoid poor drainage, the tank sewage elbow and the cross pipe should have a certain height difference, the sewage outlet should be higher than the sewage cross pipe, try to use a 45-degree elbow, drainage is more smooth.
- Do false walls, pay attention to the protection of the water tank, to avoid violent construction caused by the water tank damage, the water tank on the insulation foam first do not tear, can play a certain role in protection.
Frequently asked questions about wall hung toilets
- Wall hung toilet will fall down?
No, the load-bearing wall-mounted toilet lies in the bracket within the wall, with the toilet, the wall tank does not have much to do. Wall-mounted toilet hidden tank force point in the bottom of the bracket fixed to the ground on the screws, if the bracket strength and quality of reliable, can bear 400kg.
- Wall-mounted toilet shift will be blocked?
No, wall-mounted toilet is a direct drain, using the pressure inside the tank.
- Wall-hung toilet tank problems to open the wall?
No, the top of the tank is a movable plate, don’t seal, maintenance time to open the cover can be, at the same time the flush button is the access port, without any tools one-handed can remove all the accessories inside the tank, out of the problem is very easy to replace.
- Wall-mounted toilet installation to do false wall?
Need. Generally to do on a bearing wall (if there is no wall behind, or not a bearing wall can not be fixed by the wall, should choose to stand up the tank), bearing wall can not hollow out, so we have to use the form of false wall to hide the pipeline. False wall is divided into two forms of half-wall and whole wall: half-wall for the space is more compact small house, above can also be storage. The whole wall has a holistic, more beautiful effect, but the practicality is not as good as half-wall, can not use the upper space for storage.
