A Tour of Antique Plumbing and the Toilet of the Future | Ask This Old House
Ask This Old House Richard Trethewey examines historic items from the history of his family’s plumbing company and takes a look at the latest toilet technology
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Richard dives into a history lesson about plumbing and shows off new toilet technology.
Cost: $3300
Richard displayed some plumbing heirlooms from his family business, Trethewey Brothers of Boston [https://tbros.com/], including a custom toilet bowl, an overflow cover, and an antique fixture catalogue from American Standard [https://www.americanstandard-us.com/].
Richard also showed a futuristic toilet that featured an automatic seat lift, seat warmer, built-in bidet, UV sanitation, and a remote control. It was the Veil Intelligent Skirted Elongated Dual Flush Toilet, manufactured by Kohler [https://www.us.kohler.com/us/].
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pick one up at your local box store dump today.
not!
I like it. But I'm gonna stick with my custom wall mounted toiled with a stick shift flush lever and high mounted tank.
Richard is sounding tired.
Forget all that. When are we going to get toilets that clean themselves?
the only thing it doesn't do is Wifi.
Toilets like this have been in Japanese and Korean households for a decade.
still wont wipe my butt
You need a plumber and electrician for that installation.
you know what i dont get is why isnt the biday at the end of it all is it not cleaner?. Love you guyes been watching for over 30 years and now on you tube
Once you go bidet, you will never go back. Refreshing. You will use less TP. Spray runs on existing water pressure. Not much electricity usage if you don't warm seat and water. Got one at Costco few years ago.
Can you use this toilet without electricity during a power failure?
watching before I go to work… as a plumber. love history of the trade.
The future of toilets will hopefully be toilets that don't use fresh water or water at all.
the governemt needs to get out of the plumbing bussines…they will demand toilets with a half gallon flush soon not realizing the sewer systems in this country are not designed for such low flow..everything is clogging up..not enough water flow.
America is so far behind Japan. Japan has had these toilets for many years already.
I like this and want one but they cost thousands of dollars. So unless your bathroom is clad in gold, you can forget it and just hire a personal toilet assistant like at those fancy hotels. Hey it's a job and people need jobs.
I would not touch that lead pipe without gloves!
future? five or six years ago i watched a video of a modern japanese with a probably more advanced model than this toilet.
Japanese toilets finally coming to the US
antic sitting on toilet 🙂
Bidets are very weird in my opinion. There isn't a massive market for bidets in the US. I would say they are somewhat prevalent in bourgeois/liberal areas such as San Fransisco, New York, and Philadelphia where I myself work. Only the super wealthy, down-towners get bidets installed in their bathrooms.
Too fancy and too many things to break for me. But I did retrofit both my toilets with inexpensive bidet units that fit under the seat and never looked back. My butt is so clean now you could eat your dinner off it. Less TP usage, and even though mine does not heat the water, even in winter it is quite comfortable as the water it uses is still at room temperature. I hate having to clean myself now with just paper–you never get really clean. Do you enjoy walking around all day with skid marks in your drawers?
Nice toilet, but can it take down my big turd?
So cool his grandpa could get customized fixtures with his name in them!
I have a 50+ year old American Standard toilet, and when it breaks (which is seldom) I can fix it quickly and cheaply with parts available at any hardware store or big box home center. I don't think the same would be true of this toilet of the future.
Why does he ask the same question 3 times like he answered it and he repeatedly asked
Awesome video, loved it, thanks!
I love antique toilets! This was cool!
Now all we need is the fake flushing sound to help you "go"
I purchased my house 8yrs ago and I still have the pink tub & shower, along with the pink toilet. So ready to change it out to a more relaxing tub.
The more technology that gets put into a simple thing, the more headaches to fix or repair it.
Where are the 3 seashells?
The Cadillac of toilets. I want one.
I like this. If it could use a half of a gallon to do the entire process this would be sweet.
What, no hand comes up to wipe your a*s..
I've seen these in Italy 5 years ago
Just think. One of those antique Tretheway toilets could still be in use in someone's house or building to this day!
A night light so you can find it
Bidets are the way to go! If you stepped in dog poop barefoot outside, would you just wipe it off with a napkin and put your foot back in your sock?!
Infomercial
This comment section needs a modern squirt of enthusiasm in the bum.
Richard is that bidet connected to full city water pressure ?
“But wait a minute, there’s more!”
Hold on now, so does this mean toilet paper will become obsolete? No more fighting for it during the pandemic times?
"Have you been sitting on that?" Lol!!