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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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View Comments

  • I like it. But I'm gonna stick with my custom wall mounted toiled with a stick shift flush lever and high mounted tank.

  • Forget all that. When are we going to get toilets that clean themselves?

  • Toilets like this have been in Japanese and Korean households for a decade.

  • 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.

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