Comfort height or shorter toilet for kid's bath?

14 years ago

I'm going to have to remodel (grrrr) my son's bathroom. He's a teen and would be fine with a comfort height toilet, but I'm sort of thinking about resale value as well. It's an upstairs bathroom and thus unlikely to be used by anyone with serious mobility issues. What would you do?

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kateskouros

14 years ago

we're putting in comfort height toilets in both powder rooms as well as the guest bathrooms & of course the master. the kids have a jack & jill so we're going with standard height in there. their rooms are adjoining and in the event of a resale i'm thinking most people would probably stick their kids in those bedrooms. it's a new build ...our "dream house" so we're not concerned. good luck!

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wildcat22
14 years ago
I have a 3.5 year old and a baby on the way and we are putting in all normal toilet in our new construction. My daughter uses a step stool and toilet seat in her bathroom, but honestly, has no trouble using all the toilets in the house w/o it. I'd put in a normal one.
flseadog
14 years ago
We put all comfort height toilets in our new build. Here is the thought process we went through: 1. young children very quickly grow through the needing a step stool stage so another 6 months is nothing in their young lives; 2. once you get old or your knees go bad you are old or have bad knees for a very long time; 3. just to make sure we sat on a variety of comfort heights in plumbing show rooms to confirm our decision. It was a no brainer for DH who is well over 6' tall and does have a bad knee. I thought it would be okay for me since I'm 5'5" and everything I test sat seemed okay. This past weekend we started moving into the new build so I reality sat the new toilets. My feet barely touch the floor when I use them, a different experience than when I test sat. I'm trying to figure out where I went wrong. Maybe it's because we got cushy soft close seats that give an extra 1/2" to the height of the toilets that I feel this is a bit different than I expected. But, DH is very happy and I guess at some point I can change out the toilet seats or get a step stool for my old age.
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We did not put comfort height in the kids bath's, but we certainly could have. We have Amer. Std Cadet 3's and the kids are all just fine with the comfort height ones (youngest is 4). I don't really think anyone is going to sit on your toilet when checking out the house to purchase, but maybe that's just me. I'd put in the comfort height if you think your son would prefer it.
just_julie
14 years ago
Get your son what he wants and if he doesn't care, get the taller one. Wouldn't a closer target mean less splash?

Installing a new toilet down the line is very easy and as crazyhouse mentioned, it probably wouldn't be noticed.
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Just when I thought I had made the final decision to get the Toto Ultramax ADA for all 3 bathrooms Â this thread had to come along!

Now itÂs back to indecisionÂ :-)

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