Here is a video of an American Standard Champion 4 toilet. This toilet has become a very popular toilet for Dunbar Plumbing to install for the simple design and powerful flushing action. The new flush valve design was initially designed to rectify the problems with the former American Standard Champion 3 toilet. Many problems resulted in that interior design of the flush valve tower that had too many moving parts that proved troublesome.

The American Standard toilet is a common brand that is sold at the big box stores such as Home Depot and Lowes Home Improvement stores. The most common purchase has been the taller toilet with elongated bowl. This provides a better experience while using the toilet.

There are many reasons to replace a toilet. When Dunbar Plumbing is called out to make repairs to a toilet that is malfunctioning, we take the time to discuss with the customer the make and model of the toilet, the current condition of the toilet, the history of the toilet in regards to clogging.  When a toilet has such history, meaning a toilet that consistently will not take down waste matter or toilet paper, this becomes a nuisance problem and interrupts the purpose of what the toilet is designed to do. Asking key critical questions are important to make sure the toilet, not the people using the fixture,  is to blame for the chronic issues of the toilet not performing. We have been called out countless times for non-fixture related issues why toilets don’t properly flush or take waste matter away. Certain brand names including certain time frames in the history of a product can sometimes spell out the troubles that are commonly had with toilets.

With the American Standard Champion 4 toilet, our customers have been extremely pleased with the flushing action of the toilet with a “no worry” attitude about what possibly gets thrown down the toilet. This toilet uses a small fraction of water compared to the older 1.6 gallon toilets including the 3.5 gallon flush toilets. Now that these new style toilets use so little water compared to the wasteful 3.5 gallon toilet, it’s a no brainer that those older toilets were such a costly design. We’ve watched the advancements in the technology grow over the past 25 years and it has been a road hard paved with good intentions to finally get a good working, good flushing toilet.

Most American Standard Champion Toilets in the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati area price somewhere around the $260-$285 price level which supplies the tank, the bowl, the toilet seat lid and a wax ring and closet bolts to install the toilet. We prefer not to use the wax ring and bolts as both do not serve a good application for long term use. A long toilet supply line is required for the taller American Standard Champion 4. The toilet seat lid that comes with this toilet is graded at “fair” given there are many other grades of quality that would prove better. Inside of the tank the fill valve is a Fluidmaster 400A made specifically for this product along with the new flush valve assembly that American Standard has perfected in design to provide the best flushing experience. Here is another short video that shows the inside of the Champion 4 toilet tank.

Contact Dunbar Plumbing today at 859-359-4833 to schedule a visit to discuss replacement of your toilet with an American Standard Champion 4 toilet today!

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Here is a plumbing job we did in Latonia Kentucky for an accounting firm. This second floor bathroom has a tub and shower combination unit along with a toilet and vanity in this bathroom. Dunbar Plumbing was called out to remove this tub/shower unit to make way for more space inside this bathroom as the unit was not being used.

The tub/shower combo was carefully removed with attention to making sure we did not damage the piping leading to this unit. Simple use of a crowbar and hammer was used to remove the paneling along with the 2 by 4 wood structure that stiffened the support of this unit.

Once the unit was dismantled, the mortar that was previously used to support the base was discarded along with the tub unit itself including the walls. When all was removed we capped off the water lines below the floor along with capping off the drain line that led to the tub drain.

At the same time, we removed a harvest gold 3.5 gallon flush toilet that was leaking through the tank, which was the result of a failing toilet flapper. The owners of the property also mentioned that the toilet constantly clogged which provided justification of the replacement of the toilet.

An American Standard Champion 4 toilet was installed after adjustments to the water line were made including a new wax ring, toilet flange bolts and new toilet supply line. When the toilet was pulled up for removal, we had noticed that the wax ring had leaked prior, most likely to blame was the horned wax ring that was used by the initial installer of the wax ring.

At Dunbar Plumbing we do not use horned wax rings for the very reason that they are notorious for leaking after installation. Any incorrect height in flange or floor condition can create these horned wax rings to fail without warning.

Removal of the tub along with the faucet, old toilet was discarded to make way for the new materials to be installed in the bathroom. Customer was very satisfied with the flushing capabilities of the Champion 4 toilet from American Standard. Contact Dunbar Plumbing at 859-359-4833 for information about work in your bathroom or go to www.DunbarPlumbing.com for more information.

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