In the Capital Region, there are many families who love the TOTO brand of toilet.  The TOTO company seems to have always had the goal to improve the quality of people’s lives in the bathroom.  The company has always been great about innovations and their toilets are works of art.

Check them out at the nearest showroom and check how they flush.  Decide for yourself if the flush is something that you like.

The founder of this company was Kazuchika Okura, who started the company way back in 1912.  This was before most of Japan had sewage systems.  He saw products overseas and then returned to Japan to help create cleaner living spaces for all.

In 1917, Okura founded Toyo Toki K.K. (which became known as TOTO LTD.) Japan of course has a long history of creating art in pottery and porcelain.

Toto re-thought the gravity-flush toilet from the ground up. They designed a quiet, simple flush valve with a 3″ opening, redesigned the bowl and trapway geometry, and fully glazed the whole thing, inside and out, with a low friction, non-sticking glaze. The Drake was brilliant. Nothing else came close. They redefined what a gravity-flush toilet could be.

Other manufacturers eventually redesigned their bowls and incorporated similar features.

If you are looking to purchase and install a TOTO toilet, please give us a call.  We can suggest to you where to purchase one.  Call E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling at 518-462-6577