American Standard Cadet PRO Two-Piece 1.6 gpf/6.0 Lpf Chair Height Elongated Right-Hand Trip Lever Toilet Less Seat - AMS-215AA005

The Cadet PRO two-piece elongated toilet is a 12-inch rough-in fixture, so the closet flange centerline needs to sit 12 inches off the finished wall. If you're replacing an older fixture in an existing building, measure from the finished wall (not the baseboard) to the center of the flange bolts before you order. A 10-inch or 14-inch rough-in opening needs a different model.

American Standard states the Cadet PRO meets Americans with Disabilities Act requirements for use and accessibility, and the bowl is chair height at 17 inches tall including the seat. Two things to watch on a commercial job: the toilet ships less seat, so the seat you pair with it affects that finished height, and American Standard classifies this model as a residential fixture. For a heavy-traffic public restroom you'd typically be looking at a flushometer bowl rather than a tank type.

No seat is included. The Cadet PRO 215AA005 is a less-seat fixture, so you order an elongated seat separately. It does include the color-matched bowl caps and the trip lever, so the only finishing item you're adding is the seat itself. On multi-unit work that's usually the point: buy the bowls and tanks in bulk and spec the seat grade separately by building.

It takes an elongated seat. The Cadet PRO 215AA005 is an elongated bowl, so a round-front seat will leave the front of the bowl exposed and won't sit correctly. Buy an elongated seat with standard 5-1/2 inch hinge post spacing.

Right-hand. The trip lever mounts on the right side of the tank as you face the toilet, in durable metal with a Polished Chrome finish. That matters in a tight water closet where the tank sits against a side wall or a grab bar, since a right-hand lever against a right-side wall is awkward to reach. If your layout needs the handle on the left, that's a different model.

1.6 gallons per flush (6.0 litres). That's the standard federal maximum rather than a high-efficiency 1.28 gpf fixture, so if you're chasing a water-conservation rebate or a green building credit that requires HET, this model won't qualify for it. Where you want the bigger flush volume for older or flatter drain lines, 1.6 gpf is the reason to pick it.

Yes, it's a chair-height bowl measuring 17 inches to the top of the seat, against roughly 15 inches on a standard-height fixture. For senior housing, accessible units, or anywhere tenants have mobility complaints, that two inches is the difference people actually feel getting up. American Standard notes the finished height varies slightly with whichever seat you fit, since the toilet ships without one.

The trip lever and the fill valve shank are both metal. Plastic trip levers and plastic fill valve shanks are the two pieces that fail first in rental turnover, so for property managers buying a run of toilets that's the durability detail worth knowing. The bowl and tank are vitreous china.

White only, and the bowl caps and trip lever are color-matched to it. If you're standardizing fixtures across a building, white keeps the replacement seat and any future trim easy to source.

A two-piece like the Cadet PRO ships as a separate tank and bowl, which is why it's the usual choice for multi-unit work: it's easier to carry up stairs, and if a tank cracks you replace the tank instead of the whole fixture. A one-piece has no tank-to-bowl seam to clean around and is lower profile, which is why it wins in higher-end or owner-occupied bathrooms. For turnover-heavy rentals the serviceability of the two-piece generally decides it.