American Standard Champion 4 One-Piece 1.6 gpf/6.0 Lpf Chair Height Elongated Toilet With Seat - AMS-2034314

Bowl rim height is 16-1/2 inches (419 mm), which is what American Standard calls chair height. That puts the seating surface close to a dining chair, so getting up and down is easier for older residents and anyone with mobility limits, and it is the height property managers usually spec for accessible units. Add the seat thickness on top of the 16-1/2 inch rim for the actual seated height.

No extra parts to order for the basic install. The Champion 4 ships with a slow-close seat, a chrome trip lever, and bolt caps. What is not in the box is the wax ring or gasket, the closet bolts to the flange, and the supply line, so pick those up with it. Tank and bowl are one piece, so there is no tank-to-bowl gasket kit to worry about.

Two numbers do it. The flush valve is 4 inches (102 mm), roughly double the 2 inch valve on a conventional toilet, so the tank dumps faster and with more force. Behind that is a 2-3/8 inch (60 mm) fully glazed trapway, which is a wider and slicker passage than typical. For a property manager running a portfolio where plunger calls are the recurring maintenance line item, that combination is the reason to spec this one.

This is an elongated bowl, which runs roughly two inches deeper front to back than a round front. In a powder room or a tight water closet where the door swing or the vanity crowds the front of the bowl, that extra projection is the thing that bites. Measure from the flange center to whatever is in front of it before committing. Where you have the floor space, elongated is the more comfortable bowl and the one most commercial and multi-family specs call for.

It flushes 1.6 gpf / 6.0 Lpf, the federal maximum for toilets sold in the US. That satisfies a standard low-flow requirement but it is not a HET or WaterSense-level fixture, so if a rebate program or a green building spec on your job calls for 1.28 gpf or less, this one does not get you there. Where the driver is clog complaints rather than water savings, the 1.6 gallon flush with the 4 inch valve is doing more work per flush than a 1.28.

That is the main reason to pick one. With the tank and bowl molded as a single piece there is no seam behind the bowl where grime collects, and the EverClean surface resists the buildup that causes stains and odor. For hospitality, healthcare, or a building where housekeeping turns rooms fast, that means fewer places a rag cannot reach. The tradeoff on a one-piece is weight and handling on the install, and if the china ever cracks you replace the whole fixture rather than just a tank.

Three colors: White, Bone, and Linen. If you are matching a lavatory or a tub already in the room, note that Bone and Linen are distinct shades and not interchangeable, so match to the existing fixture's actual color name rather than eyeballing it. White is model 2034314.02, Bone is 2034314.021, Linen is 2034314.222.

The seat included is a slow-close type, so the lid and ring lower under damper control instead of slamming. In rentals and student housing that is the failure most often reported, since a slammed lid chips china and breaks hinges. It is a standard elongated seat, so a replacement elongated seat fits the bowl if the original is ever damaged.

Every unit is factory flush tested at 100 percent before it leaves the plant, so the flush valve and the trapway are proven wet, not just visually inspected. That matters most on a multi-unit order where a plumber setting twenty fixtures in a day does not want to be pulling one back off the flange.