American Standard VorMax Two-Piece 1.0 gpf/3.8 Lpf Chair Height Elongated Toilet Less Seat - AMS-238AA114

The VorMax 238AA114 meets Americans with Disabilities Act requirements for use and accessibility, and the chair-height bowl measures 17 inches tall including the seat. Because seat thickness varies, final rim height can shift slightly depending on which seat you pair with it. Worth noting for spec work: American Standard classifies this model as a residential product.

1.0 gallon per flush, 3.8 liters. That is an ultra-high-efficiency rating, below the 1.28 gpf WaterSense threshold and well under the 1.6 gpf federal maximum, which is what makes it a candidate where a water authority or a green building program is pushing fixture upgrades across a portfolio.

Instead of feeding water through a ring of small rim holes, the VorMax design sends jetted water to the rim, roughly twice the volume a conventional rim wash delivers, to scour the bowl in one pass. That is how American Standard holds bowl cleaning at 1.0 gallon per flush where a typical gravity toilet needs 1.28 or 1.6. For a property manager chasing callbacks on double-flushing, that is the practical difference.

The VorMax 238AA114 is an elongated bowl, which projects roughly two inches further from the wall than a round front. In a powder room or a small apartment bath where the door swing or a vanity is close to the fixture, check your clearance to the bowl front first; if it is tight, a round-front model is the better fit. Elongated is the usual choice anywhere ADA use is a factor.

White is the finish, and the manufacturer part number is 238AA114.020 - the .020 suffix is American Standard's white color code. That is the number to give a spec writer or match against an existing fixture schedule.

Same idea. Chair height means the seating surface sits at about 17 inches with the seat on, close to a dining chair, instead of the roughly 15 inches of a standard-height bowl. Residents with limited mobility get up off it with less strain, and it is the height accessible-use requirements are written around. On this model the exact rim height shifts a little with the thickness of the seat you install.

It is a two-piece, tank and bowl shipped together and bolted up on site. That matters on a stairwell or elevator job: two lighter pieces move more easily than a one-piece china unit, and if the tank ever cracks you replace one half rather than the whole fixture.

Vitreous china, the standard glazed ceramic used for commercial and residential water closets. The fired glaze resists staining and standard bowl cleaners, which is why it is the material of choice in turn-over work. Keep in mind American Standard lists this VorMax model as a residential fixture, not a commercial-duty one.