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Caroma
One Piece Toilet
In the most simple terms, a one piece toilet is a toilet that is manufactured in one piece.
There are a lot of benefits to a toilet constructed in one piece. They are very strong, and less likely to break or to leak as there are no seals connecting the bowl and tank. They can be made in a more compact design, allowing a deluxe product in smaller spaces. Additionally, one piece toilets often feature completely skirted bowls that hide often unsightly and difficult to clean exposed trapways.
Smart Glaze
Join the revolution~
The innovative solution for toilet maintenance and convenience.
Caroma has raised the game with their trademarked Smart GlazeTM. Powered by Nano Technology. Nano technology dramatically alters the make-up of the bowl glaze surface giving it a micro thin layer of nano-particles that repel water, minerals and waste so the bowl area will stay cleaner and fresher longer.
Smart Glaze features:
- greater hygienic properties making fixtures easier to clean and to keep clean longer
- Alters the surface of vitreous china with nanoscale technology
- Repels liquids and oils and inhibits the spread of germs and bacteria
Soft Close Seat
Soft close seats work exactly as it sounds - they close softly and slowly. The benefits of a soft close seat are:
- they are whisper quiet, providing greater privacy
- they prevent the startling banging of a standard seat, and prevent other home occupants from being started awake during late night bathroom visits
- they prevent small children from catching their fingers under a slamming lid
Dual flush Technology
Caroma discovered long ago that featuring varying flush volumes on toilets is the perfect solution for saving water, and maintaining top performance. We intuitively understand that you need more water to efficiently dispose of solid waste than you do for liquid waste. Caroma perfected the technology that allows you to make the choice. Use the full flush volume of water when required, and when it isn't needed, choose the half flush to save water.
Skirted Toilet Bowl Design
Skirted bowls are featured on premium toilet suites as they cover the often unsightly exposed trapway of a toilet bowl.
Benefits of a skirted bowl include:
- they feature a beautiful clean design
- they are much easier to clean, as dirt and debris collects on an exposed trapway
Two piece toilet
A two piece toilet is crafted in two pieces. The tank and the bowl are separate items that are connected during installation to form a complete toilet suite.
Benefits of a two piece toilet design are:
generally less expensive than a one piece toilet
lighter and easier to install
Smart Connect Installation
Smart Connect is a brilliant and flexible installation method for Caroma skirted toilets.
It is unique in that Smart Connect allows for installation into either a 10" or 12" rough-in, and anything in between!
Often what starts as a 12" rough in is altered during construction with the addition of tile or other boards, making a standard 12" rough-in toilet impossible to install. Smart Connect features an offset adaptor that fits over top of the rough in, and depending on the positioning of the adaptor, you can allow different rough in sizes.
Benefits of Smart Connect include:
- allows for installation with 10" - 12" rough in
- allows you to remove the bowl without touching the wax ring, as the wax ring remains covered and protected by the offset adaptor
- NO drilling into the floor is required
- beautiful - the bolt holes are small and discreet
Detachable Seat
With the press of a button, the entire seat will lift off for quick and easy cleaning.
Fluid
360 Degree Kitchen Faucet Rotation with 140 Degree Lock
360 degree rotation for a faucet is handy, but not desirable in all situations. Having an optional mechanism that can limit the rotation to 140 degrees may be preferable in situations such as kitchen island installations to prevent water spillage.
When indicated with this icon, the faucet features both options. You choose if you would like the faucet head to be able to spin in complete circular motion, or if you would prefer that it be locked at 140 degree.
360 Degree Kitchen Faucet Spout Rotation
The faucet spout is designed to rotate 360 degrees.
Dual Spray Kitchen Faucet
By pressing a button the faucet spray can alternate between a steady or aerated water stream.
A dual spray option allows you to choose a soft stream for tasks like rinsing delicate fruits or watering plants while the stronger stream is perfect for tasks like rinsing dishes and cleaning.
Pull Down Kitchen Spout with Magnetic Docking
Most people have experienced using a pull down kitchen faucet the doesn't work well. The spray head pulls out, but doesn't easily glide back into place. This is the reason behind creating magnetic docking.
The pull down spray head of a kitchen faucet easily reattaches to the spout with the aid of a magnetic docking system.. The power of the magnetic does the work, by pulling the spray head in and clicking it into place.
Pull Down Kitchen Faucet Spout
A pull down kitchen faucet is pretty much what you would expect. The kitchen spray head is attached to the spout by a flexible hose that can be 'pulled down' or extended from the faucet body, allowing the user to direct the water wherever it is needed. Pull down kitchen faucets are great for cleaning the sink, rinsing dishes or filling pots and buckets.
Single Spray Kitchen Faucet
A kitchen faucet with a steady, solid water stream. (No aerated option).
Nano Gloss
Nano scale technology physically alters the surface of vitreous china to actively repel liquids, oils and dirt. By coating the inside of a toilet bowl with nano glaze the bowl becomes easier to clean and stays clean longer.
fluid One Piece Toilet
A one piece toilet is crafted in a solid piece, rather than separately as a bowl and tank that are joined together during installation. One piece toilets are stronger, heavier and generally accepted as premium products.
Dual Flush fluid Toilet
A Dual-flush toilet is one featuring 2 different user operated flush volumes. This is a water saving function based on the understanding that liquid waste does not need as much water for disposal as does solid waste. Dual flush toilets can be operated by top mounted flush buttons, or side levers. For side levers you generally push the lever down to activate a full flush and up to activate a reduced flush.
Rimless fluid Toilet Bowl Design
A standard toilet bowl features a rim around the top, from which water is released during the flushing action. A rimless toilet instead shoots water out around the complete bowl, covering more of the bowl with water and improving cleaning and hygiene.
Some benefits of rimless design are;
they easy to clean
water cleans more of the bowl during flushing,
Siphonic Flush Technology
A Siphonic toilet refers to the way the flush is activated. With a siphonic toilet, the trapway fills with water during the flush which initiates a siphonic action which “pulls” material out of the bowl while the water entering the bowl from the tank through the jet and the rim “pushes” material out.
Skirted fluid Toilet Bowl Design
A skirted toilet features smooth sides that cover over the trapway. The typical bends and curves you see on a standard, bowl with an exposed trapway aren't visible. A skirted bowl looks better and is easier to clean.
Soft Close Toilet Seat
A soft close seat has special hinges that prevent the seat from slamming down when closed.
Swivel Aerator
Most aerators on faucets simply help to add air to the water stream. fluid faucets feature swivel aerators that also allow you to direct the direction of the water stream.
With so many different basin shapes and depths, it is really difficult to know if the faucet you choose will match up well to the basin that you've chosen. If it doesn't align properly, every time you turn the faucet on, you can get a splash back of water, making hand washing a challenge. fluid swivel aerators prevents this by allowing you to redirect the water by pushing the aerator from side to side.
Quick Clean Basket
The fluid Quick Clean pop up is included with most fluid faucets and features a removable waste basket.
All kinds of things fall into our bathroom drains, from dirt and hair to rings and earrings. The Quick Clean Pop up prevents all of those unwanted items from travelling further down your drain line. Hair and debris collects in the basket, preventing drain line clogs further down the line. You can easily clean it by pulling up the drain pop up and removing it.
Even more upsetting is when you lost something like a ring down the drain, forcing you to take apart the whole drain line, if it hasn't already been washed too far down to save. Again, just lift out the pop up, and the valuable will be sitting safely in the basket.
ADA Compliant
ADA compliant means that the product is suitable for those with physical limitations. In the case of a faucet, it would indicate lever handles that are operable with wrist action. In the case of a toilet, ADA would indicate that the product is easy height, and can be installed for wide side access.
F1001B Pressure Balancing Valve
The F1001B pressure balancing valve is a one way, or non-diverting valve.
A pressure balancing valve offers the safety of scald protection, and the fluid valve has the extra safety feature of the maximum temperature setting, so you can set the highest temperature available for more vulnerable users.
A non diverting valve means that the valve itself cannot divert water from one shower/bath element to another. (Although a non diverting valve can be used with diverting components such as a diverting tub spout that allows for more than one component to be installed using the non diverting valve. So, for example, a shower head and a tub spout are commonly powered by a non diverting valve. The water typically is directed from the valve to the tub spout, and then can be diverted to the shower head by lifting the diverter knob on the tub spout.
For more information on fluid valves, check out our valve story here.