# In Which Una installs her own Toilet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-una-installs-her-own-toilet/91430 "2001-11-04T15:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-una-installs-her-own-toilet/91430/21 "2001-11-05T02:18:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by heresiarch \* > \*\*Are “test balls” specifically designed to see how well a toilet works? I had no idea such a thing existed. Are they used for other things? \*\* AFAIK they are only used for testing toilets. I’m not sure I see them as being accurate simulations of…real life. But there must be some reason behind it…right? ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-una-installs-her-own-toilet/91430/22 "2001-11-09T06:52:28Z")
I replaced my electric hot water heater last summer. The hard part was getting it in the house and up the stairs. I did have the advantage of having seen my dad and the facilities guys at work do plumbing, so I knew how to cut and sweat pipes. I do wish the people who designed these townhouses hadn’t thought it was a good idea to put the hot water heater and laundry stuff upstairs. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-una-installs-her-own-toilet/91430/23 "2001-11-09T12:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by eulalia \* > \*\*I replaced my electric hot water heater last summer. The hard part was getting it in the house and up the stairs. I did have the advantage of having seen my dad and the facilities guys at work do plumbing, so I knew how to cut and sweat pipes. I do wish the people who designed these townhouses hadn’t thought it was a good idea to put the hot water heater and laundry stuff upstairs. \*\* Great job - that is harder than putting in a toilet! I didn’t have to get the torch out… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-una-installs-her-own-toilet/91430/24 "2001-11-09T13:20:16Z")
Congratulations! It sounds like it came out **much** better than the sequential thread titles suggested: In Which Una Installs her own Toilet I’m Underwater A New Experience (Possible TMI) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-una-installs-her-own-toilet/91430/25 "2001-11-09T14:27:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > **But I do love the toilet. It makes me happy.** I may just use this a sig. Thank you for a delightful thread on a totally surprising topic! ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-una-installs-her-own-toilet/91430/26 "2001-11-09T17:58:18Z")
[Eric Cartman]Kick ass![/Eric Cartman] It almost makes me want to forgive Congress for making us use toilets that use so little water that trying to design a gravity-flow toilet that can properly handle #2 is like trying to design a car that gets 200 miles per gallon at 65mph. Aren’t there also electric-assist toilets for those of us whose homes don’t have enough water pressure for pressure assist? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-una-installs-her-own-toilet/91430.md?page=1)