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In the picture above, you can see we had some electrical work done, if you look really closely

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In the end-cap of the front porch roof, we had spotlights installed, so when we let the dogs out at night, we can actually see them in the side yard. This was done a few months ago, along with installing an outlet next to our master-bath toilet. These posts provide a good segue into the reason for the outlet.
So this is the talk of the town amongst us middle-agers. It's called Tushy, it's a bidet retrofit for your toilet. Friends of ours were raving about it
Dude, you need the Tushy. It's changed my life.
I have the retrofit bidet attachment, called Tushy, and I don't want to ever leave the house anymore.

As much as I like the Tushy, the toilet itself is getting "tired". It doesn't flush well unless you hold the handle. We had a plumber look at it, and the plumbing's fine, but the one-step-up from economy toilet design and flush mechanism is not holding up so well. We bought 3 identical toilets when we built the house; the other 2 are only occasionally used for guests and visitors, so they're ok.

The other issue is that our retrofit bidet is a cold-water-only model. Now that we have the outlet, we could upgrade to a better retrofit bidet, but the toilet flushing issue would remain. We're at that age where the thing to do is just get a decent toilet, with all the features we'd want. That's what several friends have done.

So we walked into Frank Webb Home, and ordered a Toto toilet with full-function bidet. It'll look something like this

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Our toilet is in somewhat of an alcove, so we have sidewalls nearby for using the control panel (instead of having to grow an arm from my back). Needless to say, it will do everything we'd want it to do. We are skipping the auto-lift lid, and auto flush. I like feeling like I'm still in control.
 
toilet itself is getting "tired".

I guarantee you your toilet was tired after the first gigantic pantry window owning dump you took in it.

You should go thank your wife right now for putting up with you.

that our retrofit bidet is a cold-water-only model. Now that we have the outlet, we could upgrade to a better retrofit bidet

Seriously, now I've used a bidet one time and I think it was a super old one so maybe I don't know what it's actually like...... But how is a bidet any better than a regular toilet with paper and wet wipes?

If I'm at home taking a dump, I'm never that far away from my next shower which is obviously way more intensive of a cleaning process then anything a toilet is capable of, bidet or not.

So I don't see the point really.
 
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Seriously, now I've used it the day one time and I think it was a super old one so maybe I don't know what it's actually like...... But how is a bidet? Any better than a regular toilet with paper and wet wipes?

If I'm at home taking a dump, I'm never that far away from my next shower which is obviously way more intensive of a cleaning process then anything a toilet is capable of bidet or not.

So I don't see the points really.
I'm sure I've gone over this several times, but it's a life-changing thing. And it's not like those stupid stand-alone bidets you squat in, that you see in Europe.

You do your thing, you stay seated, and turn on the water blast wand. It gets all around and you're totally clean. Then with my current retrofit bidet, I fold a few sheets of toilet paper, and pat dry. But with this Toto, it has a dryer. It pre-mists the bowl, and it cleans itself. It's infinitely easier and more convenient than getting undressed and running a shower every time.

 
So there it is.

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But it wasn't a simple installation. The existing setup of the water supply line - which came up through the basement and in from the back wall - was super-close to the toilet drain; because the old toilet allowed it to be that close, and I guess it made the water line less conspicuous. But it was completely in the way of this new, skirted unit. Moving the water line in the wall would've meant removing a big chunk of sheet rock, and then that would need to be repaired while the toilet was in the way. We also considered returning the toilet, and getting something else; although it was unlikely that any good alternative would not require the water line to move.

The plumber's plan was to remove the stuff coming out of the wall, and have the new water line come up from the floor. That required new drill bits, and a 2nd visit after the weekend. But the guy did a good job, although it'll cost us a lot for installation.

The toilet does a lot of things on its own, like preparing and cleaning itself, lighting, flush settings etc. We opted not to have it do the auto lid or auto flush, as I find that annoying. There's 3 sets of temperature adjustments (seat, water spray, air drying), and you can fine-tune a bunch of things. But it's very easy to just have it work well and pleasantly, without any fiddling. I'm sure you're all happy to hear that.
 
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