American Standard Faucets and American Standard Toilets, A Lesson Learned in Installation

I recently refurnished my house and let me tell you, it was messy. Especially trying to do the plumbing work. I don't care what anyone says, it is supposed to be easy work and simple, but it really isn't half as easy as it is supposed to be. When we remodeled our bathroom with american standard faucets and american standard toilets, we were plagued by all sorts of problems. The american standard faucets didn't seem to fit the piping we had at first, and we were constantly beset by leaks which threatened to ruin the floor. The american standard toilets wouldn't set on the floor properly, and so we had to use the bathroom sitting sideways for a whole week. I'll tell you, trying to install our american standard faucets and american standard toilets gave us an american standard mess.

It wasn't really about the american standard faucets and american standard toilets, but more about the layout of the pipes. They were old pipes, and we even suspected there might be lead solder in them, which is a scary thought. The new pipes were of a different size that was sized to the american standard faucets and american standard toilets, but they wouldn't properly fit in the holes drilled for the old pipes. So we had the problem of the american standard faucets, toilet, tub, and other fixtures not fitting right with the old plumbing which, no matter how hard we tried to make it work, it caused leaks.

Of course, even without the problems with the american standard faucets, we would have really had a lot of difficulty. American standard faucet or not, you really can't do anything about the hard water if you live in a rural community like ours without installing expensive and difficult to operate, water softening system. And american standard faucets, and american standard toilets and tubs do nothing for you if your water pressure is weak, which believe me, ours is. So what should have taken less than a week or two to complete, ended up taking us months and months and while we struggled to install our american standard faucets, the bills kept piling up. Installing our american standard plumbing was a nightmare, and ended up costing us far more than it would have to just hire someone to do it.

In reality, we can’t blame American standard for our problems. The problem was the old plumbing in the house not being the same size as new plumbing fixtures. And not being a plumber myself, I had no experience with this. We would have had problems with faucets and toilets from Delta or Moen as well. It was quite a learning experience. I should have called a plumber when I first realized that nothing fit. This would have saved me weeks or time trying to figure it all out. Next time, we’re hiring someone to fix our american standard faucets and plumbing.