KOHLER Elliston Bathroom Set

I have multiple bathrooms. I had to replace 2 toilets within my home. Although I did my research before I actually headed to the store. I had 2 other choices in mind. I discussed my choices with the salesman and etc. But despite all of this including the reviews I took a chance on Kohler. Plus I went with these toilets because the salesman said the store manager had purchased a few and loved them. But I never spoke with the manager of his experiences. Anyhoo, I should have believed the revie...

Kohler "Elliston"

I bought and installed three Kohler “Elliston” toilets from Lowes on 8/16/2020. Since then everything was working, no leaks. On 12/29/2021 when I woke up early morning to use the MBR toilet I noticed water at around the base of the toilet in the front and on the sides. There was also some water leak under the tank (approximately about 2-3 tablespoons of water leak under the tank). Initially I thought it was the wax seal hence the leak around toilet bowl base so I replaced the wax seal with F...

Leak between tank and base

Have installed many Kohler and American Standard toilets. Purchased two Elliston products from Lowes for style and comfort height. Installed the first, but this model appears to have significant design/quality issues as noted in other reviews. Base installed as expected and the flush mechanism works well after making sure it cleared the inside tank walls. The Issues: The toilet has a slow leak likely through the rubber gasket connection between tank and bowl. Have drained, rechecked the factory...

GREAT TOILET FOR THE MONEY, AND IT'S A KOHLER TOO!

Got this for Mom and Dad for Christmas because they are getting a little older. I sent dad to Lowes to get a new water hose that connects from the shutoff valve to the back of the new toilet, while he was gone i had the old one taken out and the new one installed, sitting down and watching TV, and he only lives 2 exits from Lowes. So it was an easy instillation. It came with everything, wax seal, nuts , bolts, and new nuts and bolts that go on the floor mount. All 4 of my bathrooms have Kohler i...

Works great but the seat squeaks ... at first.

After reading a LOT of reviews, I chose the Elliston. I know a few people posted that the filler pipe was situated too close to the tank. Maybe Kohlers has made an adjustment because mine had all kinds of room. I like the metal handle, 1 flush does the job, it's quiet and seems to work efficiently. The seat did squeak loudly for the 1st week, now - nothing. I like how the front is a little more square which means it sits solidly. The ONLY thing I can complain about is that it's pretty heavy. I g...

Defective Design

Bought this toilet this morning and, after installing it and hooking it up to my home water system, discovered that the built in filler valve is installed too close to the toilet wall, causing the piece of the valve that needs to float up (to seal the valve) to instead get stuck on the tank wall. This makes the toilet inoperable - if you leave it stuck in the "down" position, it never stops filling; if you leave it stuck in the "up" position it never fills at all. I was amazed to see such a ba...

Wasted my Saturday on this one

Looks great! Installed quickly! 30 minutes after removing the old toilet I was pleased. Then I turned on the water. I found a leak in the worst place to find a toilet leak - from underneath the base, and I had not even flushed it yet. Everything else was dry (supply line, tank connections, tank to base, etc all was dry). The leak was from underneath (inside) the base of the toilet. Here's how I came to that conclusion: I completed some basic troubleshooting and found it was the bowl (or ba...

First use CLOGGED - No Plunger works.

We just had a brand new bathroom remodel because the tub leaked all over and destroyed the floor. So we decided to get the bathroom we wanted for nearly the same cost to bring it back to original. The toilet we where shown was impressive sounding. We had a 1960's oldie small toilet. It had one thing ALL toilets have had since they were invented is a ROUND waste hole. This Kohler toilet has a oblong hole and not just oblong... Narrow at the back and wider at the front. While that may sound fine...

Beware poor QC

Quality control problem: this toilet came with the plastic bag containing small parts AND the paper instruction sheet pinched between the bottom inside of the tank and the base of the flush cylinder. We carefully removed both with a sharp blade (not wanting to disturb the mount) and installed the tank. Immediately leaked. We kept trying different ways to stop the leaks but nothing worked - until we finally removed the entire flush cylinder assembly and found wadded-up plastic from the bag th...

Excellent Toilet

Just installed the Elliston in my master bath, love the elongated bowl and additional seat height, it looks very attractive (as far as toilets go) and the flush is excellent! Wish people would not post negative reviews about good products when the problems are likely installer related--my fill valve float was touching back of tank and hanging up, likely because I inadvertently rotated it while installing the supply line. No problem, just loosen the plastic retainer nut underneath the tank, rotat...