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We have a home in Humboldt Co., Calif, built about 1975, with interesting toilet venting. There are 3 toilets in the home, each with the reservoir tank with air-sealing around the rim and a standpipe inside the tank connected to a flex hose that goes into the wall. There is an electric switch in the wall beside the toilet which when turned on, activates a vacuum fan in the wall apparently, originally, creating suction inside the tank. Only one toilet presently operates this system, but it appears the intent was to suck toilet bowl gasses into the tank and out thru the wall. Nobody I know has ever heard of such a system, have you?.
Research TBES toilets. I've only seen these as an architectural detail in extreme high end homes and are an advanced special order only meaning they must be ordered when you start the house or they won't be available when you are about finished.
We had one for a while in the house where I grew up. Instead of a fan, there was a strange draft of water that was supposed to do the same thing. It never worked properly. That toilet also had a low-boy fill tank that was horrible and didn't have enough pressure to flush. My dad knew better, but got suckered into it. Come to think of it, he royally messed up that bathroom remodel. He hired someone to lay some sort of epoxy floor, and every few minutes the poor guy would rush outside a retch for a few minutes, then dive back in. You couldn't fit your hands under the stream of water in the sink, the base cabinet was cheap veneer, infrared heater/vent in the ceiling - the last place you need heat-, the tiles were a strange color... he must have been mad at the family when he got the stuff. I used to use the one downstairs to avoid it.
Research TBES toilets. I've only seen these as an architectural detail in extreme high end homes and are an advanced special order only meaning they must be ordered when you start the house or they won't be available when you are about finished.
Definitely would have had to be ordered into the wall before the toilet was installed. Before drywall/plaster and during electrical.
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