Millions of toilets around the U.S. could be ticking time bombs. The U.S. ordered manufacturer Flushmate to recall its Flushmate III Pressure-Assisted Flushing System, the Los Angeles Times reported. The mechanism, installed in toilets made by American Standard, Crane, Kohler, Eljer, Mansfield, St. Thomas and Gerber between 1997 and 2008, can explode. The defective part was also sold on its… Read more →
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada have issued a recall notice for more than 2.3 million Sloan Valve Co. Flushmate III toilets after learning that 304 units had blown up. The powerful high-pressure Flushmate III system is designed to conserve water, but the CPSC says the system can burst at the vessel weld seam releasing stored pressure…. Read more →
More than 2.3 million toilet flushing systems are being recalled after hundreds of consumers reported incidents in which the units had burst. The pressure from the defective systems can lift and shatter the toilet tank lid, something that led to 14 reported injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The CPSC said 304 incidents were reported. Given how… Read more →
Hope you’re sitting down for this news… If your toilet was made by American Standard, Crane, Eljer, Gerber, Kohler, Mansfield or St. Thomas between the years of 1997 to 2008, there’s a good chance that you could be sitting on a time bomb! A massive recall is in effect for a pressure assisted flushing mechanism made by Flushmate, and installed… Read more →
So I know we’re not supposed to laugh at stuff like this because it’s serious and people could get hurt and all that, but dang, if this isn’t the funniest recall ever, I don’t know what would be. People! If you’ve got a toilet in your house, BEWARE. Some toilets with the Flushmate system are being recalled because they pose… Read more →
The United States is voluntary recalling millions of faulty flushing mechanisms that have caused toilets to explode, creating “laceration hazards” for toilet users. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Flushmate, a division of Sloan Valve Company, announced Tuesday about 2,330,600 faulty flushing mechanisms are being recalled in the U.S. and 9,400 in Canada. Officials… Read more →
Each time Stan Auerbach sits on his toilet, he worries it might explode. “It’s a little scary,” said Auerbach, 78, of Delaware County. Auerbach has two toilets in his Garnet Valley home, and they’re both outfitted with a powerful high-pressure Flushmate III system. In June, the Flushmate III was declared a “laceration risk.” The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a… Read more →
The United States is recalling millions of faulty flushing mechanisms that have caused toilets to explode, creating “laceration risks” for toilet users. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the warning about the Flushmate III Pressure-Assisted Flushing System, which was sold at Home Depot and Lowe’s stores and to toilet manufacturers American Standard, Crane, Kohler, Eljer, Mansfield, St. Thomas and… Read more →
