A Tour of Antique Plumbing and the Toilet of the Future | Ask This Old House

Ask This Old House Richard Trethewey examines historic items from the history of his family’s plumbing company and takes a look at the latest toilet technology SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Richard dives into a history lesson about plumbing and shows off new toilet technology. Cost: $3300 Richard displayed some plumbing heirlooms from his family business, Trethewey Brothers of Boston [https://tbros.com/], including a custom toilet bowl, an overflow cover, and an antique fixture catalogue from American Standard [https://www.americanstandard-us.com/]. Richard also showed a futuristic toilet that featured an automatic seat lift, seat warmer, built-in bidet, UV sanitation, and a remote control. It was the Veil Intelligent Skirted Elongated Dual Flush Toilet, manufactured by Kohler [https://www.us.kohler.com/us/]. About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we re ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://bit.ly/34RYEP5 Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite A Tour of Antique Plumbing and the Toilet of the Future | Ask This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/