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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Toilet manufacturer begin massive recall of pressure-assisted flushing systems </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Flushmate, is recalling 1.4 million units of their &#8216;Flushmate II 501-B&#8217; pressure-assisted flushing system</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>They received more than 1,400 reports in the US of their system bursting and causing property damage totaling about $710,000</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>At least 23 people reportedly injured from the exploding toilets, including one person who required foot surgery </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The defective model was sold at Home Depot and Lowe&#8217;s stores across the county from September 1996 to December 2015</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 id="js-article-text" class="article-text wide heading-tag-switch"><strong><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-300811" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Pressure-assisted-toilet-flushing-system-4.jpg" alt="Pressure-assisted toilet flushing system 4" width="711" height="711" />Defective units of the Flushmate intelli-Flush </strong></strong><strong><strong> II 501-B pressure-assisted Automatic Flushing System allegedly has been exploding, leaving</strong></strong> <strong>23 people injured</strong></h6>
<div> An exploding hazard that left at least 23 people injured has led the makers of a toilet flushing system to issue a recall of more than 1.4 million products.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">he company, Flushmate, has received more than 1,400 reports in the U.S. of their pressure-assisted toilet flushing systems bursting and causing property damage totaling about $710,000.<br />
At least 23 people have also reported injuries from the exploding toilets, including one person who required foot surgery, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone wp-image-300810" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Pressure-assisted-toilet-flushing-system-3.jpg" alt="Pressure-assisted toilet flushing system 3" width="681" height="524" /><strong>An exploding hazard that left at least 23 people injured across the U.S. has led the makers of a toilet flushing system to issue a recall of more than 1.4 million products [photo]</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The recall is for the company&#8217;s Flushmate II 501-B pressure-assisted flushing system that was installed inside toilet tanks manufactured from September 3, 1996 through to December 7, 2013.<br />
The units being recalled are an oval, black, two piece object made of injection molded plastic.<br />
Flushmate says the products were sold at Home Depot and Lowe&#8217;s stores and online retailers, as well as toilet manufacturers, distributors and plumbing contractors across the county from September 1996 to December 2015.<br />
The units were sold for roughly $108 without toilets.<br />
Flushmate said the recalled units have a date code/serial number that is 15 characters long and is located on the label on top of the product.</p>
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<div><a href="https://www.flushmate.com/501B-recall/">Flushmate</a> said the recalled units have a date code/serial number that is 15 characters long and is located on the label on top of the product.<br />
The first six numerals of the serial number are the date code. The date code range for units included in this recall in MMDDYY format is 090396 (September 3, 1996) through 120713 (December 7, 2013). The model code is 10 characters long and is located on the same product label. The model code starts with M and ends with F.<br />
Units included in this recall were sold individually and installed in toilets manufactured by American Standard, Corona, Crane, Kohler and Mansfield.</div>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-300813" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Flushmate-II-501-B-pressure-assisted-flushing-system-recall-4.jpg" alt="Flushmate II 501-B pressure-assisted flushing system recall 4" width="677" height="511" /><strong>The company on their website said the recalled units have a date code/serial number that is 15 characters long and is located on the label on top of the product</strong></h6>
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<p>The company is warning consumers with one of the recalled units to immediately turn off the water supply to the system and flush the toilet to release the internal pressure.<br />
Consumers should also contact Flushmate to request a free Flushmate replacement unit and installation by a technician.<br />
This is not the first time a similar Flushmate system has been recalled. The Series 503 Flushmate III was recalled in June 2012, January 2014 and July 2016</p>
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Manufacturer in massive recall after exploding toilets leave 23 people injured – Flushmate recalls 1.4 million pressure-assisted flushing systems
