5-year warranty expires, toilets installed too high

At least it hasn’t made me any less knowledgeable about house construction, warranty, and defect notification.

And three newbies were there today, whom I was able to help a bit.
Everything else about me is none of your business.

Just go to the house builder and try your luck. Please share his reaction afterwards.

Then we'll all know how it goes

Assuming the toilet is changed now - then I am curious how the OP will cry in a few years because at some point he would prefer to have the higher toilet back...

If the basement gets damp in the 4th year or the roof structure starts to rot and you only notice it now. All good...

Zaba hit the nail on the head. The 5-year warranty does NOT apply to defects that have existed for 5 years, but to damages/problems that become visible within the 5 years and whose cause lies in a construction defect.

So if the ceramic (the toilet) falls off the wall one day before the 5 years expire, you could go to the construction company and demand repair, since it was obviously not properly mounted at the time of construction. But "toilet too high" will not work, because it is not a defect and even if it were, the defect was not reported during the final inspection 5 years ago.

Zaba hit the nail on the head. The 5-year warranty does NOT refer to defects that have existed for 5 years, but to damages/problems that become visible within the 5 years and whose cause lies in a construction defect.

So if the ceramic (the toilet) falls off the wall one day before the 5 years expire, you could go to the construction company and demand repairs, as it was obviously not properly attached during construction. But "toilet too high" won’t work, because that is not a defect and even if it were, the defect was not reported at the final inspection 5 years ago.

He can try, and he will surely do so. But please post the result here as well. Maybe we're all just stupid :-p

He will try!! I can hardly wait, oh this is so exciting :D