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Confidence votes 187. About 2 to 4 is the difference between ADA and standard toilets. ANSI 117.1a 2003, which is determined to be SAFE HARBOR for accessible design, requires that an accessible toilet be 17 to 19 in height. Most regular toilets are 14 to 16 in height.
The so called ADA COMPLIANT toilets are only helpful to TALLER people. I am a short person, and the ADA toilet height requirement is NOT helpful to me. It only makes sense that if something is better for one person, it will be worse for another. The distance between my heel and the back of my knee is 14.5 inches.So, you can figure the math. My feet dangle when I sit on the ADA seat.t is correct that ADA toilets are higher but the other difference is in the size of the goose neck. the ADA has a larger goose neck therefore has a higher flush capacity for the harder bowels which is usually found in the older generation or certain medications.