Home Depot is among three retailers to have issued a product recall for more than one million toilet flushing systems after 1,446 reports of ' bursting ' toilets in the US , resulting in 23 injuries . The recall covers the Flushmate II 501-B pressure - assisted flushing system installed in products sold between 3 September 1996 and 7 December 2013 . Around 1.4 million have been sold in the US , and approximately 17,300 in Canada , where seven incidents have been reported with no injuries .
Home Depot is among three retailers to have issued a product recall for more than one million toilet flushing systems after 1,446 reports of 'bursting' toilets in the US, resulting in 23 injuries. The recall covers the Flushmate II 501-B pressure-assisted flushing system installed in toilets manufactured between 3 September 1996 and 7 December 2013. Around 1.4 million have been sold in the US, and approximately 17,300 in Canada, where seven incidents have been reported with no injuries.