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    Assistance with an issue I have with a toilet float valve?

    I have moved into a property and amongst several other issues, the toilet float valve appears to keep getting stuck and therefore prevented from filling. I am unsure what type of float valve I have. Each time I push the top part of the float (pictured on the left) it then starts to fill. I...
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    Ideal Standard Toilet Seat Bolts - How To Remove Help

    There has been some useful info in other threads on how to start removing an Ideal Standard toilet set. There's no push release on this model, the seat mechanism so has two rusted hex screws attaching the seat that were a pain to get off which then needed some wd40 and heavy force to get the...
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    Advice on toilet backing up please!

    Hi I've had a new bathroom plumbed and an en suite in the room next door. All new plumbing to the outside sewer along one wall, plumber had free reign on making it work as there were a couple of obstacles - a chimney breast in the bathroom that the toilets are in front of and an RSJ over a...
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    Ideal Standard Toilet Seat Advice

    Hello, I have a customer that has a 39-year-old Ideal Standard toilet. They would like to replace the toilet seat. But the hinges are fixed on an angle not flat like on a standard toilet. I have attached some pictures. Has anyone replaced a toilet seat with a set up like this? Or have any...
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    fitting a macerator toilet in a garden room

    I'm fitting a macerator toilet in a garden room 40m away from the waste outlet of the house, how do I connect to the waste.
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    Spitting toilet, new installation

    Built new bathroom on second floor, but the toilet spits back occasionally when flushed. I think this is a venting issue. Attached is a diagram. Can anyone see any problems with the configuration? Thanks
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    getting a wooshing sound in supply pipe after fitting new toilet

    Hi Just removed an old toilet and fitted a new push button cistern one. I had to re-route the supply water pipe over the waste pipe coming out of the back as i had to use a swan neck one to line up with waste hole in floor,and the water pipe didn't fit past waste pipe. I cut the supply pipe...
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    Extractor in toilet room?

    Afternoon all. New sink and WC being added to attic room. No shower or bath. This "room" will not have a door as such but a curtained doorway (that's what she wants!) into the rest of the attic. The attic has a window that can be opened. So do regs say I need an extractor fan? Why try to avoid...
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    Connecting a toilet on groundfloor

    Hi all. I don't do much drainage so after some advice. Is it possible to cut a tee into the top of a long radius bend at the bottom of the soil stack for a downstairs cloakroom? Sre images attached. Thanks
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    Change toilet flush side

    I'm after some advice. I am looking to move our flush from the right side to the left, so that we can cover exposed pipes on the right. There is a space for the flush on the left & can turn siphon to face the other way but the attachment for the flush to siphon is too short and to the ballcock...
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    Toilet replacement - need advice

    Might be a very silly question, but have an old cistern toilet. Connects to the pipes as follows(see pic) - want to know if I can do a like for like replacement with any toilet type, or I'm limited for options. Reason for changing is that toilet is getting blocked every 2-3 months - no issues...
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    Wall hung toilet - are RAK any good?

    Hello. I'm redoing 3 bathrooms at the moment and was planning to install RAK rimless toilets with Grohe cisterns/frames for all three based on recommendations from my local bathroom shop. Since then, I've found some reviews that say RAK toilets look great but struggle with flushing anything...
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    Toilet keeps running?

    This toilet is constantly running water into the bowl. Am I right in having to remove the valve on the right & change the washer? The one on the left I can see the water keeps coming out of.
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    What is this noise? Sometimes when shower, bath or toilet is running

    Hi, Just wondering if anyone knows what the cause of this noise might be? Sometimes it is a rumble but today it was this amazingly annoying squeak!
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    Downstairs Toilet bubbles up whenever upstairs washroom flushes. Why?

    Whenever someone flushes the toilet upstairs, the downstairs toilet bubbles up, like an air bubble escapes, at times, explodes so minor splashes up. Any reason why this is happening? An air pocket in the pipes, or a minor blockage in the air pipe?
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    Toilet fall… too steep!!

    Installing a new bathroom and moved the loo not all that far from original location. Basically just turned it round… the fall I calculate to be too steep.. help! Loo states 185 soil centre plus 4 mm for tiles and 6mm for backer on the floor we are going to be up at195/200mm off the floor. I...
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    Grohe Concealed Toilet Wont Flush

    Hello, I have the Grohe and show the issue in this video. The issue is that it suddenly stopped flushing out of nowhere the pneumatic button raises some mechanic inside but theres no water coming out. I were 4 days away from home and when i came back this suddenly happened and its not...
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    Connecting a new toilet into an existing soil stack

    Hi. I want to connect a new toilet waste into an existing 110mm soil pipe. The soil pipe runs from the second floor bathroom, down through the room where I need a new toilet and then down through the ground floor where there is another toilet attached. The soil pipe will not move up or down so...
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    Poor fall on soil pipe and toilet blocking. Advice for fixes please?

    Hi all, looking for some soil pipe/stack help please. I bought my first house end December and unfortunately had a toilet pipe blockage within a month. Place is old but was renovated in 2014 so thought it would be in decent nick! Plumber came out to rod it end January from the access hatch...

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