Downstairs loo

[Knarky]

I have a downstairs loo with the waste pipe going directly down into the floor. I want to replace the toilet, do I need to purchase a special type of loo/ pipes?

 

[dontknowitall]

Most loos now come with an inbuilt overflow (via the siphon into the bowl of the loo). Your main difficulty will be fitting it to the existing soil pipe. A flexi connector is more expensive but saves much hassle in the end - check the size of the drain/soil pipe and take a photo if it helps before toddling off to the plumbing/builders merchant.

 

[jcw]

I have a downstairs loo with the waste pipe going directly down into the floor. I want to replace the toilet, do I need to purchase a special type of loo/ pipes?

without seeing the job i would say you probably need a low level cistern to give you the clearance for the soil and a bent pan connector, hope this helps

 

[NickH]

What type of loo is currently fitted, and how far out from the back wall is the soil pipe. The vast majority of loos are now horizontal oulet and you fit a 90 degree pan connector to take the outlet "down". Modern close coupled loos are very compact and fit close back to the wall so you will have a problem if the existing drain is too far away from the back wall which is often the case with older low level or high level pans. If thats the case then you either box the loo out from the back wall or alter the existing soil pipe, not easy if its a concrete floor.
Give us some more details or pictures.

 

[Bernie2]

Without knowing what sort of pan is already in, its hard to say. I assume by waste pipe you mean soil pipe? The soil pipe is the big pipe that all the waste from the wc goes down.

The usual pan outlet that goes directly down into the floor just behind the toilet pan is an "S" trap pan.

Today most people use an ordinary "P" trap pan and something like a bent multi quick to make it into an "S" pan.

You can also get bottom outlet pans. On these you can't see the soil pipe at all it's directly under the pan. They might be a bit hard to find and you will probably be limited to what you can get rather than what you want.

Is that any help?

 

[REDSAW]

best advise,
like for like or add £150+ to your bill for alterations to the soil discharge piping.