Newly fitted toilet keeps blocking

[WC1]

Armitage, you may be aware but if not, - when reassembling make sure you run a bead of fairy liquid round any rubber connecting boot otherwise they can get pushed out of place and cause a problem.

 

[Rob Foster]

Armitage, you may be aware but if not, - when reassembling make sure you run a bead of fairy liquid round any rubber connecting boot otherwise they can get pushed out of place and cause a problem.

I just gob on it and rub it around ...Rob Foster aka centralheatking

 

[Rob Foster]

I just gob on it and rub it around ...Rob Foster aka centralheatking

in fact just done that before sunday lunch

 

[Armitage Shanker]

Armitage, you may be aware but if not, - when reassembling make sure you run a bead of fairy liquid round any rubber connecting boot otherwise they can get pushed out of place and cause a problem.

Hi thanks for the heads up on that.🙂 Being a stickler for following instructions I just did what it said in the instruction leaflet that came with the McAlpine joint. It said use water to wet the rubber, that's what I did and the joint seemed to assemble ok but maybe washing up liquid might have saved all this hassle, who knows.

 

[Armitage Shanker]

Excellent rob, try telling the tw*ts in the swanky showroom as they attempt to sucker some mug into an £800 bog.

In all honesty the £45 is better.

Yes, its a bit like designer clothes isn't it? You can buy a perfectly decent tee shirt for not a lot of money or pay £50 or more for a designer label. The toilet I got was chosen by the missus because she liked the look of it and was nowhere near £800. I had a narrow escape as it was, cos originally she wanted a fully shrouded one. Fleck knows how I would have fitted that given the space restrictions.

 

[rpm]

Swan neck connector

 

[David Banfield]

Armitage, go easy on the lube when connecting the pan connector to the pan. You need a bit of friction there to keep it from coming off when water hits the back of it. Stick with water if you can but, as mentioned, make sure you don’t pop the seal out.

 

[Steve weightman]

Quite often get asked to swap a newley installed toilet for a different one that flushes better trouble is they don't give flow figures for pans so getting one is tricky tend to have a look at the pan to see how big the pan catchment areas like before buying

 

[Armitage Shanker]

Swan neck connector

I am only a DIYer but even I have come to the conclusion that things are rarely that simple.🙂

 

[Armitage Shanker]

Quite often get asked to swap a newley installed toilet for a different one that flushes better trouble is they don't give flow figures for pans so getting one is tricky tend to have a look at the pan to see how big the pan catchment areas like before buying

What is "the pan catchment area"? Is it the hole where the poop and pee disappears into or is it the total surface area of the pan itself?

 

[Armitage Shanker]

Armitage, go easy on the lube when connecting the pan connector to the pan. You need a bit of friction there to keep it from coming off when water hits the back of it. Stick with water if you can but, as mentioned, make sure you don’t pop the seal out.

Cheers, Dave, will do.

 

[Steve weightman]

What is "the pan catchment area"? Is it the hole where the poop and pee disappears into or is it the total surface area of the pan itself?

I think made that up about the catchment area but I know what you mean the hole where the poop sits in I've had many where customers are on laxatives so quite a quantity of poop that won't go down

 

[WC1]

Do you know what make of pan it is?

 

[Steve weightman]

Never had problems with these from screwfix with fluidmaster internals not the prettiest but works well

 

[Armitage Shanker]

Do you know what make of pan it is?

Sorry I don't know that. We bought it from a local supplier not a big retailer. The cistern has a red stamp on the inside with what looks like "IMEX".

 

[Ben-gee]

Personally I NEVER put lube on the pan connector/spigot connection- as mentioned above it can ‘pop’ off (obviously won’t if physically restrained).

I do however usually lube the inside of the 4”, sachet of Vaseline with multikwik’s - which are my go to favourites.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I only ever use water. Seems to work for me.

 

[Stigster]

Flexis are thin, often a diy fit without the correct fall throughout their length and are very thin and light gets in...so ratty and his mates come up your drain to pay you a visit at night...see light and eat their way into you gaff...this does not phase big boys I just shoot them ...air pistol is sufficient or the dog but females get spooked
cannot think why
thats why flexies are not the best solution but I have been known to use them in tight situations...centralheatking needs must and the devil drives

Or douse them in unleaded and throw in a match maybe? Sorry Rob, I couldn't resist.

 

[Rob Foster]

Quite often get asked to swap a newley installed toilet for a different one that flushes better trouble is they don't give flow figures for pans so getting one is tricky tend to have a look at the pan to see how big the pan catchment areas like before buying

Its the narrow tight pan holes that work best not the ones with a wide run off area that just collect the poo in my opinion and experience of 60 years doing dumps and owning quite a few houses etc. Rob Foster aka centralheatking

 

[Rob Foster]

Or douse them in unleaded and throw in a match maybe? Sorry Rob, I couldn't resist.

we did that once at uni we knew that James always had a *** whilst doing his sit down in the morning...so the bathroom stank, so we primed it with just enough petrol..he always posted his *** into the pan before he stood up
...BANG ....he never did it again
he he ....centralheatking