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Toilet cistern remove and refit... what seals?


Carrerahill

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Our flush valve is leaking, apart from the leak the annoying result is the fill valve pulsing on and off every blinking 2-3 minutes to refill the lost water. Looks like the seal down at the bottom is just letting a trickle of water past constantly.

 

I have identified our flush valve as a Siamp Skipper 45 Dual Flush and to save any hassle I was just going to buy another the same.

 

The valve itself seals to the cistern with a big o-ring, but what about the seal from the cistern to the pan? Are they all the same size?

 

The whole point of getting the same valve is so that I can do the job without needing to strip it down, go and find someone who stocks the bits drive about, come home, fit it and generally spend 3 hours doing something that should take 30mins.

 

So can anyone confirm the anatomy of a toilet?

 

 

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3 minutes ago, dpmiller said:

generally the gubbins of the unit bayonets into a bottom mounting boss so possibly no need to remove the cistern.

 

Hmmm - yes I can see that, there are some lugs in there. I might have a look later. If I can do it all from up top that would be good. Maybe I can even find a replacement seal for the valve rather than total replacement!

 

 

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19 minutes ago, dpmiller said:

generally the gubbins of the unit bayonets into a bottom mounting boss so possibly no need to remove the cistern.

Bang on - I now have the flush body sitting in the basin, looks like the seal is hard, I can get a new one.

 

 

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