Toilet pan connector down to floor

[dangti6]

I’m starting to gather parts ready to renew my downstairs loo. 
 

I have a back to wall toilet which is against a false wall to conceal the cistern etc.

 

The pan connector is a 90 degree pipe down to the floor. 
 

 

Presumably I require a new connector like this whilst I’m renewing:

 

My toilet is in a fixed position where it is, I’m wanting to utilise the original false wall arrangement so I now believe I need to consider the distance between the pan connector pipe and the ceramic connection inside the toilet, which I see differs from toilet to toilet going by some that I have been looking at (100mm vs 40mm for example)

 

I can find pan connectors that have expandable sections in terms of height from the ground or if I was joining to a soil pipe horizontally but can’t put my finger one ones that adjust the position in toward the rear of the toilet.

 

Am I going to have to get a new toilet with the same outlet depth as the original in order to keep the placement the same? if I had gone on and bought the one with the outlet 100mm inside, I imagine I’d have found this out the hard way and had the toilet set back at which point I’d have insufficient room for my cistern in behind - unless there is another method/pipe to use. 
 

 

[MAB]

McAlpine in link below do a space saving 90 degree bend and also a straight telescopic extension which combined together might help:-

https://mcalpineplumbing.com/wc-connectors/rigid-wc-connectors

 

Straight telescopic extension:-

https://mcalpineplumbing.com/wc-connectors/rigid-wc-connectors/wc-con-ext-straight-telescopic-wc-socket-extension

90° Bend Adjustable Length Rigid WC Connector:-

https://mcalpineplumbing.com/wc-connectors/rigid-wc-connectors/wc-con8c-90deg-bend-adjustable-length-rigid-wc-connector

90° Space Saving Bend Adjustable Length Rigid WC Connector:-

https://mcalpineplumbing.com/wc-connectors/rigid-wc-connectors/wc-conqc-4110mm-90deg-space-saving-bend-adjustable-length-rigid-wc-connector

90° Bend Adjustable Length Extended Inlet Rigid WC Connector:-

https://mcalpineplumbing.com/wc-connectors/rigid-wc-connectors/wc-con8e-90deg-bend-adjustable-length-extended-inlet-rigid-wc-connector

Edited December 1, 2020 by MAB

[dangti6]

Thanks MAB.  I wasn't aware of such an extension piece to go in between a connector and the pan (another place for a leak to potentially occur is the only negative I guess)

 

That very much sounds like the way forward then. Allow SWMBO to select toilet of choice and if the connection is deep inside i can use the extension. If it's near the back but not quite enough to bridge the gap then I can use one of those extensions and a space saving 90 bend to kick it back a bit. 

 

 

[Onoff]

Try and stick to McAlpine stuff rather than Floplast which has a tendency to fall apart. 

[dangti6]

Noted. I try and buy half decent stuff where failure can cause damage/disruption. 
 

Same story with the concealed cistern, I don’t want something that’ll have a short life and/or be tricky to repair so will have a goosey at reputable brands for those. Grohe appear to be mid range from what I can see so they are a contender.