Recent content by cottontop67

Bought a Fluidmaster valve at Toolstation (just over £10), examined to make certain how it fitted together, forced out the old valve (clockwise, not anti-clockwise), replaced with new, tested, it worked. 10 minutes tops, no plumber. Thanks Ree.

I'm sorry that I do not appear to be making myself very clear. The problem I have is that water is constantly running into the pan from the cistern. This is the problem that first kicked off this thread so I am just trying to pick up all the relevant information from here without starting all...

Sorry. I was picking up on the original subject of this thread, ie the MacDee unit, and all the relevant subsequent postings. I hope that puts this in perspective in relation to my previous posting. If not, let me know and I'll spell everything out. The previous photos refer too.

I'm having the usual problem of constant water flow into the pan with this unit. The Wd40 solution worked for a while but now I need to remove the "big white thingy" to get a better look at things. I have tried turning it the recommended 1/4 turn (anti-clockwise?) but it only moves a tiny...

Hi Dan This photo in my album (cottontop67photos) is from the Lunns site. The siphon looks identical to the the one I bought from another site. I don't see at the moment how I can load the photo directly into this reply, sorry. I've reassembled the old siphon into the cistern as an interim...

I have what I believe to be a Fordham Flush Panel cistern in a utility area; rather ancient I know but still in pretty good order. The flush is playing up a bit, however, seemingly due to the siphon being rather stiff. The diaphragm is OK (no splits etc) so I decided to replace the whole siphon...