Just installed an Ideal Create Edge BTW pan - have connected to the waste with a new female connector onto the male waste protrusion on the pan - the protrusion is not as long as I've seen before, but it seemed OK for the connector - but when I turned the water on and flushed the first time, the connection seeps - have tried pushing the connector on as far as i can, but seep persists - anything I can do to stop this???
Pan connector seeping ...
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Just to be sure, it's worth putting something like a wad of tissue paper between the flush pipe connection and the pan connector as a tell-tale, and trying the flush before blaming the pan connector.
A leak at the flush pipe usually drips onto the pan connector, wetting that joint, so the pan connector gets the blame when it's really a problem with the flush cone or pipe.
A leak at the flush pipe usually drips onto the pan connector, wetting that joint, so the pan connector gets the blame when it's really a problem with the flush cone or pipe.
Nope, it's definitely coming from the pan waste connector ...
Tried that already ...
HELP!!!
Tried that already ...
HELP!!!
use silcone
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IMO pan connectors onto toilet spigots have got to be one of the worst legacy plumbing issues we suffer. In my experience its because the glazing is missing or the spigot itself its misshapen or damaged. Usually the glazing is missing underneath the spigot during manufacture which is obviously the worst location as that sits in 'water/pee/etc' 24/7 because of the way the pan connector pushes onto the spigot.
You'll have to dismantle the lot again and check. My gut feeling is the glazing. When I buy a toilet from the merchants I always examine that location and reject it if the glazing is pitted or damaged.
Why don't we go back to toilets that have a swan neck and the spigot is vertical so the leaking pan connector issue goes away.
G
Goldspoon
The connectors can be high or low quality. I once fitted a B&Q one and it leaked. Swapped for a Marley (expensive with better "rubber") and it was fine.
htgeng";p="1673123 said:S traps only - plumbing is difficult enough alreadyWhy don't we go back to toilets that have a swan neck and the spigot is vertical so the leaking pan connector issue goes away.
yep i should be but i have just..........
silconed cast iron pipe togther for temp fix with no garantees
alterantive was to remove start a fresh which is not possible as too much asbestos in the way
get some tempory service in for the asbestos removers
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