Hi
I am not a plumber so I know I have made schoolboy errors so please bear with me !
I had to replace the syphon in our upstairs toilet. This meant emptying and dismantling the cistern. In doing this I also had to replace the coupling kit from the cistern to the toilet bowl as the old one was rusted and the rubber perished.
Doing this meant that the cistern now sits higher than it did before. In turn this also meant that the pipe running into the overflow at the side of the cistern was too short. To be honest I now don't think it was actually long enough to start with.
I should have sorted this as I was refitting the cistern and I could have cut the pipe to length and dropped the cistern on top of the pipe. But I had a couple of leaks to contend with and didn't think about it at the time. I do not want to remove the cistern again unless it's absolutely necessary.
I have cut a piece of pipe to the correct length but can't fit it because it needs to go in between the cistern and a joint to where the pipe runs through the wall.
The problem is that the pipe coming out of the wall has barely about an inch showing so trying to grip this enough to push it into the connector if I remove it is almost impossible.
I was hoping there may be flexible pipes available but I only see fixed length of about 30cm. This pipe is only about 10-11cm
I've attached a photo. I don't think it's a particularly unusual setup but was wondering if anyone had any ideas which don't involve removing the cistern again. Even if it means an extra couple of joints or different type of (angled) joints ?
Thanks
I am not a plumber so I know I have made schoolboy errors so please bear with me !
I had to replace the syphon in our upstairs toilet. This meant emptying and dismantling the cistern. In doing this I also had to replace the coupling kit from the cistern to the toilet bowl as the old one was rusted and the rubber perished.
Doing this meant that the cistern now sits higher than it did before. In turn this also meant that the pipe running into the overflow at the side of the cistern was too short. To be honest I now don't think it was actually long enough to start with.
I should have sorted this as I was refitting the cistern and I could have cut the pipe to length and dropped the cistern on top of the pipe. But I had a couple of leaks to contend with and didn't think about it at the time. I do not want to remove the cistern again unless it's absolutely necessary.
I have cut a piece of pipe to the correct length but can't fit it because it needs to go in between the cistern and a joint to where the pipe runs through the wall.
The problem is that the pipe coming out of the wall has barely about an inch showing so trying to grip this enough to push it into the connector if I remove it is almost impossible.
I was hoping there may be flexible pipes available but I only see fixed length of about 30cm. This pipe is only about 10-11cm
I've attached a photo. I don't think it's a particularly unusual setup but was wondering if anyone had any ideas which don't involve removing the cistern again. Even if it means an extra couple of joints or different type of (angled) joints ?
Thanks