My upstairs lavatory is continually flushing. It's a dual flush cable operated one with (according to the bathroom installer's invoice of two years ago) a Macdee Kayla flush unit. I understand that to remove the siphon and clean the sealing washer, I have to turn it an eighth of a turn and lift. My first picture shows that I have no visual access to the siphon and am going entirely by feel.
I've turned it anticlockwise by about an eighth turn and it won't lift nor will it turn any more. My other two pictures show the original position and the final position. There's no point between these two where the siphon allows me to lift it up.
I don't know (and I certainly can't see) what's preventing the siphon from lifting. Do I try and force it round more in the anticlockwise direction? If I do use force, what am I in danger of breaking, the siphon or the base? If the siphon, I can get a new one mail order for about £15-20 quid and there's no problem. If the base, then that's a cistern-out job involving dismantling the casing round the loo, which hopefully isn't glued together.
Help please....
I've turned it anticlockwise by about an eighth turn and it won't lift nor will it turn any more. My other two pictures show the original position and the final position. There's no point between these two where the siphon allows me to lift it up.
I don't know (and I certainly can't see) what's preventing the siphon from lifting. Do I try and force it round more in the anticlockwise direction? If I do use force, what am I in danger of breaking, the siphon or the base? If the siphon, I can get a new one mail order for about £15-20 quid and there's no problem. If the base, then that's a cistern-out job involving dismantling the casing round the loo, which hopefully isn't glued together.
Help please....