Hi there,
A while ago I replaced our toilet as the old one was broken. Unfortunately, the pipe for the water inlet was fixed to suit the size and layout of the old toilet, and as such it's too long for the new toilet. This means that if the pipe is just left to lie naturally, there will be a kink in the pipe which cuts off the supply to the toilet. My crude temporary fix for this was to use a tub and mug to wrap the pipe around and stop it kinking (see photo). Not a very elegant solution but it works
Now, I want to reduce the length of the inlet so that I don't have to rely on this work-around any more. I'm looking for some pointers on how to do it, because otherwise I'm sure I'll end up making a mess of it
Should I remove the hard plastic pipe (on the left in the photo below) and trim it? I've tried turning the screw on the connector to see if I can disconnect the two pipes from each other, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything...
Or...should I try and trim the white flexible part of the pipe? Or replace it with a shorter length of flexible piping?
Many thanks in advance for your advice!
A while ago I replaced our toilet as the old one was broken. Unfortunately, the pipe for the water inlet was fixed to suit the size and layout of the old toilet, and as such it's too long for the new toilet. This means that if the pipe is just left to lie naturally, there will be a kink in the pipe which cuts off the supply to the toilet. My crude temporary fix for this was to use a tub and mug to wrap the pipe around and stop it kinking (see photo). Not a very elegant solution but it works
Now, I want to reduce the length of the inlet so that I don't have to rely on this work-around any more. I'm looking for some pointers on how to do it, because otherwise I'm sure I'll end up making a mess of it
Should I remove the hard plastic pipe (on the left in the photo below) and trim it? I've tried turning the screw on the connector to see if I can disconnect the two pipes from each other, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything...
Or...should I try and trim the white flexible part of the pipe? Or replace it with a shorter length of flexible piping?
Many thanks in advance for your advice!