Recent content by robnights

Thanks so much for the replies, these are a great help. I'll see what the situation is when the toilet is removed :)

Hi, I'm going to be removing tiles from under a close-coupled toilet, and replacing with lino, so the floor (and therefore toilet) will be 1-2cm lower. Is there any way I can do this without needing to move the screws holding the cistern to the wall? (I'm not confident drilling into tiles)...

Thanks for the quick replies! I'm a complete beginner here, but @oldbuffer, your explanation has helped a lot. The valve has a rubber washer on the inside, so that should keep it water tight.... But, it turned out we've got the wrong size coupling plate - 55mm hole... we need 60mm, so I had no...

We bought a cistern with integrated sink, which by default comes with a downpipe. But we wanted this fitted to a closed coupled toilet, so bought an adapter kit. Thing is, we just cant get it watertight. No matter how we set this up, water is pouring from the join between the cistern and the...