cistern

I have a downstairs loo with a leaky cistern, see picture of cistern with lid removed. The valve is clearly not seating properly so it's constantly leaking into the WC. How big a job is it to fix or replace this? I was going to try to remove it to have a look but it all feels quite flimsy and...

Maybe every 5-10 mins the cistern in the bathroom downstairs makes a filling sound for about 2-3 seconds. I'm thinking maybe something is leaking internally which is lowering the water level and the tank needs to top it back up. TBH I don't really know a whole lot about plumbing. No external...

That damn cistern has thrown up another issue. After taking my cast iron cistern down to re-plumb it I was surprised how "rusty" for better words ,the inside looked. Pretty pitted and in places looks like it was ready to fail. See attached pictures. What can I do to treat and protect it? I...

Back again. I had some great help with my last post "Adapting Well Bottom cistern flush, not replacing" but I could do with a little more help ( thought it rude to bump an old thread so here's a new one). The overflow from the cistern is 15mm running just off horizontal out of the back wall...

Our flowmaster cistern filler identical to this one has a failing closing valve. It's not stopping the mains water flow when the float rises up to the top. Can the valve seal be replaced?

Hello, this is my first post so I hope I'm not breaking any rules by asking for help straight away. If you want a summary of the below - basically the filling valve hole at the bottom of my cistern is leaking despite trying 2 new and different types of filling valve. I think the hole has...

Hello all. I've just fitted an old cast-iron bell type cistern. After being in a week it has developed a weep in the cast iron at the bottom shelf , not the bell reservoir. It's only a small weep which you can't see a hole when you wipe it dry. My plan is to use JB Waterweld to "weld" a sheet...

Evening all, I’ve recently fit a concealed cistern and then tiled over it. All well, no issues with plumbing ect. Last few days I’ve noticed very loud water hammer after the cistern refills, to the point I can feel the vibration under the floorboards. It gets worse every time I flush, but if I...

Hello. I have a Giberit hidden cistern and I can always hear water trickling, especially loudly for 20 mins after the toilet is flushed. I can see water is spurting out of the screw bit as indicated in the photo. I’ve taken the screw cap off and washed it and cleaned all the gunk so it...

Hey! I live in the middle floor of a 3 storey apartment building. The flat above has a leak. I’ve been in to investigate, and from what I can see the seal from the nut and bolt screw holding the cistern to the toilet has warped. Could anyone recommend what type of fixtures I’d be searching...

Just fitting a new siphon into a low-level cistern (not close-coupled, has a flush pipe). The rubber seal that comes with it is flat on one side and ridged on the other. Which way up should this rubber seal go ?

Hi all, I noticed the cistern making a different noise when filling. The cistern is behind a panel. I removed the panel and the water is just making a fine spray when filling the cistern instead of filling properly. Even more alarming there's a bloody hole in the side of the cistern that the...

I watched seven videos and read numerous instructions and none tell me what I need to know. Have removed both metal push buttons to reveal a central retaining screw between the two plungers which the buttons operate. All the instructions say to unscrew this screw to allow the lid to be removed...

Fordham Cistern by AndyPRoberts posted 14 Dec 2021 at 11:38 AMFordham Cistern Parts by AndyPRoberts posted 14 Dec 2021 at 11:40 AM The plastic arm in our Fordham cistern is splitting and I am fairly sure I've found the replacement parts to order (see above) but I can't find any instructions on...

Hi all, I have a push button toilet which flushes weakly. Sometimes it takes 2 flushes to get material down the pipe. The water currently rises to 21.4 cm in the tank. Would anyone have a solution to this? Thanks.

We have installed a high level cistern with copper pipe water supply (we prefer the look of this to a flexible connector) but the compression nut wont screw onto the male plastic inlet and is ruining the thread. When the water supply is turned on, we get a leak! What do we need to do...

I'm renovating an 1880s semi-terraced 5BR house. Much of it is still original, with some rooms lacking power outlets. One thing which has been "updated" has been the installation of radiators, and a combi-boiler (located in a back stairwell on the ground floor, see photo). However, there are...

Hi Purchase a new toilet and installing it but having issues with cistern not level. I’ve levelled the base as floor was out of level but the cistern is not level to the toilet. This only bolts on with two bolts (1 either side) and has a rubber washer in between the cistern and pan on the bolts...

Tonight the arm of the ballcock feeding the cold water storage cistern in my attic broke (quite puzzling: maybe due to strong wind causing some turbulence??). Anyway, I need to replace it. I know it's faster to replace only the part inside the tank, undoing the very last compression nut. But...

Hi, just after the mains stopcock under my kitchen sink I have a tee, one pipe to drinkable water+washing machine and the other to the loft cisterns (talking about an open vented pumped S-plan system, standard here in UK). I was wondering whether it is safe to add an isolating valve on the...