Fitting new toilet

[junglejim01]

I'm in the process of putting in a completely new bathroom. The plumber has done all first fit work. I've just started to connect the toilet and it would seem that the hole the plumber drilled in the wall is too high. It's at quite an angle so i've got a 102degree connection from the toilet but when lined up is about 1 inche below the the pipe in the wall. Has anyone got any ideas? Could i use a flexipipe would it be a big problem going uphill a little?

Thanks for your help.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

What is the connection for?
Pan, overflow or supply?

 

[junglejim01]

its the main toilet waste from the pan

 

[Johnmelad]

Get the plumber back. Crap will not easily go uphill.

 

[mcmoby69]

are you tiling the floor at all? if you are. ply+adhesive+ tiles, it might be ok. a horizontal outlet is bad enough, but not uphill.

 

[junglejim01]

I thought that would probably be the case. Unfortunately i'm not tiling, it's going onto a varnished wood floor. If i get the plumber back my guess is he'll drill another hole in the wall which will start to look a mess on the outside, so thinking of making a wood plinth for the toilet...just a bit annoying...i'll be on the phone to the plumber! Thanks for all the advice.

 

[mcmoby69]

didnt he have the toilet to measure the height of the spigot in the first place?

 

[Johnmelad]

thinking of making a wood plinth for the toilet...

That would have been my next suggestion...

 

[mcmoby69]

i would rather have it looking a bit of a mess from the outside rather than a botch up job on a bathroom install. replacing bricks on the outside will look miles better. might take a bit longer but worth the effort in my opinion.

 

[junglejim01]

He had the toilet so just a bad job i think! I'm not sure the stonework will be so easy given that it's a traditional sandstone wall...i'd welcome any ideas though.

 

[Charnwood]

Because of the potential problem with the outside wall, as you said previously, plinth.

 

[Johnmelad]

You can buy plinths ready made, they are often used in disabled toilets.

Personally, I would make one myself out of a good piece of hardwood so that it actually looks like a feature rather than what you see above.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Get the hole re-drilled, forget about the plinth. Or EVERY time you go into your bathroom you will think what a bodge!

Anyway the plumber should be sorting this out, not you.

Andy