Looking for some advice on framing a wall-hung toilet

[Notadecor8ter]

I'm doing my bathroom at the moment and I love the look of a floating hidden bog but can't see how maintenance of them will be of ease over its life span.

I'm not even sure a hidden cistern with a boarded setup is any better?

My water is very hard and I could see it easily becoming a mess in a few years.

 

[mrrusty]

I prefer back-to-the-wall toilets as you don't have to worry about the strength of the framing. As to access, some high quality Geberit hidden cisterns are designed to be accessed through the flush plate, but what I do is to split the panel behind the toilet so the low bit that the toilet fixes against is fixed, and the panel above is attached with slot-in connectors/magnets. If just removing the front panel is enough then AOK, or you can configure the worktop above to be removeable as well. Depends on the situation.

With a bit of care, hidden cisterns are just as serviceable as exposed ones.

 

[cdbe]

It's all fully sealed and everything is done through the front flush panel - apart from the idiocy of the cold water inlet and isolation valve on one of mine being outside the cistern - so impossible to access once tiled in. I pulled the whole lot inside the cistern.