Refitting my bathroom - a couple of basic questions.

[lj329]

Hi All

Just finishing off my bathroom refurb but I have a couple of issues.

Firstly the close coupled toilet I have fitted hasn't got any fixings for the cistern to fit it to the wall, so it is loose. it is not flopping around but I am concerned if the kids knock it it will break. I tried to tighten the bolts underneath but did the classic and cracked the cistern - I don't want to do the same with this one! I could "no nails" the back of the cistern, but this seems a bit of a bodge. Anyone else had this problem.

Secondly, and I know this is a perrenial posting, the new "earl" bathroom radiator I have attempted to fit is leaking. The leak is seeping from the tail side of the nut that connects to the valve. It is leaking from both sides in the same place, so I must have doen something wrong but I have ptfe'd the tails to death and have tried three times to refit the damn thing damaging the chrome fittings in the process . I have read back through some old posts about jointing compound. Silly question but how do I use it? Do I use it in conjunction with ptfe, if so what goes on first? Do I have to wait for it to dry before I turn the water back on or is it good to go? I also read about hemp - whats that all about?

many thanks

Lee

 

[seco services]

many cisterns don't have holes to screw to the wall now. not ideal but they are secure.

 

[GodKnows]

As seco said, most new toilets don't have fittings to attach to wall, this is for a few reasons, the older toilets had a bigger flush and filling capacity 9 litres, as new ones due to the wter regs and water conservation only flush 6 litres. So, they are fine without attaching to the wall, not like the old types. As for your rad valves, given the fact that you have managed to damage the chrome finish, I would assume you have over-tightened the nuts to the valve. This can be easily done if you aren't use to doing it. You might of crushed the copper pipe, hence, the weeping even with ptfe tape. It is easier to nip the fitting up abit at a time, instead of trying to tighten it till is stops, often over-tightening them fella

 

[lj329]

thanks for the replies.

I have only ever fitted one other toilet that had screws in the cistern to hold it back to the wall, but it was an older single flush model. I was just concerned that if anyone knocked the cistern, or if the kids pushed it (it is on an exposed wall , rather than nested in a corner) it would break (again).

Overtightening, now there is a concept i had never come across! The wife does call me "heavy handed Harry", so what is my best course of action reference the leaking tails? How do I use the Boss white stuff and PTFE?

Thanks

 

[GodKnows]

What I do, is put olive on tighten onto fitting fairly tight, then undo nut, so olive crushed onto pipe, then apply some one wrap ptfe. Re-fit nut and tighten easily. If it weeps then just tighten a quater turn etc until it is right.