...so to speak.
Just replaced the flush on our toilet. All looks good, however on flushing there's a small amount of water creeping from the bottom of the cistern onto the body of the loo itself. When replacing the flush mechanism there was a sort of rubber foam washer/seal where the cistern made contact with the loo. (other seals in the actual flush mechanism etc, but there's a big hole into which the flush bit drops when the cistern is in place - it's sealing here to make a snug joint I guess. Fairly big - 4-5" across or so?)
It looked as though it had been off-centre previously so was squashed out of shape etc, I'm guessing this may be the problem - not a perfect seal on replacing the cistern so a little bit of water escaping on flush. Not happening when the loo isn't flushed so I guess it's not an overflow issue etc.
So, to my novice brain, this washer/seal/disc thing needs replacing? Is there a specific name for this thing and can I get it from most plumbing/DIY places? A name would help in itself..would certainly have cut this post down by about 2000 characters if I'd known the name of this
Ta!
Just replaced the flush on our toilet. All looks good, however on flushing there's a small amount of water creeping from the bottom of the cistern onto the body of the loo itself. When replacing the flush mechanism there was a sort of rubber foam washer/seal where the cistern made contact with the loo. (other seals in the actual flush mechanism etc, but there's a big hole into which the flush bit drops when the cistern is in place - it's sealing here to make a snug joint I guess. Fairly big - 4-5" across or so?)
It looked as though it had been off-centre previously so was squashed out of shape etc, I'm guessing this may be the problem - not a perfect seal on replacing the cistern so a little bit of water escaping on flush. Not happening when the loo isn't flushed so I guess it's not an overflow issue etc.
So, to my novice brain, this washer/seal/disc thing needs replacing? Is there a specific name for this thing and can I get it from most plumbing/DIY places? A name would help in itself..would certainly have cut this post down by about 2000 characters if I'd known the name of this
Ta!
