Toilet waste oulet goes into floor. Help needed with new loo

[Lupa Monkey]

I'm looking for a new loo and it wasn't till I found one that had its waste outlet through the floor that I checked out my own toilet. It's not one of these close coupled types, it's quite old fashioned and altho' it has the waste outlet coming out the back of the toilet, the pipes actually go thru the floor and not out the wall!! Never noticed it before, but then I've never wanted to buy a new loo before!

Problem I got now, is that I want one which fits flush (ha ha) to the wall and the present piping arrangement won't allow for that unless I get a loo with the waste outlet going thru the floor (as mentioned above). I could buy one with the oulet coming out the back and box around the gap but I don't have enough space to play with to position the new toilet so far into the room.

During my internet trawling I've only come across the one I mentioned earlier, luckily it is a style that I like. I'm getting nervous and have my credit card poised but I don't want to panic buy

My querie is, are toilets with the waste outlet going into the floor readily available and are they as easy to fit as the ones which go out of the wall? Are there any inherant problems with this type?

Thanks

 

[bab]

If u have a toilet now that is low level (plastic flush pipe between pan & cistern) not close coupled. If u want close coupled then ur dain in the floor will bee too far foward normally. To me pans are all horizontal out let & u fit a bent pan connector to go into the floor. S type pans as tey were called are rare nowadays to keep production costs low. R we on the right line at the moment TB

 

[ChrisR]

are toilets with the waste outlet going into the floor readily available

No. Except the plainest Bog Standard one, suitable for Low Level but not Close Coupled cistern. Means the flush pipe connecting to the cisten is visible.

So you have to put an elbow onto a Horizontal Outlet pan, which usually then doesn't let you push the pan /cistern back to the wall so you end up with woodwork to pack out, or box in.

 

[Lupa Monkey]

I can see that I may have to get a bog standard one (no pun intended!) and use an adapter which goes into the floor. Unfortunately this will mean that the new loo will have to sit forward of the wall and I'll have to box it in not ideal

bab yes you are right, my present loo has a plastic flush pipe between pan & cistern...v ugly

My only other option is to get the one I've seen with the floor waste oulet but I'm a little wary of this and would like to hear more advice from you guys before I take the plunge. Can anyone advise on this type of toilet should I avoid it?

 

[bab]

Whats the make n model of what u r thinkin of gettin. is it an upstairs bathroom with a wooden floor.

 

[Lupa Monkey]

Hi bab,

Yes it's an upstairs loo on a wooden floor and the stink pipe actually runs down iside the house

Here's the loo I've found:

http://www.avalon-bathrooms.co.uk/c...let&SHOP=Avalon&PN=Bathroom_Suites.html#a1213

it's the 5th one down the Avalon MT014 WC. It's in the sale so you can see why I'm getting panicky.

thanks bab

 

[bab]

Right seen the unit (very nice & swish) These manufactures love makin our live,s harder. R u planning on fitting this ur self. Dont mean this in a nasty way r u Amanda. These all in one w/c,s r quite heavy to fit & a bit of a pain. but worth it in the end .Andrew.

 

[Lupa Monkey]

No, I won't be fitting it myself. Not wanting to take any chances, we are going to get a plumber in to do did, we need to get one in to do the whole bathroom. I suppose it will sit in the spare room until we actually get round to re-doing the whole bathroom!

 

[bab]

Depending on where the joist's r under the floor boards u can hav a safe bet u could move that soilpipe in the floor to where u need it . Done it maney time,s Just need a good plumber who's not lazy or scared to tackle it. If the toilet is now nxt to the wall & the soil/vent stack(stink)as u put it is tight into the corner thats a good sign it can be done. Good luck Andrew

 

[Lupa Monkey]

Sound good!

Thanks for the advice Andrew

Amanda