On 16 Jan, 13:35, 4square wrote:
On Jan 16, 12:20 pm, " bruce_phi...@my-



deja.com wrote:
On 16 Jan, 11:26, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

wrote:
On 16 Jan, 10:47, "George" wrote:
wrote in message

...

I installed a new bathroom a couple of months ago. 70s bungalow.
Right from the start, I noticed that the WC sometimes required 2
flushes to clear toilet paper. The new WC pan is smaller the old model
and the cistern is smaller.
This house I'm in, when moving in it had one o those continental jobbies
in(all in one very low cistern) and it was doing exactly what you're
describing,after much frustion in clearing blockages I decide to change the
loo and cistern.

That solved it.

Don't know whether thats the case of yours though?

I suspect it may be a common problem with modern WCs. They are more
compact and have smaller flush volumes.
How I miss my beige coloured 1970s Armitage Shanks WC!
Bruce

Shove some caustic down it.

Thanks. I'll buy a plunger and give it a go with that first.

bruce- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I refitted our bathroom a few years ago, with a complete suite from B
& Q. This included a close-coupled WC, and it has never been as
efficient as the old one, which was the usual 70's pattern, low-
level cistern with a flush pipe about a foot long, IIRC. I have
thought, there must be a British Standard for such things, and mine
is probably below it! Also with the new one, the cistern syphon is
one - piece, so if the plastic washer in the lifting part fails, the
cistern and pan have to be seperated to remove the syphon to get at
the washer. The old one had a syphon with a joint in it, it came
apart for maintenance. Such is progress!

And then there's the low flush for a pee variety !! The trouble there
is that most old drains rely on the continual traditional amount of
flush to get the 'evacuation' all the way to the system. After 6
months of low flushing, our drains blocked solid and there had to be
digging session to get into them and clear the blockage - old drains
typically also lack rodding points !!

So don't install low flush loos onto old drains !

Rob