"BigWallop" wrote in message ...
"hays" wrote in message
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Hi All

I'm replacing a toilet in my bathroom

The new one is quite compact and doesn't stick out as far as the old one.
This means the 90degree soil pipe sticks out too far. If I connect the
toilet to the pipe the cistern does not reach the wall behind

I was thinking a flexible connector would do the trick. Do you agree ??
The 90deg bend seems to be solvent welded to the main pipe. Is this going
to
cause problems with removal. Can a new flexible soil pipe just be pushed
onto the old main pipe or again will this cause problems

I hope I have made myself clear. My downstairs cloakroom suite was easy to
replace. This main bathroom suite is a PITA !! Never mind - I suppose it's
a
challenge:-))


Regards

Hays


Something like these:

http://www.multikwik.com/multikwik/mk_bend_90.htm

would probably do the trick. They're not as much of a sweep around the
knuckle as a normal pipe bend is. Also, most DIY Stores and plumbers
merchants do a universal WC connector which is a ball shape with a long
connector tail and the ball swivels to almost any angle you can imagine.

The soil pipe is most likely just being stubborn if it isn't coming out the
fittings. Try twisting it round, backwards and forwards, rather than just
straight pulling force. They're tight to go in, and even tighter coming
out. :-))

Good luck with it.


You might need a multikwik adjustable reach bend. MKBAR90. You can
find it at the multikwik site.

The problem with the swan necks is that the knuckle gets in the way if
the back of the toilet is in line with the spigot. This is the case
with the toilet I got from B&Q. It means a swan neck pan connector
will not fit on to the pan. Allow me to draw you a really bad diagram
to illustrate (the stars show where the hit occurrs)


Toilet Connector

|
|
-- -----------
| | \
| | \
| | \
| | |
-- ---- |
| \ |
| | |
| / |
| --- /
| / /
| / /
| ** / ---
| **| |
| | |
| | |

_|---------|_ Soil Stack


I had to get an adjustable reach bend from multikwik direct as I could
not find anywhere that sold them. I tried every pan connector
combination imaginable and this was the only thing that worked. I
fitted the toilet last weekend and it all fitted perfectly. If it
wasn't for this little marvel then I would have had to remove part of
the soil stack. Since I'm not really a poo man it was good news all
round!

HTH

Matt