"John Flax" wrote in message
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"Abso" wrote in message
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Does anyone know the location of an online resource I can use to get my
head
around how the internals of a toilet flush should work?

It's just that mine is becoming reluctant to flush, despite the float
valve
aparently working fine (the cistern fills). One thing which might cause
it is
that the washer on the actuator attached to the handle is lifting (I think
it
should stay in place sealing the top of the lower chamber). Would this
cause
reluctant flushing?

**** description, I know, trouble is I know so little about what the bits
are
called that I'm struggling to describe it.


Try Google with: toilet cistern diaphragm

or look at:

http://freespace.virgin.net/bob.bailey2/toilet-t.html

and

http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects...nks%20etc..htm
scroll to the bottom of this one!

The Mid-Kent quotation of "Only £128.86 includes materials and vat"
www.midken****er.co.uk/services/ household/setprice/toilet.htm
should give you the courage to have a go.
snip

That's really helpful, thanks. I'm now better able to describe the washer I
was talking about above. It sits on the actuator linking the handle to the
diaphragm carrier and seals the point at which the actuator penetrates the
flush chamber. As the handle is operated and the actuator rises, the washer
(which is stuck on the actuator) rises with it, so that some of the
diaphragm's action is wasted by water leaking out of the top of the flush
chamber through the hole. Is this normal, or should the washer remain seated
around the hole, ie. slide down over the actuator shaft? Could this be an
alternative reason for flushing problems?

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