jim wrote:
"Rod Speed" Wrote in message:
jim k wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Rednadnerb wrote

Thank you but the problem does not occur when the
toilet is flushed, only when she is absent from the flat.

Then presumably something is causing the water level
in the pan to rise up and overflow onto the floor while
she is out. Likely a sewer backup problem. But didn?t
you say that its on the first floor ? In that case it must
be one hell of a sewer backup problem.

With an obvious olfactory odour,

Not necessarily if it just has the water level surge
that high for a short while and then go back down
again quickly if the pan is on the ground floor.

You'll only get the smell if lots of the ****ty
water comes into the pan and you don't need
that to get it to overflow such a small amount.

which isn't mentioned...



Where's that much "water" coming from?
The cistern won't hold enough to overfill the bowl (in this
country anyway)...

YDunnyMV


Just a thought here.
We have a push button flush and have had plenty of trouble with the bloody
thing.
BG/Dyno-Rod have fitted three new push buttons and one new cistern internals
in the past eight years. On every visit I mentioned that water was trickling
down into the pan. The plumbers told me that they fitted a new seal to stop
this. It still happened.
The latest push button sticks down if you give it a really hard push. Water
will cascade down into the pan - it will continue to flush until the stuck
down button is noticed.
We have always noticed and pushed the button again, the flush stopped.
I should really call them back, but can't be arsed.
Just wondering if the button on the OP's toilet is stuck?