MarkK wrote:
john.stumbles wrote in message
MarkK wrote:
"Ian Stirling" wrote
justme wrote:

Just drain the cistern, dismantle everything and the
problem & method of fixing will be self-evident.
A half-hour job.

Heh heh!

If it's a close coupled cistern you way well find that the soft rubber
'doughnut' that seals the cistern to the pan needs replacing
and also the rubber washer that seals the syphon to the cistern. Not
to mention the bolts holding the cistern to the pan being a bit rusty,
ditto screws holding cistern to wall.

Fair comment. Moral: if you only have the one loo, don't start
the job on a Saturday afternoon - unless you know your neighbours well.

Heh. good advice. Pulled out my old loo to replace it, and was left
with an imperial cast iron pipe out of my wall and only a metric
fitment coupling pipe available in any of the sheds.

Since my girlfriends sister was arriving on a visit the next day, my
g/f was less than pleased !

Cheers,

Paul.