"John" wrote in message
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"Paul Andrews" wrote in message
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I have a close-coupled toilet. The cistern naturally enough sits on the
toilet but has no screw holes for attachment to the wall. Should it be
left
sitting or should something like silicon be applied to the rear surface
to
form a bond with the wall? or... ?

Thanks,

Paul

It's not a Madrid suite from Been & Queued is it? I have just installed
one of these for someone and the cistern did not have any holes to fix it
to the wall. I have never seen a cistern before without these holes, and
I have installed/repaired 100's. I rang B & Q as I thought it might be a
faulty one to be told by the 'bathroom consultant' that "On the budget
suites there aren't any holes, you stick it to the wall with silicon". I
asked how it would be removed if needed i.e. doughnut washer change, or if
it leaked after installation etc. to which he replied "I've never thought
of that". I also pointed out that on the 'budget' suites you were actually
getting more porcelain for you money, i.e. no holes, but that went
straight over his head!

Ah, John ... you haven't done the bean-counters' course ...
"Holes" is extra: 'holes' have to obtained from stores as
raw stock; turned to the appropriate diameter, then cut-off
to the appropriate thickness before being carefully aligned
and inserted nto the porcelain ... .[There's much generation of
store-cards, movement orders and Inspectors' chitties too].
You want hole? ... you've got to pay for them.

I needed some fixing holes so decided to drill it, even with good quality
tile drills and masonry bits two 8mm holes took nearly 2 hours! I have
never drilled anything as hard as that before in my life! You could try
this but go VERY SLOWLY and keep allowing the drills to cool down. If you
can get the surface you are drilling somewhat horizontally level you could
put a ring of putty around the drill site and put some oil (or water) in
there to help the cutting and cooling process

See; you've just confirmed how difficult it must be to get the
'holes' inserted ... (of course, one could just leave out the clay -
but that's require thought -which is probably not part of 'Design &
Technology' syllabi nowadays}

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Brian