Accidentally cracked the top of the toilet cistern and would much
appreciate advice on where I can get a replacement please. It came
with the house so must now be 18 years old. However, it's marked
'Ideal Standard' which some initial googling shows is still alive and
well. But before I start the 'phoning and the legwork could someone
with know-how on these things give me a little basic advice please.

1. My worst fear: am I going to be unable to get exactly same shape?

2. It's a light pink. Not my choice but nothing to be done short of
replacing entire bathroom, tiles included. Will I be able to match it
OK? (Apart from one illustration, I could find nothing at all about
colours anywhere within the Ideal Standard web site.)

3. Can you get just the tops? I wouldn't like to have to replace the
whole WC.

4. Anyone have a contact number I can call who would take an order or
tell me where to get one locally?

Any information gratefully received please.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

In article ,
Terry Pinnell writes:
Accidentally cracked the top of the toilet cistern and would much
appreciate advice on where I can get a replacement please. It came
with the house so must now be 18 years old. However, it's marked
'Ideal Standard' which some initial googling shows is still alive and
well. But before I start the 'phoning and the legwork could someone
with know-how on these things give me a little basic advice please.

Not much to go on (oh dear;-), but in the Luton free paper about
5 years ago, there was a guy who had started collecting old bathroom
fittings for exactly this purpose, and had built up a warehouse full
of them. Insurance companies were starting to use him in the case of
people who chipped the basin and demanded a whole replacement suite
on the insurance. Don't know if you can track him down based just
on this, but that's all I can remember.

--
Andrew Gabriel

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:17:22 +0000, Terry Pinnell
wrote:

|Accidentally cracked the top of the toilet cistern and would much
|appreciate advice on where I can get a replacement please. It came
|with the house so must now be 18 years old. However, it's marked
|'Ideal Standard' which some initial googling shows is still alive and
|well. But before I start the 'phoning and the legwork could someone
|with know-how on these things give me a little basic advice please.
|
|1. My worst fear: am I going to be unable to get exactly same shape?
|
|2. It's a light pink. Not my choice but nothing to be done short of
|replacing entire bathroom, tiles included. Will I be able to match it
|OK? (Apart from one illustration, I could find nothing at all about
|colours anywhere within the Ideal Standard web site.)
|
|3. Can you get just the tops? I wouldn't like to have to replace the
|whole WC.
|
|4. Anyone have a contact number I can call who would take an order or
|tell me where to get one locally?
|
|Any information gratefully received please.

Stick it together with epoxy
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Dave Fawthrop wrote:

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:17:22 +0000, Terry Pinnell
wrote:

|Accidentally cracked the top of the toilet cistern and would much
|appreciate advice on where I can get a replacement please. It came
|with the house so must now be 18 years old. However, it's marked
|'Ideal Standard' which some initial googling shows is still alive and
|well. But before I start the 'phoning and the legwork could someone
|with know-how on these things give me a little basic advice please.
|
|1. My worst fear: am I going to be unable to get exactly same shape?
|
|2. It's a light pink. Not my choice but nothing to be done short of
|replacing entire bathroom, tiles included. Will I be able to match it
|OK? (Apart from one illustration, I could find nothing at all about
|colours anywhere within the Ideal Standard web site.)
|
|3. Can you get just the tops? I wouldn't like to have to replace the
|whole WC.
|
|4. Anyone have a contact number I can call who would take an order or
|tell me where to get one locally?
|
|Any information gratefully received please.

Stick it together with epoxy

Thanks both. Further research located a London-based company called
H.M. James, 0208 477 1000. Much more expensive than I'd expected,
presumably because it is a 're-glazed' unit (white original, re-glazed
to 'Whisper Pink'). With delivery and VAT, £143.45 . But I've gone
ahead anyway.

Araldited it meanwhile - but pretty ugly!

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

Terry Pinnell wrote:
Accidentally cracked the top of the toilet cistern and would much
appreciate advice on where I can get a replacement please. It came
with the house so must now be 18 years old.

My daughter broke the cistern top in her rented house. Disgusting blue
colour.

She had a wooden (pine) toilet seat & lid, so I made a wooden (pine) cistern
lid to match. Lateral thinking?

Actually looks quite good :-)


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
. uk...
Terry Pinnell wrote:
Accidentally cracked the top of the toilet cistern and would much
appreciate advice on where I can get a replacement please. It came
with the house so must now be 18 years old.

My daughter broke the cistern top in her rented house. Disgusting blue
colour.

She had a wooden (pine) toilet seat & lid, so I made a wooden (pine)
cistern lid to match. Lateral thinking?

Actually looks quite good :-)


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257


Have a look in the Yellow Pages for salvage yards.... Treasure troves these
places
--
the_constructor

The Medway Handyman wrote:

My daughter broke the cistern top in her rented house. Disgusting blue
colour.

She had a wooden (pine) toilet seat & lid, so I made a wooden (pine) cistern
lid to match. Lateral thinking?

Actually looks quite good :-)

But will the landlord concur when she comes to move out and wants her
deposit back? ;-)

David