I've just installed a new BTW pan and concealed cistern. (Macdee
Pneu-Compact / Lecico pan).

The water thunders out of the cistern ok but causes a certain amount of
splashing of the seat. It doesn't however flush things away very well and I
usually have to flush twice. Does anyone know how to improve it?

John

jks wrote:
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It doesn't however flush things away very well and I
usually have to flush twice. Does anyone know how to improve it?

John



Laxatives? :-)

Dave

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:38:32 UTC, "jks"
wrote:

I've just installed a new BTW pan and concealed cistern. (Macdee
Pneu-Compact / Lecico pan).

The water thunders out of the cistern ok but causes a certain amount of
splashing of the seat. It doesn't however flush things away very well and I
usually have to flush twice. Does anyone know how to improve it?

Is the pan truly level, in all directions?

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The water thunders out of the cistern ok but causes a certain amount of
splashing of the seat. It doesn't however flush things away very well
and I
usually have to flush twice. Does anyone know how to improve it?

Is the pan truly level, in all directions?


Yes.

Most of the water rushes round the rim to the front. Where it meets it
causes the plashes.

"jks" wrote in message
...

The water thunders out of the cistern ok but causes a certain amount of
splashing of the seat. It doesn't however flush things away very well
and I
usually have to flush twice. Does anyone know how to improve it?

Is the pan truly level, in all directions?


Yes.

Most of the water rushes round the rim to the front. Where it meets it
causes the plashes.


Sounds like you may have some blocked holes around the rim which are
allowing most of the water to fizz round rather than wash the bowl.
Try fishing a bit under the rim to check that all wash ways are clear,
something like a tie wrap is good for this
You may find a mirror useful to check around the underside of the rim also

Phil

"TheScullster" wrote in message
...

"jks" wrote in message
...

The water thunders out of the cistern ok but causes a certain amount
of
splashing of the seat. It doesn't however flush things away very
well
and I
usually have to flush twice. Does anyone know how to improve it?

Is the pan truly level, in all directions?


Yes.

Most of the water rushes round the rim to the front. Where it meets it
causes the plashes.


Sounds like you may have some blocked holes around the rim which are
allowing most of the water to fizz round rather than wash the bowl.
Try fishing a bit under the rim to check that all wash ways are clear,
something like a tie wrap is good for this
You may find a mirror useful to check around the underside of the rim also

Phil


Everything looks ok and the cistern is as low as I could get it.

I think the splashing is just bad design and 6 litres is not enough for a
proper flush.

John

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "jks"
saying something like:

I've just installed a new BTW pan and concealed cistern. (Macdee
Pneu-Compact / Lecico pan).

The water thunders out of the cistern ok but causes a certain amount of
splashing of the seat. It doesn't however flush things away very well and I
usually have to flush twice. Does anyone know how to improve it?

Take smaller and more frequent dumps.
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Dave

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "jks"
saying something like:

I've just installed a new BTW pan and concealed cistern. (Macdee
Pneu-Compact / Lecico pan).

The water thunders out of the cistern ok but causes a certain amount of
splashing of the seat. It doesn't however flush things away very well and I
usually have to flush twice. Does anyone know how to improve it?

Take smaller and more frequent dumps.


Indeed.

We have 3 tytpes of toliet hear.

Brand 1. about ten years old rescued from old house, dirt cheap from B &
Q. Works fine.

Brand 2. Snazzy edwardian style from Ideal shanks or something. Flushes
well with lots of water but misses the bit that soft turds stuck to..

Brand 3. Bathstores edwardian ********, bought in an attempt to solve th
eabove problem.

Washes the bowl clean but fails to deal with man sized turds at all.
They simply stay there winking at you as the water boils past..

Apropos of stuff that simply is not for for purpose, the in-laws finally
acquired a teapot that actually pours tea without it dripping down the
spout..even when full. Its AGA branded. In all my life its the first
teapot I have known that actually pours tea..properly.

Conversely their AGA brand stainless saucepans have handles that are
falling off due to failure of the spotwelds.

WE need a new thread entitled 'stuff that actually works..'

On 2006-12-23 18:00:35 +0000, The Natural Philosopher said:

Apropos of stuff that simply is not for for purpose, the in-laws
finally acquired a teapot that actually pours tea without it dripping
down the spout..even when full. Its AGA branded. In all my life its the
first teapot I have known that actually pours tea..properly.

This one ?

http://tinyurl.com/y7kfk5

or this ?


http://tinyurl.com/t6tem




Conversely their AGA brand stainless saucepans have handles that are
falling off due to failure of the spotwelds.

Hmm.. have good success with ours...



WE need a new thread entitled 'stuff that actually works..'

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-12-23 18:00:35 +0000, The Natural Philosopher said:

Apropos of stuff that simply is not for for purpose, the in-laws
finally acquired a teapot that actually pours tea without it dripping
down the spout..even when full. Its AGA branded. In all my life its
the first teapot I have known that actually pours tea..properly.

This one ?

http://tinyurl.com/y7kfk5

yes that one.

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-12-23 18:00:35 +0000, The Natural Philosopher said:

Apropos of stuff that simply is not for for purpose, the in-laws
finally acquired a teapot that actually pours tea without it dripping
down the spout..even when full. Its AGA branded. In all my life its
the first teapot I have known that actually pours tea..properly.

This one ?

http://tinyurl.com/y7kfk5

yes that one.

It's fairly well-known that a spout which starts near the bottom of the
pot works far better than one which is a welded-on after-thought at the
top (as per your average cafe one-cup job) which merely dribbles tea
over the edge when slightly inclined. Something to do with the water
pressure, I think.

I have one of these natty John Lewis jobs that never drips (it also
sports a filter for use with loose tea):

http://www.johnlewis.com/Home+and+Ga...4/Product.aspx

Apropos the OP, I have recently moved house and so have two "new" loos.
The upstairs one has a dual-flush mechanism that works very well,
while the much older downstairs one also works well but uses about 3
times as much water ;-) I forget the make of the dual-flish one but
would certainly recommend it. I've used others which are just, well,
crap...

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jks Wrote:
I've just installed a new BTW pan and concealed cistern. (Macdee
Pneu-Compact / Lecico pan).

The water thunders out of the cistern ok but causes a certain amount
of
splashing of the seat. It doesn't however flush things away very well
and I
usually have to flush twice. Does anyone know how to improve it?

John

Check the cistern instructions for the maximum hieght above the floor.
If its too high the water will literally go too fast, it sounds like
you need a gentler flush.




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Nick H