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Urinal - over enthusiastic flush
For many years the gents toilet cistern was set to a trickle at Church
(to save water) to the degree it probably never spluttered into life. Having responded to complaints of the smell, I have fitted a water miser thingy which flushes when people use the toilet - great, smell has gone away! However, we now have puddles on the floor from one of the two urinals. First thoughts was the trap at the bottom, so removed, cleaned up, resealed, etc. (I get all the nice jobs) Still puddles! After watching a flush with a bucket under the trap, I noticed that there was no leak for the first half of the flush and then "lots" of water. Examination showed this was when the syphon got going really well the water coming out of the flush bit (don't know the technical term) was powerful enough to get over the sides of the porcelain. Under the outlet there is a slit - looks a bit like a smiley face - where the water comes out. Applying a bit of insulating tape to the ends solved the problem on a temporary basis, but I need to make a more permanent fix. Can anyone suggest a suitable glue, metal putty or whatever which would stick into the slot in the metal and stay even with the pressure of the water? -- John Alexander, Remove NOSPAM if replying by e-mail |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember John saying something like: Can anyone suggest a suitable glue, metal putty or whatever which would stick into the slot in the metal and stay even with the pressure of the water? Put a restrictor in the flush pipe. -- Dave |
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Urinal - over enthusiastic flush
radweld for car radiators
stops hot water under pressure. or chemical metal? |
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Urinal - over enthusiastic flush
In article , Grimly
Curmudgeon writes We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember John saying something like: Can anyone suggest a suitable glue, metal putty or whatever which would stick into the slot in the metal and stay even with the pressure of the water? Put a restrictor in the flush pipe. I had thought of that, but it is plated pipe and I don't really want to disturb it. However, it does sound like a good option. -- John Alexander, Remove NOSPAM if replying by e-mail |
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Urinal - over enthusiastic flush
In article , George (dicegeorge)
writes radweld for car radiators stops hot water under pressure. or chemical metal? Chemical metal sounds good - car repair shop? -- John Alexander, Remove NOSPAM if replying by e-mail |
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Urinal - over enthusiastic flush
John wrote:
Can anyone suggest a suitable glue, metal putty or whatever which would stick into the slot in the metal and stay even with the pressure of the water? Those two part leak sealing epoxy putties would do the trick - DIY sheds sell it in short strips of two colours where you tear off a bit and mix it until uniform in colour. Sticks like the proverbial to a blanket and sets hard. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Urinal - over enthusiastic flush
John wrote:
For many years the gents toilet cistern was set to a trickle at Church (to save water) to the degree it probably never spluttered into life. Having responded to complaints of the smell, I have fitted a water miser thingy which flushes when people use the toilet - great, smell has gone away! However, we now have puddles on the floor from one of the two urinals. First thoughts was the trap at the bottom, so removed, cleaned up, resealed, etc. (I get all the nice jobs) Still puddles! After watching a flush with a bucket under the trap, I noticed that there was no leak for the first half of the flush and then "lots" of water. Examination showed this was when the syphon got going really well the water coming out of the flush bit (don't know the technical term) was powerful enough to get over the sides of the porcelain. Under the outlet there is a slit - looks a bit like a smiley face - where the water comes out. Applying a bit of insulating tape to the ends solved the problem on a temporary basis, but I need to make a more permanent fix. Can anyone suggest a suitable glue, metal putty or whatever which would stick into the slot in the metal and stay even with the pressure of the water? Doesn't seem the right approach at all. If you do anything to the nozzle (for want of a better word) you will disrupt the pattern of flow over the porcelain. So you could end up not washing down some areas but still having an excess flow over others. And if you make that adjustment with something like epoxy putty it could be very difficult to remove/adjust in future (if it doesn't quite work). I agree that you need to do something about the absolute flow from the cistern. -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org |
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