Hello,

I've got a dual flush toilet from Screwfix. It didn't come with any
useful instructions on how to set-up the flushes.

Inside the cistern is a white cylinder with a green/blue button and a
white button. There is a blue-green "weight" on the side that you can
slide up or down a few inches, I presume to adjust the half flush but
it doesn't seem to make any difference.

There is a line marked six litres on the cistern. I presume you are
supposed to adjust the float so that the water fills to this line?

The water is resting on that line but when I press either of the
buttons, the toilet flushes and the water level drops to about a
quarter full. The half flush and full flush don't appear to be any
different. I was expecting that the half flush would cause the cistern
to only half empty.

I have tried sliding the green thing but even so, I can not see a
discernible change.

They sound a good idea in theory, especially as we are metered, but in
practise it doesn't seem to have any advantage.

TIA.

"Fred" wrote in message
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Hello,

I've got a dual flush toilet from Screwfix. It didn't come with any
useful instructions on how to set-up the flushes.

Inside the cistern is a white cylinder with a green/blue button and a
white button. There is a blue-green "weight" on the side that you can
slide up or down a few inches, I presume to adjust the half flush but
it doesn't seem to make any difference.

There is a line marked six litres on the cistern. I presume you are
supposed to adjust the float so that the water fills to this line?

The water is resting on that line but when I press either of the
buttons, the toilet flushes and the water level drops to about a
quarter full. The half flush and full flush don't appear to be any
different. I was expecting that the half flush would cause the cistern
to only half empty.

I have tried sliding the green thing but even so, I can not see a
discernible change.

They sound a good idea in theory, especially as we are metered, but in
practise it doesn't seem to have any advantage.


I don't know the model you have and it's impossible to say how it should be
set up without seeing it, BUT- such dual flush systems *do* work and are
worthwhile, so persevere!


--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)

Fred wrote:
Hello,

I've got a dual flush toilet from Screwfix. It didn't come with any
useful instructions on how to set-up the flushes.

Inside the cistern is a white cylinder with a green/blue button and a
white button. There is a blue-green "weight" on the side that you can
slide up or down a few inches, I presume to adjust the half flush but
it doesn't seem to make any difference.

There is a line marked six litres on the cistern. I presume you are
supposed to adjust the float so that the water fills to this line?

The water is resting on that line but when I press either of the
buttons, the toilet flushes and the water level drops to about a
quarter full. The half flush and full flush don't appear to be any
different. I was expecting that the half flush would cause the cistern
to only half empty.

I have tried sliding the green thing but even so, I can not see a
discernible change.

They sound a good idea in theory, especially as we are metered, but in
practise it doesn't seem to have any advantage.

TIA.

Can you taker a picture of it, and then upload it to somewhere like
http://www.flickr.com/ then post a link here?

Toby...

"Toby" wrote in message
...
Fred wrote:
Hello,

I've got a dual flush toilet from Screwfix. It didn't come with any
useful instructions on how to set-up the flushes. Inside the cistern is a
white cylinder with a green/blue button and a
white button. There is a blue-green "weight" on the side that you can
slide up or down a few inches, I presume to adjust the half flush but
it doesn't seem to make any difference.

There is a line marked six litres on the cistern. I presume you are
supposed to adjust the float so that the water fills to this line? The
water is resting on that line but when I press either of the
buttons, the toilet flushes and the water level drops to about a
quarter full. The half flush and full flush don't appear to be any
different. I was expecting that the half flush would cause the cistern
to only half empty.

I have tried sliding the green thing but even so, I can not see a
discernible change. They sound a good idea in theory, especially as we
are metered, but in
practise it doesn't seem to have any advantage.

TIA.

Can you taker a picture of it, and then upload it to somewhere like
http://www.flickr.com/ then post a link here?

Toby...

No real experience - but are you taking your finger off the button? Is the
weight / float thing to push back when the water drops to a particular
level? Keeping finger on could cause a main flush.

Bob Mannix wrote:
"Fred" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I've got a dual flush toilet from Screwfix. It didn't come with any
useful instructions on how to set-up the flushes.

Inside the cistern is a white cylinder with a green/blue button and a
white button. There is a blue-green "weight" on the side that you can
slide up or down a few inches, I presume to adjust the half flush but
it doesn't seem to make any difference.

There is a line marked six litres on the cistern. I presume you are
supposed to adjust the float so that the water fills to this line?

The water is resting on that line but when I press either of the
buttons, the toilet flushes and the water level drops to about a
quarter full. The half flush and full flush don't appear to be any
different. I was expecting that the half flush would cause the cistern
to only half empty.

I have tried sliding the green thing but even so, I can not see a
discernible change.

They sound a good idea in theory, especially as we are metered, but in
practise it doesn't seem to have any advantage.


I don't know the model you have and it's impossible to say how it should be
set up without seeing it, BUT- such dual flush systems *do* work and are
worthwhile, so persevere!


On the subject of dual-flush. I don't have one but at times that I have
used one I have been left wondering. There is usually a large button and
a small button. Which button provides the half-flush. I can see that
there could be a point of view that says that the large button is for
the large flush and the small button is for the small flush. However it
would seem that there could be an equally valid argument to be made for
the large button being the more common small flush with the large button
having to be used for the less common large flush.

I've never had the opportunity to remove the lid to see how much water
is actually used.

Andrew