Hi all

A couple of years ago, I had the kitchen gutted and a downstairs
toilet fitted. Now this might sound stupid to you but I've only just
noticed there is no overflow on the cistern. There is a photo of the
toilet (with the pipes showing - they are now boxed in) -
http://thehawthornes.org/the_lodge/toilet_overflow.htm

What is the best way to fix this problem.....?

Thanks in advance

Simon

Simon Hawthorne wrote:
Hi all

A couple of years ago, I had the kitchen gutted and a downstairs
toilet fitted. Now this might sound stupid to you but I've only just
noticed there is no overflow on the cistern. There is a photo of the
toilet (with the pipes showing - they are now boxed in) -
http://thehawthornes.org/the_lodge/toilet_overflow.htm

What is the best way to fix this problem.....?

Thanks in advance


Might be an internal overflow which runs down inside the loo?

Si

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:55:31 -0000, "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:


Might be an internal overflow which runs down inside the loo?

Ha - well I never - learn something every day.... it is........ just
tried it...

Thanks

Simon

"Simon Hawthorne" wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:55:31 -0000, "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:


Might be an internal overflow which runs down inside the loo?

Ha - well I never - learn something every day.... it is........ just
tried it...

Thanks

Simon


The top of the syphon unit is lower than the total height, or should be,
than the water can get to in the cistern. The water just rises up inside
the syphon and runs down the loo bowl. Designed when high rise flats where
first brought into use in the USofA, I think, using the easiest way to
remove the need for extra pipework to take away any overflow problems.

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:53:41 +0000, Simon Hawthorne
wrote:

Now this might sound stupid to you but I've only just
noticed there is no overflow on the cistern.

I noticed something similar on our bungalow in Northern Ireland. The
cack-handed plumber had run the pipe into the wall cavity of an
internal wall and just stopped it there !

Far from the worst bodge committed on that nightmare too.

"Simon Hawthorne" wrote in message
...
Hi all

A couple of years ago, I had the kitchen gutted and a downstairs
toilet fitted. Now this might sound stupid to you but I've only just
noticed there is no overflow on the cistern. There is a photo of the
toilet (with the pipes showing - they are now boxed in) -
http://thehawthornes.org/the_lodge/toilet_overflow.htm

What is the best way to fix this problem.....?

Our downstairs loo has a little float, that if the water level gets too high
it pulls a sleeve up that opens a hole in the siphon letting overflow water
out. I know all about it as during the first snagging visit my brother (a
buildings inspector) overflowed all the loo tanks (and loft tank) and the
downstairs one just overflowed onto the carpet as the floating thing had
been incorrectly fitted. Didn't need to overflow the loft tanks as the
builders had failed to connect the overflow pipes anyway, just leaving them
laying nice and flat across the insulation.