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Sealing the overflow hole in a toilet cistern
I know this sounds like a Bad Idea, but I shall explain.
I am renovating my flat with the help of eBay (99p for a brand new double-ended bath anyone?) and acquired a Porcher toilet and cistern fot GBP8.50 over the weekend. I am installing a flap-flush mechanism that has its own, built-in overflow, so I need to seal the overflow that is in the cistern already. I can't use it as the inlet as there is already a bottom inlet. I can't actually plumb it as an overflow because the overflow on the existing toilet is *higher* than the overflow level (plus I would rather do away with it anyway). So how can I seal it? I don't mind the internal pipe remaining there as it will be unseen although all things being equal, I would prefer to be rid of it. I bought a push-fit stop-end, but it is bigger than a 22mm stop end. The screw thread on the outside seems to be 25mm diameter and the pipe inside the cistern appears to be ~26mm external diameter. Is it likely that I am mis-measuring and the pipe is in fact 25mm? If so, has anyone seen a plastic push-fit stop end in that size, because I haven't. Or has anyone seen anything that looks like it is a blanking thing designed to stop a hole in a cistern? Or has anyone seen a stop-end for a 25mm screw-thread fitting? Thanks for any suggestions. Pete |
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In article , Peter Riocreux
writes I know this sounds like a Bad Idea, but I shall explain. I am renovating my flat with the help of eBay (99p for a brand new double-ended bath anyone?) and acquired a Porcher toilet and cistern fot GBP8.50 over the weekend. I am installing a flap-flush mechanism that has its own, built-in overflow, so I need to seal the overflow that is in the cistern already. You can get mushroom-shaped plastic plugs for this from B&Q etc. A plastic nut goes on the back. It's sealed with a rubber washer but I put some silicone on mine as well, just in case. -- Tim Mitchell |
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