Toilet question!

Nolanger

Those heavy lids on the cistern. Can you buy plastic ones?

reverenddave

if its a plactic cistern yeah
but i dont think ive ever seen a plastic one on a ceramic one

Joey the lips

Strange question.... Why you ask...

You can buy an all plastic concealed cistern which is quite small or you use to be able to buy a plast one thats used in schools/Hotels. I think shires and armatage shanks done it. Imo your better going concealed. Its cheaper and easier to maintain in the long run.

Nolanger

Joey the lips wrote: »

Strange question.... Why you ask...

Two reasons:

1. the lid on my cistern is very heavy and would rather have a plastic one fall on my foot!
2. there's a small gap between the cistern and the back wall so might be a good idea to get rid of the heavy lid as it might be pulling the cistern away from the wall?

djpbarry

Nolanger wrote: »

Those heavy lids on the cistern. Can you buy plastic ones?

I've no idea why you thought SE&I was a suitable forum for such a question - moved to DIY.

Joey the lips

Nolanger wrote: »

Two reasons:

1. the lid on my cistern is very heavy and would rather have a plastic one fall on my foot!
2. there's a small gap between the cistern and the back wall so might be a good idea to get rid of the heavy lid as it might be pulling the cistern away from the wall?

You will be the first person I have heard that happen to... The cistern lid has groves to keep it on the cistern. I imagine to knock it off you will do significant damage that its going to be water gushing everywhere and not a sore toe that will bother you...

Then again...Each to the own...

Mahatma coat

Oh Y'd be amazed Joey, I worked as a plumber once,its not that uncommon for someone to knock one off, especially the type that lip over the outside of the cistern.

but yeah OP you will probably have to buy a plastic cistern and lid as the odds of gettin a plastic lid that fitsproperly on your cistern are stretchin it.

johnthehandyman

Probably cheaper to buy steal caps lol....