High volume flush toilet

Mad_maxx · 04-02-2022 5:26pm #1

Just wondering if anyone can recommend an old style toilet where the volume flush was much greater than the typical eco flush toilet nowadays?

Previous owners made a balls of many aspects of building this house and sewage pipes are another one , I find myself using sewer rods about three times per year but was told a higher volume flush would help .

I know toilets of old used double the volume of water

Recommendations welcome

Thanks

Esel · 05-02-2022 1:09am

Bigger cistern basically?

Atlantic Dawn · 05-02-2022 1:31am

I'm pretty sure hotels and commercial premises have larger than domestic but no idea how easy they are to buy.

Sleeper12 · 05-02-2022 9:57am

You'd need to replace the toilet too. As we reduced the amount of water used to flush a toilet they made toilet bowls to suit less water flushing. If you put a 10 gallon cistern on a modern toilet, the water won't flow though it fast enough most likely.

As for where you would get, that's a good question. I'm not sure you can buy them now. Simplist thing is to go to a plumbing trade counter and see if they can order one in for you.

If all else fails places like Mac's Salvage in Islandbridge Dublin may sell them 2nd hand

Mad_maxx · 05-02-2022 4:31pm

I've two screws at the bottom of the cistern and while they appear tight ,I've a leak, will regular silicone do to seal around the washers where screw goes through?

Removed toilet yesterday and put back, no problem bar this ,it's an extremely slow leak

Kat1170 · 05-02-2022 4:38pm

Careful if you just use a bigger cistern, if you're toilet blocks it could overflow.

Get a silicone that you can use on wet surfaces. Takes a bit longer to set but should seal the two screws.

Mad_maxx · 17-02-2022 5:40pm

got that leak sorted with silicone and toilet worked fine for ten days but had another block today , took out pipes externally ( 1970,s bungalow so not exactly a perfectly subtle finish ) and what was blocking the toilet was nothing bar some toilet tissues and not even a large amount.

honestly think the design of the toilet is the problem , the area where waste escapes to the drain pipe must be too thin or restrictive , i think this is the issue rather than the flush volume

anyone got any recommendations for a toilet with a more open neck between bowl and sewer pipe ?