please explain close coupled toilet

Doglover88

as above really, looking for a whole new bathroom suite, preferably not wall hung and space is limited as its a small room, a lot of toilets been looking at on Ebay and other websites state 'close coupled' and have no idea what it means?
anyone?

Ted_Hutchinson

Close coupled toiletIf you look at the picture you will see the toilet and the cystern fit together.

High level cysterns rather old fashioned now and I had to look harder to find these pictures. The toilet is separated from the water cystern by a pipe. There is more chance of a leak from the bottom of the cystern however it may be useful space wise to have the cystern up out of the way if your space it limited. Also means if you damage one part you don't have to replace the lot. Though I don't think many people damage toilets very often.

corduroy-boy

Be careful as many people get confused between a close-coupled toilet and a low-level toilet. They are not the same!

A low-level toilet is the same as the high-level except with a shorter pipe (the link on the previous reply shows a high level and a low level cistern on the same picture).

Many of the period-style bathroom suites will offer a low-level suite where the pipe is chrome or gold as a feature.

moonrakerz

corduroy-boy wrote:

Be careful as many people get confused between a close-coupled toilet and a low-level toilet. They are not the same!

Especially Estate Agents !

gromituk

I would imagine that low-level toilets will flush better than close-coupled ones for the same water usage (which is mandated now by water regs I believe), because the flush pressure is higher.

gromituk

moonrakerz wrote:

Especially Estate Agents !

Yes - describing the type of toilet is the sort of pointless thing that estate agents do, because there's nothing remarkable about the property on offer or they simply have no imagination.

I recently read the description of "a rarely spacious flat"...

moneysavingplumber

gromituk wrote:

I would imagine that low-level toilets will flush better than close-coupled ones for the same water usage (which is mandated now by water regs I believe), because the flush pressure is higher.

The flush tends to be the same because the pan shape is modified as such, most close-coupleds now have a 6 litre flush and flush as efficiently as an old 9 litre low-level. If you were to use a low level pan with a high level cistern it would splash.

moneysavingplumber

glenbat wrote:

as above really, looking for a whole new bathroom suite, preferably not wall hung and space is limited as its a small room, a lot of toilets been looking at on Ebay and other websites state 'close coupled' and have no idea what it means?
anyone?

Ideal Standard 'Space' range is worth a look.