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Close coupled toilet

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Hello
We're in the process of choosing a new bathroom suite (never done it before) and the suite we like features a close coupled toilet.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience of these - i've not seen them before but like the look of not having the pipe work exposed.
However, i'm also concerned regarding what happens if there is a leak in the future etc? Are they easy to repair? Here's the suite we like:
http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=20001&partNumber=1600069&Trail=searchtext%3EPACIFIC&c_1=1|category_root|Bathroom|14046955

Thanks in advance for any advice you might have :)

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  • wallbash
    wallbash Posts: 17,775 Forumite
    Are they easy to repair? :

    In many ways they are better than the older 'pipe' exposed models
    The water 'drops' straight into the bowl rather than travelling along a pipe . so don't worry.One less washer to worry abot.

    I think you will find that most toilets are now close coupled , apart from some nasty cheap ones.
  • dander
    dander Posts: 1,824 Forumite
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    Recently had to replace the valve in my flush mechanism in mine and discovered the disadvantage of a close coupled toilet is that you had to completely remove the cistern from the wall in order to do a very simple repair. Having said that, it was actually pretty easy to remove and refit, so it didn't make things as hard as i expected.

    I do find modern toilets don't seem to flush nearly as well as older ones, but I think that's to do with water conservation and smaller cisterns rather than the design of the toilet itself.
  • wallbash
    wallbash Posts: 17,775 Forumite
    do with water conservation and smaller cisterns

    Very true . Its meant to save water.... but if you have to flush twice :confused:
  • 27col
    27col Posts: 6,554 Forumite
    Easy enough to repair, even if you do have to take the cistern off of the wall. However, I do agree with the comments about the flushing . It does tend to negate water savings if you have to do it twice. As the cistern usually fed from below there is very little plumbing to be seen in most cases.
    I can afford anything that I want.
    Just so long as I don't want much.
  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    the reason for poor flushing is that in the old days the cistern was high above.
    when it was flushed, it was like niagara falls.
    Get some gorm.
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite
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    ormus wrote: »
    the reason for poor flushing is that in the old days the cistern was high above.
    when it was flushed, it was like niagara falls.

    It wasn't just that. Our present toilet has a much bigger cistern. When our new bathroom goes in, we will have to keep a watch on our drains. We don't have much a fall between us and the sewage pipe in the road and with so much less water going down the pipe each time, it might not be enough to push the waste through. I can see us becoming a two-flush household.
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