Push button toilet?

martin57

Hi,

I have just bought a toilet to go at b and q for £49 (looked the same as others £20 dearer at builders suppliers) got it home and on first looks it looks ok, has got push button on top instead of lever I had on old cistern.

Just wondering if anything goes wrong with the internal workings of the cistern are the parts usually a standard fit for most push button toilets?

Thanks
martin57

Welsh_Totster

Yes, in fact you can get a whole new inside workings system for £10 from Screwfix if it went wrong! We have 2 push button loos in our house and one went wonky a few weeks ago, was easy to fix and done in no time at all.

martin57

Thanks for reply. Just checked that all the parts are there. There is a large foam type donut washer to fit where the cistern gones onto the pan, just wondering If it would be better to have a rubber type donut washed there?

martin57

phill99

I'm sure if it needed a rubber washer, then it would have come with one.

Welsh_Totster

No idea, we havent had problems with the connection between the cistern and pan so the foam one seems to be doing ok for now!

sancho

I have a push button one, recently it has started sticking, with it constantly trying to 'refill' , sure it will be an easy fix though

WEEGIE

I have alsoo got a push button one, I have had to get it fixed 4 times in the past threee years.
The button sometimes sticks and eventually drops in to the cistern, but apart from that pus button ones do conserve water if it is used properly.

SailorSam

We got one of those push button loos, and almost from day one had trouble with the bottom sticking down and the water would continue running but not fill the cistern, the plumber said it was a common fault. I lost count of the nunber of times it was stripped down. Now i've found whenever it sticks, if i give the button a quick tap, just the same as you hit the keyboard when you're typing, and the button pops up.

LandyAndy

My parents have had a push button on top loo for many years with no probs. It wasn't a dirt cheap B&Q one though.

maninthestreet

You can't beat the good, old-fashioned syphon cistern - they don't leak like the inferior push-button cisterns do.

martin57

Thanks again for replies. Another thing is the toilet gets its feed direct from the mains, I don't know if there is a way to switch the water off from it other than to use the main off screw beneath the kitchen sink. I'm a bit worred about this?

martin57