I am buying a new bathroom suite but need a bit of advice

Carter_2

I am in the process of ordering a new bathroom suite and have been told to get a wc that will feed out to the wall if that makes sense!

Anyway, I am looking at my options and there is a 'closed coupled wc', a 'wall hung' and a 'back to wall'. I am assuming I can have a back to wall one but what on earth is a closed coupled? The brochures arent really helping me with the explanations.

If this is in the wrong section can a mod move it to where I will get more replies please?

Thanks.

Nile

Hello Carter

I'll move your thread to the 'In my home' board.

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Raksha

I might be wrong, but in some countries it's normal to have the WC outflow going straight down through the floor, but in the UK it's normal for it to go out through the wall - hence 'through the wall'

Close coupled is where the cistern and the basin seem to be almost one unit, wall hung means just that - supported on the wall, no contact with the floor, and back to wall is the more traditional type.

HTH

Can anyone answer my thread on cisterns and valves please?

amarg

You can see a picture of a low level and a close coupled toilet on this page- http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/toilets.htm

You can also get a high level, which is like the low level one, but the cistern tank is a lot higher.

No idea what a back to wall one is?

Carter_2

Thanks for the replies so far, I now understand what a close coupled wc is.

So tell me, in this link:

http://www.kohler.co.uk/onlinecatalog/detail.jsp?item=414321&prod_num=18150W%2F18151W%2F4760

Does it feed out to the wall or not as it says bottom outlet??

Just to add to your post Raksha, my old house had a downstairs loo with the outlet going through the floor. I was always worried something may have been able to work it's way up through the sewers so the lid of the loo was always down!