Wall mounted toilet coming away from wall - help!

windowwindow

Hi,

I've just bought a new flat and the wall mouted toilet looks a bit shaky. Its coming away from the wall a bit... I'm kicking myself for not noticing until it was too late...

Anyway, I have a general handyman doing a few things for me, and I could ask him to have a look. My concern is that hes one of those guys that will have a go at anything, and while he is good, if I need to get a plumber in to look at this I'd rather do it upfront...

Anyone know anything about these things?

Thanks!
W

melipona

I'm sure that your handyman will cope, its likely that the wall fixings have come adrift and he will either repair or replace them. A competent DIYer could replace the loo so he should have the skill set

ormus

can you explain a bit more?
if its what i think you mean, then no plumber should be required. its just a matter of refixing the cistern onto the wall.

windowwindow

The toliet base/seat is attached to the wall, and the cistern is hidden behind the wall. Its in a new build flat, and the wall is some kind of MDF type material, and this is what the toilet is attached to.

When you put weight on the toilet it comes away from the wall, particularly at the top.

Hope this clarifies!

ormus

it probably needs much bigger washers or plates behind the mdf wall.
i dont like the idea much of a mdf panel to take all that weight/leverage.
id rather see a very big plate to take the bending forces involved.

iwilldoitthistime

If your flat is new build, you should get the builder to look at it. They usually give you a guarantee for at least the first year and will repair any problems that arise in that time.

In my current house i had a new bath installed because the original one was 'wonky', the piping fixed because it was knocking, and the french doors fixed 5 times becuase of faulty hinges. None of these things were on my snagging list, but they still fixed them.

windowwindow

While its new build, it was built in 2002! There is a NHBC - do you think it would be covered under that?