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kiwifraser
4,262 posts
63 months
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On the hotel topic, why do I so often get the last room at the end of the corridor, 5 minutes away from the hotel reception?
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AstonZagato
3,228 posts
79 months
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Carthage said: Wonder if anyone can help me?
The cistern in the toilet has started running constantly (without filling and stopping).
How can I fix it to stop the water running all night?
I suspect the ballcock thing is broken where it attaches. Usually there is an isolation valve on the pipe that runs up to the cistern. Usually needs a screwdriver to turn. If there is no valve then there is an overflow pipe outside so you won't flood. Post a pic of the inside of the cistern.
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OlberJ
11,957 posts
102 months
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Carthage said: Wonder if anyone can help me?
The cistern in the toilet has started running constantly (without filling and stopping).
How can I fix it to stop the water running all night?
I suspect the ballcock thing is broken where it attaches. Check your water pressure isn't too high. Find your shut off valve and see if you can turn it down a little.
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Carthage
2,973 posts
13 months
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 Did that work? I've managed to find the mains, and switch it off (an achievement for me).
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0a
8,434 posts
63 months
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Cock Womble 7 said: How come all hotel rooms in the land are laid out in the same way?
You walk through the door, there's a wardrobe with un-nickable hangers to your right and the bathroom to your left.
You continue and the room broadens out a bit, with the bed on your left and a table with the phone on it to your right. The TV's there somewhere too.
No matter if it's a national chain, or a little local independent; there appears to be some official blueprint as to the layout of hotel rooms.
Weird. Well, for a start they would not put the bathroom far away from the door (and corridor) because it would mean more piping of water, sewage across the room. Secondly you would not be able to see out of the windows.
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1point7bar
1,091 posts
17 months
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0a said: Well, for a start they would not put the bathroom far away from the door (and corridor) because it would mean more piping of waster, sewage across the room. Secondly you would not be able to see out of the windows. Access to the plumbing must be a design issue also.
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OlberJ
11,957 posts
102 months
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Carthage said: Did that work? I've managed to find the mains, and switch it off (an achievement for me). Well, that'll stop it. Is the mains a 90* cut off switch or like a tap you had to turn in a few times?
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Carthage
2,973 posts
13 months
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OlberJ said: Well, that'll stop it.
Is the mains a 90* cut off switch or like a tap you had to turn in a few times? Um...it's like a tap I had to turn a bit.
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OlberJ
11,957 posts
102 months
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Turn it back out a bit, not as far as before and see if it then fills up and stops.
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Carthage
2,973 posts
13 months
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OlberJ said: Turn it back out a bit, not as far as before and see if it then fills up and stops. Well, two things happened - the water ran, but flowed straight down into the toilet. I tried lifting the ballcock thing up, but it didn't do anything to the water flow.
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PoleDriver
20,229 posts
63 months
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The valve has gone. Replacements are quite cheap from B&Q.
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Carthage
2,973 posts
13 months
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PoleDriver said: The valve has gone. Replacements are quite cheap from B&Q. Yeah, like I'd know 1. what to buy, 2. what to do with it. 
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AstonZagato
3,228 posts
79 months
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If the water is running into the loo, then it probably isn't a ballcock issue (insert joke here). A ballcock problem results in the cistern overfilling and the water running out into the overflow pipe. Most overflow pipes (certainly on older properties) vent to the outside (usually just a white pipe sticking out the bathroom wall by about 6 inches).
However, looking at you pic, perhaps more modern ones now "overflow" into the loo.
I'm not helping, am I?
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Carthage
2,973 posts
13 months
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AstonZagato said: If the water is running into the loo, then it probably isn't a ballcock issue (insert joke here). A ballcock problem results in the cistern overfilling and the water running out into the overflow pipe. Most overflow pipes (certainly on older properties) vent to the outside (usually just a white pipe sticking out the bathroom wall by about 6 inches).
However, looking at you pic, perhaps more modern ones now "overflow" into the loo.
I'm not helping, am I?
I have to give you points for trying to help me (given my DIY related incompetence).  The cistern doesn't appear to have any overflow pipe venting to the outside, so I suspect that it is designed to overflow into the loo as you suggest. I have now admitted defeat, and have called the plumber, who will no doubt heap more scorn upon me.
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sleep envy
59,322 posts
118 months
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Carthage said: have called the plumber, who will no doubt heap more scorn upon me. is that before or after he gives you the invoice?
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doogz
18,670 posts
56 months
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Why are sinks in bathrooms/restrooms/etc always so low.
I'm no giant, at 5'10, but i need to bend over a bit to actually wash my hands, in pretty much every restroom I've ever used. Are my arms particularly short, does no-one else notice this?
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vtgts300kw
397 posts
46 months
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Cock Womble 7 said: I'm sure it is, but where's the "How To Build A Hotel And Make The Most Efficient Use Of Space And Therefore The Lowest Cost" handbook?
I stayed in a "boutique" hotel this weekend which had been built within the last five years and - decor notwithstanding - I could have been in any generic hotel in terms of room layout.
Is there a hotel-building bible somewhere? Every hotel chain has their own brand standards which affect size and layout of the room, but the layout described is the most efficient with centralized services/ ducts etc. Whilst the layout is generally boring ( ignoring the finishes ), it is generally the best for maximizing guest space and serviceability for the cleaners. Everything ( certainly in our case ) is done for a very clear reason, usually with build cost versus RevPAR as priority, certainly at the 2 - 3.5* level. Could crap on all night.
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aclivity
3,540 posts
57 months
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doogz said: Why are sinks in bathrooms/restrooms/etc always so low.
I'm no giant, at 5'10, but i need to bend over a bit to actually wash my hands, in pretty much every restroom I've ever used. Are my arms particularly short, does no-one else notice this? Stop using the bidet to wash your hands.
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Carthage
2,973 posts
13 months
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sleep envy said: is that before or after he gives you the invoice? I couldn't afford a plumber (but it's a rented house so I only have to endure the general 'women are crap' theme to his conversation).
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Carthage
2,973 posts
13 months
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doogz said: Why are sinks in bathrooms/restrooms/etc always so low.
I'm no giant, at 5'10, but i need to bend over a bit to actually wash my hands, in pretty much every restroom I've ever used. Are my arms particularly short, does no-one else notice this? Count your blessings - you must be average height (assuming you are male). Try being 5'10" and female - and you spend a liftime trying to find clothes and even sports stuff to fit.  Maybe sinks are designed for the average height between males/females?
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