I have a toilet problem!
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Any ideas on this? We have a B&Q 'toilet to go'. It has a dual flush mechanism operated from a push button on the top of the cistern lid.
I can set up the various adjustments on the flush mechanism so that it works fine but after a day or so it will revert to only giving a mini flush rather than a man sized power flush. If I take the cistern lid of and play around with the mechanism's adjustments, I can usually get the flush to work again but only for a day or two. I cannot for the life of me work out what is going on.
Any toilet experts able to shed any light on the subject? It's getting a bit embarrassing having to dismantle the toilet after making a deposit!
I can set up the various adjustments on the flush mechanism so that it works fine but after a day or so it will revert to only giving a mini flush rather than a man sized power flush. If I take the cistern lid of and play around with the mechanism's adjustments, I can usually get the flush to work again but only for a day or two. I cannot for the life of me work out what is going on.
Any toilet experts able to shed any light on the subject? It's getting a bit embarrassing having to dismantle the toilet after making a deposit!
Being the proud owner of 3 Wickes 'Toilet to go's' (most likely same factory, different door) I feel i am experienced in these things enough to advise.
What you need to do is remove the ceramic lid, put your hand all the way to the bottom of the reservoir, clasp the nut securing the flushing mechanism, unscrew, take to nearest proper plumbers supply shop and buy the one that will be a plug and play replacement.
The alternative is flucking about for the next 2 weeks to get the flush right then in about 18 months time pressing the button on to flush and finding that the button and spring eject at a rate not seen in a bathroom since that dodgy curry you had in Bournemouth once.
We have had to replace 2 of our flush systems within 18 months of installing them and the 3rd only still exists as it is in the spare bathroom and gets pushed less than 50 times a year as opposed to 4-5 times a day.
What you need to do is remove the ceramic lid, put your hand all the way to the bottom of the reservoir, clasp the nut securing the flushing mechanism, unscrew, take to nearest proper plumbers supply shop and buy the one that will be a plug and play replacement.
The alternative is flucking about for the next 2 weeks to get the flush right then in about 18 months time pressing the button on to flush and finding that the button and spring eject at a rate not seen in a bathroom since that dodgy curry you had in Bournemouth once.
We have had to replace 2 of our flush systems within 18 months of installing them and the 3rd only still exists as it is in the spare bathroom and gets pushed less than 50 times a year as opposed to 4-5 times a day.
Rude-boy said:
..clasp the nut securing the flushing mechanism, unscrew, take to nearest proper plumbers supply shop and buy the one that will be a plug and play replacement..
I've never known that to be possible. The flush valve has a big nut which is only accessible between the pan and cistern. You can sometimes disconnect the upper part from the valve seating by either two clips or a bayonet style fitting, but these are not standard so you'd have to fit the same old s
tty valve that went wrong in the first place... 
I have a B&Q 'toilet to go' and both the flush mechanism and float valve inlet pipe it came with were awful. The flush never worked as it should, and the inlet pipe often wouldn't shut off so the toilet would end up overflowing into the bowl. I replaced them both with an off-the-shelf Wirquin kit and it has been faultless so far. Relatively simple job to replace it all.
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