High Level Cistern - Water Inlet

[Gad-Westy]

Hi all. Planning out an en-suite and I'd like to have a high level cistern toliet in there. Partly because I like them, but mainly because it helps with space.

Anyway, looking at examples online, they all look lovely but they never show a water inlet pipe. I assume most of these are like regular cisterns and have either a side or bottom inlet? Our toilet is going to be against a dot and dab wall. I'm just looking for ideas really of how to get the water pipe connected as neatly as possible. How it should exit the plasterwork (or maybe surface mounted pipe would be neater? Any pics of installations would be lovely.

[Mr Pointy]

Have a look on Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.com/ideas/high-level-cistern...

[Gad-Westy]

Mr Pointy said:

Have a look on Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.com/ideas/high-level-cistern...

Cheers. I'd had a look yesterday and a little like the seller's websites, an awful lot of the images show cisterns that either aren't plumbed or have some sort of funky rear inlet arrangement. But there are a few on there for inspiration.

I'm wondering if my best bet might to bring the pipe down from the ceiling...

[Lotobear]

Go full steam punk and have a highly polished feed pipe with polished brass clips running up the wall, and perhaps add a pressure guage

[Gad-Westy]

Lotobear said:

Go full steam punk and have a highly polished feed pipe with polished brass clips running up the wall, and perhaps add a pressure guage

I have to admit, I did ponder doing something quite ornate with the pipe. Maybe not quite as far as fitting a pressure gauge though! Only thing putting me off a little is that I quite like the look of the drop pipes in antique brass and if I go with that theme, I think the less copper/chromed pipe on show the better. So maybe dropping out the ceiling as discreetly as possible is going to be the best option

Edited by Gad-Westy on Tuesday 4th November 13:08

[Granadier]

I have a liking for high-level cisterns - they do save space, moving a bulky item up to a part of the room that's always empty, and using gravity to help the flush just seems practical. But my family are narrow-minded and to them it just seems like an old-fashioned idea, so instead I get forced into unnecessarily complex projects like burying cisterns inside walls.

[Byker28i]

We had one in the welsh cottage. Don't go for the steel ones, they rust eventually, and you get dirty water when left.
Chain pull on a leaver on one side, inlet copper pipe to the other, and downpipe.

We polished our pipework.. Buffing wheel once a month

[Pistonsquirter]

They are usually side-inlet, and side-outlet for the overflow.
You can make your own 1,1/4" flush pipe, I for example made mine using stainless pipe & fittings as I struggled to find 35mm chrome nearby and copper wasn't in keeping..

[miroku1]

Inlets are generally on the right hand side on high level cisterns . Get a proper ceramic cistern with ornate brackets not one of those public convenience plastic abominations!

[g7jtk]

These pictures are from a couple I fitted.

[g7jtk]

g7jtk said:

These pictures are from a couple I fitted

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