Toilet help

Ali195 · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:27

ok so for people who helpfully answered my questions on my last toilet talk...i now need a little more.

How the scooby do you get the syphon off?

Doest seem to be any real way apart from ripping it off.

All ive done so far is drain the water, ive not shut any pipes off.

Vonhelmet · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:27

Pics too small, I can't see what's going on.

J/K and I'm not a plumber, so I have nothing useful to add here.

wordy · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:28

I'd be more worried about those maggots at the bottom, you don't want them crawling up your bum!! :eek:

Kerplunk · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:30

Stinks in here

The_blue · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:41

From the outside?

J.T · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:44

wordy said:
I'd be more worried about those maggots at the bottom, you don't want them crawling up your bum!!

They look like silver fish to me, the little bugs that you get in damp places....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish

Dogbreath · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:51

I guess this is a close coupled cistern, i.e. the cistern sits on top of the bowl? If so you need to remove the entire cistern from the bowl by disconnecting all inlet and overflow pipes, remove any screws securing it to the wall and then undo the two nuts you will find underneath the rear of the bowl (probably wing nuts). There will be a large rubber doughnut that seals the cister to the bowl, this should really be replaced to prevent any leaks. Once the cistern is off, you will find a large plastic nut on the bottom that secures the syphon to the cisterm.

Vonhelmet · 30 Jul 2009 at 13:54

J.T said:
They look like silver fish to me, the little bugs that you get in damp places....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish

Damp, yes. Underwater, no!

Ali195 · 30 Jul 2009 at 14:26

Dogbreath said:
I guess this is a close coupled cistern, i.e. the cistern sits on top of the bowl? If so you need to remove the entire cistern from the bowl by disconnecting all inlet and overflow pipes, remove any screws securing it to the wall and then undo the two nuts you will find underneath the rear of the bowl (probably wing nuts). There will be a large rubber doughnut that seals the cister to the bowl, this should really be replaced to prevent any leaks. Once the cistern is off, you will find a large plastic nut on the bottom that secures the syphon to the cisterm.

I got half way but soon as you said take the cistern off i stopped. I resealed the syphon.

Rented house so il get a plummer to do it. Now im going to have a bath n' smoke.

ps. Silver fish say hi.

No1newts · 30 Jul 2009 at 14:29

Had high hopes for this thread on seeing the title but it didn't live

Good luck fixing the toilet!