Advice needed, old traditional style toilet

[andrewstokes87]

Hi,

I have recently been to a customers property who has been having a problem with a leak from a flush pipe. The customer had removed the rubber cone himslef and thrwon that away and fetched a new one but the new one does not fit as the hole is larger than the pipe. I have been to the merchants and they are telling me they only do one size, is this correct or is there somewhere else I can get one? I have tried sealing it with silicone but this keeps failing. The toilet is an old style traditional toilet with a high level cistern and a metal flush pipe. The merchants I have spoken to all say this flush pipe will need changing but the customer wants to keep the original! I am guessing the standard flush pipe is 1" 1/2 whereas this one is 1" 1/4 roughly.

Thanks

 

[garrywhite]

I find if the toilet is that old with a high level cistern then the vast majority I have come across have an external flush cone.

 

[andrewstokes87]

Hi, its not thats its old its just the style, the customer says it has only been 2 years and its always had a problem but they couldn't get the plumber back.

 

[WHPES]

Can you fit an external flush cone on it?

 

[jase158]

can you fit a 1" 1/4 soil pipe connector, the ones you get from screw fix, rubber grommet.

 

[jase158]

had same problem with btw toilet, the company that make them do a different size to the ones you can buy. best to contact the company that made the toilet, they may even send it out for free.

 

[stevetheplumber]

has the pan got the old sytle entry for the flush pipe where it pokes out the back or is it flush for internal cone?