So I’m called out to fix a toilet that isn’t flushing. It is a concealed cistern within a box.
When you press the button, the flapper comes up a tad without flushing. The outlet of water then pushes the flapper right up and does not sit back down again, so continuously flows into the pan. Pressing the buttons does nothing, nor does playing with any of the slide adjustments do anything either.
So I get a new siphon, thinking it has to be busted within the preset factory wire to the button. No change whatsoever! Frustrated I then try a second, and third siphon - still the same.
The flush pipe isn’t blocked, and water does flow freely into pan. Now I’m aware this was a new install via builders - being that they’ve boxed and tiled everything. The owner is going to speak with them as this being in a 5 storey conversion into flats. My theory is there is no vent, so no vacuum which is preventing it working. Could this affect the flush in this way, or have I just been really unlucky with three brand new siphons? One being from different suppliers.
When you press the button, the flapper comes up a tad without flushing. The outlet of water then pushes the flapper right up and does not sit back down again, so continuously flows into the pan. Pressing the buttons does nothing, nor does playing with any of the slide adjustments do anything either.
So I get a new siphon, thinking it has to be busted within the preset factory wire to the button. No change whatsoever! Frustrated I then try a second, and third siphon - still the same.
The flush pipe isn’t blocked, and water does flow freely into pan. Now I’m aware this was a new install via builders - being that they’ve boxed and tiled everything. The owner is going to speak with them as this being in a 5 storey conversion into flats. My theory is there is no vent, so no vacuum which is preventing it working. Could this affect the flush in this way, or have I just been really unlucky with three brand new siphons? One being from different suppliers.