Fordham siphon replacement

[armyash]

Is it possible to get these spares or is it time for a new cistern?

 

[armyash]

Apologies for the photos coming out the wrong way.

 

[lame plumber]

horrible things. probably crack the plastic cistern trying to replace it

 

[tamz]

Anything more than a ballcock washer and i'd be swapping it. You can get a new plastic cistern for about 30 quid

 

[turnpin]

Looks like a Fordham flush panel to me......I would try and change cistern like for like if you can find one may be discontinued now though.....regards Turnpin

 

[armyash]

Thanks for the replies. What I expected really, will go for the replacement option.

 

[JCplumb]

Just cut a new diaphragm for it like I did. I had one a good while back and there is a replacement syphon depending on the height of the old one. Gimme a min and I'll find it my thread.
A sheet of DPM that will last you through your whole plumbing career is less than £10 at Toolstation.

 

[JCplumb]

Here's the thread.
http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/plumbing-forum/83020-dauntless-elite-w-c-replacement-syphon.html

 

[Best]

I do same, - I carry a box of mixed syphon washers in the hope that some of them are exact replacement, but I also take heavy plastic sheet with me and a piece of plywood to cut new washer on top of it. Usually good as new after that is done, but those old thin plastic cisterns are at risk of you cracking them. Surprisingly hardy things considering they are around for often decades and even installed in commercial places.

 

[armyash]

I carry a few different types of diaphragm with me but unfortunately it's the siphon mechanism itself that has gone. The customer has bodega it together so it works intermittently but it is beyond repair. Thanks for all the info.

 

[thereisawizza]

Don't even bother with a repair! I've found that the sort of people who are hanging onto "banana" coloured suites are the ones who will phone you back in a year:

Cust: I thought you were supposed to fix that toilet, you charged me to repair it (at a reasonable cost) and now it's doing THE SAME THING AS BEFORE YOU FIXED IT!

Plum: I did advise it was a repair, I gave you the option of a new cistern which you found too expensive; I tried to do you a favour by getting it going

Cust: That cistern was fine for 30 years until you touched it, I'm not paying for a new one...........

etc etc....

 

[PlumbBobBob]

Ash Williams do some parts for them