Silicone when building up toilet cistern

[Mgrant]

Hey do most people tend to use silicone as well as the rubber washers when building up toilet cisterns?

 

[kay-jay]

nope!

 

[mountainman]

I don't.

 

[Alex Knight]

Nope

 

[Resolute]

It shouldn't need it, just make sure you have a new doughnut washer and everything is lined up.

 

[kris]

Never usually how ever most of the doughnut styles are fading away slowly and some of the foriegn makes that custards buy on there own come with diabolical washers ,, ( the ones that bolt right through but are not bolted to cist just the one bolt under wc ) hope that makes sense, so i do with them but very rarely

 

[Kyle87]

Never usually how ever most of the doughnut styles are fading away slowly and some of the foriegn makes that custards buy on there own come with diabolical washers ,, ( the ones that bolt right through but are not bolted to cist just the one bolt under wc ) hope that makes sense, so i do with them but very rarely

I know what you mean and I hate them too

 

[kris]

Cheers kyle when i read that back i thought id written gobeldeegook

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Never usually how ever most of the doughnut styles are fading away slowly and some of the foriegn makes that custards buy on there own come with diabolical washers ,, ( the ones that bolt right through but are not bolted to cist just the one bolt under wc ) hope that makes sense, so i do with them but very rarely

had one of these the other day not impressed

 

[kris]

Its even worse when the bolts and nuts are plastic !!

 

[woodytheplumber]

in 4 years of been self employed there was only one time I plumbers gold ed one and that was because it was a cheep plastic cistern that was twisted tried without leak then re assembled with problem solved

 

[kris]

Hi woody I usually find that the plastic cisterns seal better with me than the porcelain ones,

 

[kris]

Mind you a twisted one would seal for no man

 

[woodytheplumber]

when I took it back apart after trying a couple of different doughnuts I looked at at and it looked twisted once I plumbers gold ed it it didn't leak weather I was lucky or what I don't know but it worked but as I said 99% of the time they are dry fit!

 

[Cello]

Should seal ok with a doughnut washer but if you want to be sure, use Plumbers Mait as well.

 

[stevetheplumber]

plumbers mate for me as well, silicon tends to lubricate washers and allows the to slide out of position

 

[Chris F]

I use a little LSX. But only cause my mate has about 300 tubes in his lock up :')

 

[kirkgas]

Hey do most people tend to use silicone as well as the rubber washers when building up toilet cisterns?

If you mean people = DIY'er then maybe
If you mean people =plumber then never

 

[TBServices]

No. DIYers and bodgers only

 

[AWheating]

I agree with others, never used it around cistern fittings, every time I have seen it done it's been by fitters who are really poor/ bodgers.