Toilet splashes everywhere!

[Jo]

When we flush our loo it splashes so high that if the lid is not down the water (and everything else!) splashes right out of the pan. The force is such that even when the seat is down some water splashes out onto the floor through the gap between the bowl & the wooden seat. It's a Charlotte with a high cistern & chain (I'm afraid I don't know the correct terms). Has anyone any ideas on how we can reduce the force at which the water flushes as I feel all this splashing about is a little unhygienic! Thanks in anticipation, Jo

[Grunff]

You could fit a restrictor in the cistern downpipe. Is the toilet designed to be used with a high-level cistern? Some are not, and will splash copiously due to the high flow rate.

BTW, it's always a good idea to flush with the lid down anyway, since flushing liberates a large cloud of mist (on all toilets).

[Jo]

Yes, I believe the toilet is meant to be used with this cistern...the bowl is a Charlotte too. The bathroom had not long been installed before we moved in (5 years ago) so I suspect the previous occupants bought the correct 'bits'. We do flush with the lid down usually, but you know what some men are like...! Maybe I'll investigate a restrictor. I'm assuming that if I go into a plumbers merchants they will show me what I need.

Jo

[Grunff]

I beg your pardon!

Measure the diameter of the downpipe, you'll need to know what this is in order to get a restrictor.

-- Grunff

[Jo]

Thanks for your help. I'll give it a go. Jo

[Mary Fisher]

I know what's meant :-(

Mary

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[Robert]

or you could insist that users remain seated while the loo is flushed. This would stop the splashing and add the features of a bidet.

Robert

[Jo]

Mmmm! Sounds like a good idea!

[N. Thornton]

a restrictor is simply a lump of something (that wont come apart) stuck in the pipe. I know I wouldnt need a builders merchants for that :)

BTW re toilet flushing, lid down actually increases the amount of mist coming out, so lid up flush is more hygienic.

Regards, NT

[Grunff]

?? Tell more please!

[Mary Fisher]

What happens to the mist when you're using a long drop?

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

No idea, I never have ... unlike men who often miss when using a wide bowl :-)

Mary

[BillV]

But thats because toilets are designed to be sat on i.e. for women.

[T i m]

What happens if you miss when using a long drop?

T i m ;-)

[N. Thornton]

I dont remember the name, so have no ref to back it up, but ISTR something on radio 4 about a test of loo misting finding to everyones surprise that more mist was shot out when the lid was down, so lid up flushing is more hygienic.

I suppose theres always the risk I could be talking out my arse... but its what my memory says anyway.

Regards, NT

[Andrew Gabriel]

Apparently this is a really bad idea on airplanes, as one large women discovered when a team of engineers had to come on board after the plane landed to extract her backside from it...

[Nick Lockett]

This goes back a long way. The results of some research were published in the Design Centre's journal in the 1960's (I think). The same conclusion was reached: lid down = more mist. Nick.

[Mary Fisher]

Makes you wonder why we're all still alive ....

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

A woman didn't design them so there's a shortfall in thinking somewhere along the line.

Mary

[Matt Beard]

Or not...