B & Q bathroom suite

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Bought a new Bathroom suite from B & Q a couple of weeks ago.

Managed to get round to installing it over last week. Although I'm extremely happy with the Toilet, Bath & Basin, I was a bit disappointed with the quality of the seals for the Cistern to Pan, and both wastes for the Bath & Sink.

The seal for the Cistern, seems to small, and upon fitting it, wouldn't allow the Valve inside the Cistern to position itself correctly over the hole to prevent leaks. While trying to get this right, I discovered a small crack on the side of the hole, just enough to help the leak from between the Cistern and the Pan.

Went to B & Q, upon there expertise, gave me some sealer to seal the crack, until a replacement can be made.

Can't for the life of me get the sink & bath to stop leaking from the wastes underneath. It seems as if the seals supplied are just to flimsy for the job. At the moment I've just applied some more sealer between the bowls and the plugs.

I have used some compression hoses, as opposed to soldering on to existing copper pipes. One has started to slightly weep. Anyone had any problems by using these, instead of soldering ?

Cheers, Rob

[Mark]

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It's the chrome waste bit in the bath/basin that's leaking Believe it or not, all cheep suits do this, cant afford decent seals to go with them. Ive just finished a flat conversion and fitted 3 of the things Remedy is as per instructions, apply LOTS of silicone to underside of chrome bit and underneath bath, wipe off excess immediately after tightening.

-- Mark

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Thanks Mark, I thought I was going mad. I couldn't believe the floppy seal I found in the bottom of the plastic bag, to fit the waste in the sink. Its as if its part of the bag !

[mrcheerful]

B and q sell a basin fitting kit with a sort of conical rubber seal, these work really well, no sealant needed

mrcheerful

[Christian McArdle]

I would generally throw away the wastes that come with bathroom suites (unless its a really expensive one). Get a decent one made out of actual materials such metal and plastic, rather than the freebie one that cost them

20p made from God know's what.

Tighten it more. Compression joints are perfectly reliable when correctly assembled. If tightening makes it worse, then it was already overtightened. Start again from scratch!

Christian.

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overtightened.

Yes, I think I've over them !

Thanks for the feedback.