Foot pedal to flush toilet cistern

Matty F · 2009-07-23T06:29:54+00:00

At the moment the cistern is flushed by pulling on a cord threadedthrough the wall. The cistern is outside on the back wall becausethere is no room for it inside. The cord will get somewhat unhygienicso I'd like to change it to have a foot pedal. Has anyone used a foodpedal to flush a toilet? It will need to work with mud and crap on it,probably literally! It's used by some messy people and I get thereonly once a month to clean it.I'm thinking of just running the cord around four pulleys, with aheavy weight to pull the cord back. It needs to be reliable and cheap,so I don't like using lots of mechanical levers, or hydraulics orelectronics etc :)

Jul 23, 2009 24 Replies

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Harry Bloomfield 16 years ago

Or the same clutch pedal mechanism, but hydraulic.

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Steve Firth 16 years ago

And to think that the Strines call the Kiwis uncivilised hicks[1].

[1] If they are feeling polite that is.

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Appin 16 years ago

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from Owain contains these words:

The country ones are the equal of a guy any day and can go from a standing position without any problem.

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Tommy 16 years ago

They sound kinda like big ass lil and yukon peteI

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Matty F 16 years ago

Those ideas would be better engineering, but it needs to be something really simple to fix without any tools by an average person, e.g. like a cord through pulleys. In the past, going without a flush for a month leaves the toilet rather messy!

Here's a picture of the toilet building, which is not typical of toilets in NZ but I've seen similar in mountainous areas, which this is.

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