Number twos

[John Laird]

Egads, I thought it was 7l. (Old loos are about 9, iirc.)

Madness.

[John Laird]

No, it's a single (small) flush. Apologies for not pointing that out.

[John Laird]

Ah, she's a veggie. Maybe the problem will resolve itself in time ?!

[Slightly more seriously, one's poos are supposed to be firm and well-formed, I thought.]

Perhaps we should be grateful the EU isn't imposing the "marvel at that" style with the in-built shelf.

[Gordon Henderson]

Weird... The new toilet/cistern I fitted recently had very vague instructions and it took a bit of experimentation to work it out - you push and hold the button for a half-cistern flush (it stops flushing halfway, then you take your finger off the button), or push and release for a full flush. If you release at any time before the half-flush is finished, it does a full flush (so guess how often we actually bother with the half-flush!!!)

Gordon

[Owain]

I have a 2-litre jug (it's actually a Tesco Value Bleach bottle with the neck cut off) next to the WC, which can be filled from the bath-tap and poured from shoulder height to augment the flush if I suspect it will be inadequate.

Owain

[Tim S]

As in The Brown Russian?

[Mary Fisher]

This post exemplifies the reason I refuse to have a modern device installed. I've never used one which works better than ours and most work much worse. The exceptions are some in service stations but, I suspect, they are electrically powered and we don't want that.

Our 1930s ceramic one is the right height, functional and with no gimmicks. OK, the chrome on the lever is wearing off, showing the more beautiful brass underneath but I can live with that - and I imagine the whole suite will see us out.

Recently, in an enthusiastic fit of water-saving, we put a device supplied by the water company in the cistern. It swelled with water and reduces the flush. This is not satisfactory in our opinion, the flush is now inadequate to deal with Spouse's floating products.

For I time I saved washing water from the adjacent bathroom to flush the lavatory, it doesn't work as well as the designated full flush even though we were using far more water than is delivered by the cistern.

It seems that the designer employed by that inter-war manufacturer knew what he was doing. He'll probably be dead now but he lives on in our grateful memories.

Most of our liquid only output boosts the compost bins so we're not wasting water by unnecessary flushes.

Mary

[soup]

Germany already has them, I have been led to believe it was so they could have a quick look for worms and things as they ate so much rubbish (ersatz (?)).

[Huge]

Err, no. It's believed to be because they eat so much pork.

[soup]

Hence the "led to believe ... " bit. The story (it was twenty years ago and I am working from memory) may well have been 'cos they ate/eat so much pork sausage and I have taken that as meaning all the other crap that is in their rather than the pork, but I am in no way confident so will accept your version unreservadly.

[Derek ^]

They eat their pork rare and the parasites or their eggs can survive the cooking, whereas in UK we're content to recommend "pork should always be well done".

DG

[Frank Erskine]

Oh dear :-|

[Phil]

I have a new dual flush low level cistern - made in the UAE - 3 or 6 litres depending upon which button you push. 3 litre flush takes care of 95% of everything - and the 6 litre flush has never so far failed on the remaining 5%.

[John Rumm]

To be fair the the B&Q "Barcelona" (I think that was the range), it also flushes very well (gives a very short but very forceful flush). Shame about the geometry of the pan however - as refered to elsewhere!

[Harry Bloomfield]

Andy Hall explained on 07/09/2005 :

For which I heard they use ping pong balls for the actual test.

[Mathew Newton]

the picture referred to! ;-)

Mathew

[DJC]

read on:

(5) Until 1st January 2001 paragraphs (1)(a) and (d) shall have effect as if they provided as follows-

1. "every water closet pan shall be supplied with water from a flushing cistern or trough of the valveless type which incorporates siphonic apparatus;" 2. "no flushing device installed for use with a WC pan shall give a single flush exceeding 7.5 litres;".

(6) Notwithstanding sub-paragraph 1(d), a flushing cistern installed before 1st July 1999 may be replaced by a cistern which delivers a similar volume and which may be either single flush or dual flush; but a single flush cistern may not be so replaced by a double flush cistern.

[<me9]

Old loos are 9L, new loos are 12L (They always need two flushes.)

[<me9]

Are the PTB wanting us on a /healthy/ diet, so that the loos built to their regulations actually work?

[zikkimalambo]

Are the compost bins also the right height? Dosn't it get a little draughty in winter?