Anybody know where to get one of these new push button cisterns from?
I've seen plenty of the 'flapper valve' type, but the one I'm talking about here has the flush button connected to the syphon by a length of clear plastic pipe. Ideal for concealed cisterns.
snipped-for-privacy@despammed.com (Dave Farrell) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:
Dave,
The Multikwik (e.g. MFC1V) flush valve comes with a modest length 'remote' really only suited to use in place of a standard lever. However, another model with a *very* similar number has an extra long 'cable' - 800 mm IIRC - for just the purpose you require. And it is a pretty good device. I have no idea if the air pipes are any better or worse - or for that matter whether they support two flush volumes (as does the Multikwik) and might be relevant if you are metered.
I too have recently fitted a Thomas Dudley concealed cistern.
I think mine was the "Phantom" and it included a pneumatically operated remote button valve.
I got mine from my local Jewsons, and fitted it inside a Shades fitted bathroom WC unit. It fitted just fine and the valve is a pleasure to use. Only one minor complaint - I really fancied a "dual flush" option but this didn't seem to be available.
Actually there was one further issue - the button is VERY big. This is probably because it incorporates the little air "pump". For some flat-fronted furniture, or for concealed fixing behind a tiled wall or something this wouldn't be an issue. However on the Shades units that SWMBO specified, the front panels have a routed "panel" design, and it was only just possible to accommodate the button on a flat area.
What about the continental squat types? (Like a shower tray, with two pedestals you stand on and a big hole where you make your deposit; for those who've never had the pleasure to encounter such a beast.)
In France many years ago I came across one of these which had an automatic flush (as on urinals). What's more when it flushed the water level came up above the pedestals.
The only one I came across was in Grenoble in France over 20 years ago. It was a shared loo, men and women (though not together thankfully).
Rather disgusting arrangement I felt.
The other type I wasn't too keen on was in California, modern office and very clean. But out there they like the water in the toilet bowl to fill up almost to the brim and cover the entire bowl, not like over here where you get just a small amount of water covering the bend.
Having a crap in one of these nearly-full loos is an interesting experience if you deliver floaters (depends what you've had the night before etc). There's something a bit disconcerting about your waste products bobbing about like submarines.
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