Minor complaints thread (6 Viewers)

[7 - No tomorrow]

Can't figure out how to adjust the ballcock to allow enough water into the cistern to enable a good flush. ..experiencing a worrying amount of build up in the pan

Are you sure it's not the seal at the bottom of the cistern?
The yoke that comes up when you pull the flush?

The pan shouldn't fill, gravity will take care of it if it's not blocked.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

You could use a bucket of water in the meantime

 

[jonah]

or wee in the sink

 

[Diddles]

I took it to mean that the jax isn't completely flushing and there's now a build up of unflushed matter in the bowl. Has my imagination gone completely wild again?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

or wee in the sink

Not sure.

I get a lot of splashback from the dirty dishes when I try that.

 

[Theseus Mock]

Can't figure out how to adjust the ballcock to allow enough water into the cistern to enable a good flush. ..experiencing a worrying amount of build up in the pan

Yahoo answers says:

Lets work backwards up the system.
Is the ballcock hanging down when he tank is empty?
If not, the problem may lie with a jambed hing. Try moving the ballcock up and down to see if you can see a problem jamming the hing.
Is the hanging ballcock pushing in the valve lever (button in centre of valve)?
If not can you adjust the screw/and locking nut to push the lever in when the ballcock is hanging down?
if neither of these two are true, take real care and unscrew the end of the valve slowly and a little at a time. does water start flowing out freely?
If so, you have a valve problem and it should be replaced.
If not there is something blocking the water flow before it reaches the tank and you should call a plumber to investigate further and clear the blockage/lock.

 

[therealjohnny]

Are you sure it's not the seal at the bottom of the cistern?
The yoke that comes up when you pull the flush?

The pan shouldn't fill, gravity will take care of it if it's not blocked.

My toilet must be really old...I've been looking up youtube videos so I know what you are talking about..those fancy pants American ballcocks

Mine is the old fashioned sealed doohickey

By forcing the float under the water and holding it I can allow enough water in to enable a good flush...so all that poo is now on its way to Dublin via the Liffey..as is my understanding

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I took it to mean that the jax isn't completely flushing and there's now a build up of unflushed matter in the bowl. Has my imagination gone completely wild again?

I took it to mean that his pan was getting a flow of water when it shouldn't, implying that his cistern was not filling up enough for a decent flush.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

My toilet must be really old...I've been looking up youtube videos so I know what you are talking about..those fancy pants American ballcocks

Mine is the old fashioned sealed doohickey

By forcing the float under the water and holding it I can allow enough water in to enable a good flush...so all that poo is now on its way to Dublin via the Liffey..as is my understanding

I was actually thinking of my old favourite throne in Dublin 3 (sigh)

 

[pete]

I thought you'd had a drink blackout and you were feeling really guilty about pissing in the wardrobe or something

those days are looooong gone.

 

[Diddles]

I took it to mean that his pan was getting a flow of water when it shouldn't, implying that his cistern was not filling up enough for a decent flush.

It's because he used the word 'worrying'. That word would imply that there's liquid shit spilling onto the floor.

 

[Diddles]

those days are looooong gone.

Well that's why I thought you were feeling guilty about it, you probably wouldn't have cared back in the day

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

It's because he used the word 'worrying'. That word would imply that there's liquid shit spilling onto the floor.

That's a blockage in the U-bend or soil stack.
A job for a plunger or a plumber. Or both!

 

[therealjohnny]

Getting disliked for complaining about getting disliked for disliking Derek fucking Mooney​

 

[Diddles]

That's a blockage in the U-bend or soil stack.
A job for a plunger or a plumber. Or both!

Yok!

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Yok!

That's how the rats get in.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Can't figure out how to adjust the ballcock to allow enough water into the cistern to enable a good flush. ..experiencing a worrying amount of build up in the pan

Just bend it up. So the ballcock is higher than it was.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Just bend it up. So the ballcock is higher than it was.

I think this has ceased to be a problem for Johnny.

Until he has to drop a load again anyway.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Better to get it sorted now then.

 

[therealjohnny]

Just bend it up. So the ballcock is higher than it was.

was trying that Gary..i think I need to dis-assemble the thing in order to bend it...lots of old plastic fittings in there

so until tomorrow...some beer

and no poo-ing