Really bad toilet flush...

[fizzy]

Only the Victorians could build things like this to dispose of Sh1T

 

[bricol]

To be fair i am impressed with the American toilets, the type where the bowl is half full of water and when you flush the turd burgular goes down in a fast flowing whirlpool.

Until it blocks . . . then it's a seriously worry inducing wait for it to stop . . . the meniscus just holding on the rim . . .

 

[dobbslc]

That puts it at about the right date, and it's Avocado or you could have dark brown, dark blue or ginger/orange. Welcome to the Seventies.

The old one that's about to come out is a lovely Barbie pink

 

[dave h 2]

A cleaner at the factory I worked at used a 3000psi pressure washer once. The results were spectacular.

That reminds me of an underground Exchange I used to work in, 100ft down sewage pumped up into the main sewer via a one way valve. No one flushed the loo till they had the trap door open. Can't think why.

 

[Greeves246]

 

[Erie Fred]

The McMansions use commercial power flush toilets (most are wall mounted as well).

As most houses don't have 2" piping for the water supply, they use a bladder tank nearby (hidden in a closet or attic) for the large volume needed.

 

[MattF]

Only the Victorians could build things like this to dispose of Sh1T

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They were masters at combining both form & function.

 

[Shedendman]

These stylish toilets these days are useless, plastic bucket filled from the bath and thrown in with the flush is the trick ...6L ??? some mornings i need 25L

WTF have you been eating

 

[MattF]

WTF have you been eating

 

[GRW]

My ageing Thunderbox isn't flushing consistently well any more.
As my OH is Veggie/Vegan/Plant-Based (health reasons), I tease her that if it actually packed up, I'd need to go in there with a Chair & a Whip.

 

[angellonewolf]

at work a new toilet was fitted and would not flush right ended up putting a thick 20mm block of wood under the basin lifting to toilet up so the pipe out the back had more of a steeper dropthat fixed it

 

[Robotstar5]

There was a lot to be said for the old fashioned high level box, cleared anything. An old cast iron ‘klanker’ high level one when I grew up, I didn’t flush it at night as it would wake the dead!

We had one in our outside bog, the pivot arm broke in the 80's, the arm had Thomas Dudley cast into it and as the company wasn't too far I called in on the off chance they could help, the old chap behind the counter disappeared for a few minutes and came back with a dusty but identical arm, he said " we haven't made these since the 50's" and gave it to me gratis

 

[Keith 66]

My first job when i left college late 70's was at a boat factory on Canvey island, Thames marine, great place to work, well paid & full of comical characters, honestly it was great. But once a week someone would discover a monster turd in the factory toilet. Upon discovery the finder would run out into the factory & shout "He's Struck again! The Phantom Turdster has Struck again!". They would then run round the factory repeating the call "The Phantom Turdster has struck again!"
At this virtually the entire factory would down tools & rush to the toilets to file past & marvel at the specimen enshrined therein.
It must have been 2 1/2" diameter & at least 2ft long & could easily have been mistaken for a dead Otter.
We never did find out who did it as he was extremely careful not to be caught.
Some years later it was suggested that it was a bloke named Dave Langstaff as he struck at another company too but it was never proven.
To this very day it is a mystery & legend of the local boatbuildinng industry.

 

[ukracer]

Yep form over function is say, we've an old Armitage shanks close coupled thing that will swallow anything you give it, one flush job done apart from crack the window
The other modern thing with low water content and continental style flush always needs 2 goes and a going over with the brush
I did think the last lot of aldi softest paper(because I'm worth it) does seem a bit floaty though

Thats interesting. Our down stairs loo has started backing up every time someone uses paper.
Not a new toilet so it must be a blockage of some sort but i cant find any chemicals to shift it.

 

[Erie Fred]

Thats interesting. Our down stairs loo has started backing up every time someone uses paper.
Not a new toilet so it must be a blockage of some sort but i cant find any chemicals to shift it.

Ammonium Nitrate and Diesel fuel should shift it.....

 

[roofman]

The old one that's about to come out is a lovely Barbie pink

Dont worry yourself too much about that, mines currently purple..it was bang on in 1992 when me and my old man fitted it.

 

[Greeves246]

Where I used to live several properties across the road had problems with toilets not draining away. As the manhole access was on my property when they came to investigate I was able to watch as they sent a camera along the sewer pipe. The estate was built in the mid 60s and used pitch fibre pipes which had compressed being under the road and had a lot of roots from the big trees lining the avenue inside as well. All had to be dug up and replaced with new pipes.

 

[Morris]

Absolutely know what the OP means about poor flushing. When I did my bathroom re-fit 18months ago, we told the sales woman that we wanted a good flushing toilet and my wife went on about a pan that flushes right to the front. The sales woman knew what we meant and recommended this toilet and cistern -

Serenity BTW Pan- 490mm SN490BTW £195.04
Serenity Soft Close Slim Seat White SNSLSCTS-SF £72.33
Roper Torrent Slimline Concealed Dual Flush Cistern TR9001 £82.25

She was right, flushes really good and right to front. Thoroughly recommend it. Comfortable too!!

We had our bathroom gutted and redone five years ago. We selected everything came from Pochins . The flush is a hidden one, water saver type and it works a treat. Also comfy

 

[roofman]

Well you cant say there is not a diversity of subjects on this forum still is the best site on the interwebb imho for a meeting of like minded shed hounds.

 

[Morris]

My first job when i left college late 70's was at a boat factory on Canvey island, Thames marine, great place to work, well paid & full of comical characters, honestly it was great. But once a week someone would discover a monster turd in the factory toilet. Upon discovery the finder would run out into the factory & shout "He's Struck again! The Phantom Turdster has Struck again!". They would then run round the factory repeating the call "The Phantom Turdster has struck again!"
At this virtually the entire factory would down tools & rush to the toilets to file past & marvel at the specimen enshrined therein.
It must have been 2 1/2" diameter & at least 2ft long & could easily have been mistaken for a dead Otter.
We never did find out who did it as he was extremely careful not to be caught.
Some years later it was suggested that it was a bloke named Dave Langstaff as he struck at another company too but it was never proven.
To this very day it is a mystery & legend of the local boatbuildinng industry.

We had similar where I did my apprenticeship. Collosal thing and occuring every 6 months or so.
The guy that cleaned the place including the bogs was a little German guy (wartime refugee) who was called Charlie Knobloch. We had a blacksmiths shop and a handsome set of turd cutters (comically huge)were made for Charlie's use and put on a hook in the toilets. There was a presentation "ceremony" where he was given them and a mock training course.