Flushing toilets

[Northguard]

Just returned from the States. I love their flushing toilets. The bowl is filled a lot higher with water that ours her ein the UK, and when you flush it it fills up a bit more then swirls whirlpool like, taking all the dooby stuff with it. I found it much more hygienic than ours and found that I only had to flush it once instead of our piddling efforts that sometimes take 2 or 3 flushes to say goodbye to everything. I'm refitting my bathroom next year and really want to fit one of these toilets but haven't a clue where to look or what the proper term is for one of these loos. Can anyone help me?

[VillageVicar]

They're not all like that Northguard...in fact, the ones you're describing sound like some of the older less-conservative ones. I think the term, dull as it is, is 'high volume' water cistern units. They 'could' also be the older non-cistern units that use excessive amounts of water, using a high pressure flow. Again, I 'think' those are called 'toggle' flushes.

I wish you well

Fr Bill

[Panic Button]

Dooby stuff?

[Ice-Maiden]

Sorry to hijack - nice to see you on again Fr. Bill.

[VillageVicar]

Found a link of the models I think you're referring to.

http://www.deltafaucet.com/wps/portal/deltacom /kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN7SMN_b yA8kB2ebxYY76kaiCAfFmTkhivh75uan6Qfre-gH6BbmhE eWOjooAO4Rzow!!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvd0ZNQU FzQUMvNElVRS82XzE5XzNLUw!!?spf_strutsAction=%2 fviewProductSearchResults.do&task=DfcProductSe archResults&prdArea=Bath%3ALavatory&prdFinish= All&prdCollection=All&prdHoles=All&prdMaxPrice =---&prdMinPrice=---

Best of luck

Fr Bill

[VillageVicar]

Thank you Ice, that's very kind of you!

Be well

Fr Bill

[Ethel]

With a higher water level in the pan isn't the sitter in danger of splash ups?

[Ice-Maiden]

I am, thank you. It's a shame you took a bit of time out, as your wise words could've been of help to certain quarters recently. Whatever - I think a lot of people'll be pleased to see you back.

[Bearworld1]

I think the newer loos with the water saving cisterns are more wasteful, I end up having to flush it two or three times.

[heathfield]

American toilets tend to be based on a siphoning principle where the water and waste is sucked into the wastepipe, but for some reason we don't seem interested in this type of system in the UK.
The bowl fills and, with the assistance of a water jet action, the siphoning starts. See how it functions here.

[Clanad]

Actually, the older models, as Village Vicar suggests, were a standard 3 gallons per flush (gpf), but federal and state codes mandate 1.5 gpf as the stahndard for the last 10 years at least. Obviously, many of the older ones are still in use. The frist and second generation of the 1.5 gpf ubits didn't flush very well and many new homebuilders actually bootlegged the older units from Canada. The mechanisms have since been improved and generally do an acceptable job of flush. The current test, by the way, is the ability of the unit to successfully flush 3, 4 or 5 ping-pong balls with one flush... Seems the engineers could not find a suitable standard from the generally available materials...

[Northguard]

Thanks for all your answers, especially Heathfield, now I can put a name to it, Syphoning. Thanks again

[kwicky]

It you are thinking of a syphonic flush toilet I would advise against it. The one we had was always blocked with the solids and we spent many hours clearing it.