Toilet cistern diy

[ollie98]

My toilet is knackered and I need to replace the bits inside the cistern. Could someone tell me if this is a DIY job or if I'll need to fork out �100 for some plumber to get it working. Any advice would be most appreciated as I'm skint enough as it is. Thanks

[woofgang]

It can be a diy job if you are a halfway competent diy er. I used to have the deatils of a good diy website that had idiot's (no offence) guides to this kind of thing, does anyone out there know what the site is?

[mikewith]

The appropriately-named diy.com has this: http://www.diy.com/bq/templates/contentlookup.jhtm
l?content=%2Fcommon%2Fhowtos%2Ffittoilet though maybe you should start here: http://www.diy.com/bq/templates/contentlookup.jhtm
l?content=%2Fcommon%2Fhowtos%2Fbasicplumbing

[skelly]

What bits do you need to replace, do you know? If it's just the flush handle it's a piece of cake. If it's the ball cran, it's easy as well. To be honest, it is fairly simple if you are any good at DIY. If you know any plumbers then ask them to do a "homer", rather than phone up a plumber from the yellow pages. That way, 50 quid should cover it. But try it yourself first, take the broken bits out and take them down to plumb center or b&q to match the replacements.

[woofgang]

Thank you Mikewith (by the way, what or who are you with??

[mikewith]

woofgang - I'm with the Woolwich. (This will mean nothing to people under 30).

[woofgang]

Yeah, its like "what's the recipe today, Jim?"

[Chelle-Fox]

http://www.diynet.com/DIY/forum/1,2018,7,FF.html
This should help with your predicament! And in response to 'with the woolwich' , *the water in Majorca don't taste like what it oughta* :D

[honkytonkman]

It's fairly simple to replace the syphon inside your toilet cistern... The thing holding it in place is a the big plastic nut underneath the cistern. The worst part, after replacing the syphon, is getting it to stop leaking slightly at this joint, but in time crud and limescale helps seal this. Just remember to turn off the mains (cold) water supply, flush the loo (to empty the cistern) and then you can get to work with a big monkey wrench on that big nut. But don't be too brutal as the fittings will mostly likely be plastic so won't stand too much abuse. Good luck!