High level toilets

[Greencheese]

Anybody got one?

I'm just browsing really as our house sale is taking forever.

I like the look of these but something tells me they are going to be a nightmare as I've never seen one in an actual house.

So any views or words of advice? Avoid? Leave it to the fancy magazines?

Thanks.

[Shallishanti]

really, you've never seen one?
we have one that I imagine is original (victorian)- it's wooden- it did have a slight leak years ago and we got it lined with fibreglass

years ago one nearly fell on a friend's head but that was in a seriously run down student house

[Greencheese]

I've never seen one in a real house no, I've seen them in pubs and bars but not a friends house or anything as far as I can remember. I'm sure in my early 20's I wasn't as interested in stuff like toilets as I am now

I do like the look of them, just wondered about the leaking as you mentioned.

[Shallishanti]

well, anything can leak!

[Pipbin]

My outside lavvy had one and that had been going strong for about 100 years.

[nemno]

We've got one, it was installed 23 years ago. It has the best flush of any loo and kids love it.

It was installed because it means the loo pan protrudes much less into the room than any other system.

[nemno]

But you do get cold drops of condensation suddenly down your back

[Shallishanti]

no!

[Shallishanti]

maybe because it's wooden?

[DayLillie]

My grandma has one of these.

In fact, all the (outside) school toilets had them.

The long drop gives a Good flush. No more problems with leaking than any other toilet cystern.

The school ones used to splash over the top sometimes when they didn't flush properly and you had to give them a sharper pull. I doubt new ones do that.

They are probably good in a small room, but not a modern house with low ceilings - out of proportion.

[BOFster]

They are lovely if you have the ceiling height and are going for a vintage look. There's something very satisfying about pulling a chain rather than pumping ineffectually at a handle, or breaking one of those flimsy eco-flush buttons.

[Greencheese]

The house we are hopefully buying has a bathroom that would fit one of these in, it's victorian so would look the part too.

Just need to convince the husband now ha.

[PigletJohn]

no reason at all why it should leak.

The old ones used to have a cast iron bell syphon, which was clangy and you often had to yank the chain hard. Syphon design has moved on, and if you wanted to, you could even fit a flapper valve which only needs fingertip pressure.

The flush would be very forceful due to the height.

[Greencheese]

Thanks piglet john, that's the sort of technical information that will convince my husband rather than me saying 'oooooo but they are pretty'.

As our house sale I'd taking ages we've got more time to save up ha.

[PigletJohn]

or for authenticity, you could have a flapper valve and tie a brick to the chain for that authentic heavy feel and clanging noise.

[Greencheese]

Ahhhhh ok, so it's practical and still feels cool, I like it and can't believe I just described a toilet as cool