I've broken the toilet - help!

[marthamoo]

Just bought one of those in the cistern block doodahs (one that hangs over the edge of the cistern). I put it in and now the toilet won't flush. It's a toilet with a push button flush - so you can't actually lift the entire lid off without unhooking something - the lid is connected to the flush mechanism.

I don't know what I've done to it...heeeelp!

how did you get it off to put in the doodah ? Can't you repeat that and see where the lid connects - presumably it just isn't connecting properly.

I just sort of tilted it up and squeezed my hand through the gap. Can't see that anything has come adrift...it's not very nice in there....

I think ive got one of those toilets, is it an old fashioned one? Mine has a screw, that you unscrew and should be able to pull the lid up.

No it's new and very modern - nothing to unscrew as far as I can see.

shouldn't be nasty in there - should just be clean water - just like comes out of the tap.

It's not really nasty - bit lime scaley though.

Marthamoo, who is it made by (the toilet that is)?

I phoned up Armitage Shanks about ours, which sounds the same type as yours, and they gave me instructions as to how to get the buttons out. I think that you have to push the large button down and flick the small button up and out and then you can remove the large one as well. There will be a screw underneath them which you unscrew and then you can get the top off. DH also fiddled with our downstairs loo when he was decorating and when it was next flushed it wouldn't stop! All that he did to stop the cistern refilling was to jiggle the top again and push it towards the wall a bit and it was fine. The mechanisms seem to come adrift a lot on these type of flushes. Hope that's of some help and sorry it's a bit rambly.