Ball cock issue...toilet cistern

[TheCokeMachine]

So DH has been at it again, another bodged plumbing job that I'm going to have to fix.

Have been asking him for two years to fix the flush on the upstairs loo. So he's replaced the old traditional ball clock thing with a bottom filler and made some weird and wonderful connecting joints below the toilet which all leak. The flush still doesn't work anyway. It's a complete mess. I am a very competent diyer and tbh I should have just sorted this myself.

He appears to have moved the water inlet from one side of the toilet to the other and created a monkey puzzle tree of leaking pipes. I need to get this sorted or I'll have to ltb.

Can I get a replacement old type ball cock valve type thingy? The tank is an old wide shires one made around 2002. Maybe I should just get a man in?

Piglet John are you there

you can get a new ball cock. The Pegler brand is best. I am not clear if the water inlet goes into the side of the cistern or through the bottom. Side is easier but some people don't like to be able to see pipes so they prefer bottom-entry cisterns even though they are more prone to leak.

Modern cistern valves are perfectly satisfactory if properly fitted, and usually quieter. Fluidmaster is well thought of, especially the ones with a brass shank.

You can fit an old fashioned syphon if you want. Again modern ones, especially the flapper valve which is my favourite, are quieter and may give a more powerful flush. I hate the ones with a press button. However you have to detach the cistern from the wall and the pan to change the syphon, which is usually very difficult because the bolts have rusted solid (stainless 6mm coach bolts are available, but almost no-one uses them).

You might consider a flexible tap connector with service valve to go between the 15mm copper water supply pipe and the ballcock or filling valve.

Thank you, yes the bolts are rusted solid to the wall. He bought a new type syphon (bottom filling) but it was hitting the wall of the tank and therefore not stopping and overflowing.

So he moved it to the other side of the tank, which made him make a massive connection of copper pipes and the suggested flexible pipe too, it's a right mess. Even the other side of the toilet inlet that was blocked is now slowly dripping. Every joint is leaking despite metres of ptfe tape and Yorkshire fittings (I never trust them anyway and prefer solder - my dad is a welder and shivers at the thought lol).

Anyway, I think I'll look to buying an old fashioned syphon and ball and just getting back to the original hard to flush problem.

Many thanks for the advice