I hate my dual flush toilet!

[TheGMF]

I've just moved into a house with a dual flush toilet and I'm finding it a complete waste of time. It won't even flush away toilet paper let alone poo anything else. Is there something wrong with it or are they all this useless? I really want to get rid - can I change the flushing system or will I need to replace the whole toilet?

It sounds duff. Mine flushes effectively on the short flush, and I'm not stingy with loo roll.

Should have said, it will probably be a new toilet if it's not managing to get water into the pan at a great enough speed.

Sorry, new toilet you need. I'll get there eventually.

How is water feeding into it - from the mains or from a cold water tank? Mine used to be through a tank and it was like you describe. I had the plumbing changed in the bathroom to feed from mains water and it is now excellent.

Take out the syphon from inside the cistern, and fit a flapper valve. It effectively opens a trapdoor in the bottom of the cistern so the water just falls out. Nothing else gives such a forceful flush.

The cistern has to be removed to fit it.

Our loo was/is the same and it's brand new. The only way I can get it to flush properly is the press both buttons at the same time (which is easier anyway because they're such fiddly things).

Thanks - flapper valve sounds just the thing.

The fiddly buttons annoy me as well though I could live with them if the flush was better!

push button

but I prefer the lever one.

Very little effort is required to flush, just a fingertip pressed on the lever pulls on the black plastic chain and lifts the flap.

Leave the overflow pipe as long as possible, so you can have a good depth of water in the cistern, thus a better flush.