Offset connector for toilet

[shedbang]

Hi

Installing a new toilet to existing pipe work. The new bog is about 20mm lower than the soil pipe. No idea why, the old one wasn't that old, and was not sitting on anything.

I have bought a 20mm offset connector which centres it perfectly. However, it leaks slightly. No major worries, as I guess a flange is caught somewhere which will be obvious on removal, but it got me thinking...

The toilet is still lower than the pipe, so there is a very slight 'uphill' gradient in the pipe work, so presumably always a little reservoir of water against the connection.

Are offset connectors designed to be used in this way (ie to raise the connection)? Great idea, but I guess you can cheat gravity...

If this fails, I'll mount the toilet on a small plinth.

 

[seco services]

Are offset connectors designed to be used in this way (ie to raise the connection)

Offsets are designed to be used when the pan is higher than the waste not lower, so your always going to get waste water form in the offset of the pan connector not ideal.

 

[Charnwood]

so presumably always a little reservoir of water against the connection.

Not just water. A certain other 'substance' may well find its way back into the pan occasionally.

 

[shedbang]

Hmm, yes, the other 'substance' had crossed my mind !

I shall fashion a 15mm mdf plinth for the pan and raise it that way, as adapting the soil pipe (hidden behind a maze of pipes and boxed off) is too horrible to contemplate.

Unless anyone else has any ideas?

 

[TicklyT]

MDF or chipboard are poor choices to fashion a plinth from. If they get damp both will swell then fall apart.

Better using plywood or real tree wood.