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Is this design more common on UK toilets? Seems like the dual flush toilets I have seen in the US are the same siphon design as the non-dual flush systems...
by ensignavenger 6y ago
Is this design more common on UK toilets? Seems like the dual flush toilets I have seen in the US are the same siphon design as the non-dual flush systems... I am no expert on toilets, though :)
- ensignavenger 6y agoHmm, maybe I am wrong, looking at one popular home improvement site, most of the toilets, including single flush, are listed as gravity-fed rather than siphon. So if the problem really is non-siphon toilets in general, it would apply to single and dual flush ones, at least the ones sold by this popular US retailer. (Lowes)
- caturopath 6y agoOpposite experience here, I've never seen a siphon design in the US (single or dual flush). I would have thought approximately all our toilets (outside of high-pressure toilets in non-residential settings) had a rubber flap at the bottom of the cistern or the same hole with a dual-flush mechanism.
- CydeWeys 6y agoI've never seen a siphon flush toilet in the US, only drop valve toilets. A siphon design looks like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet#Siphon-flush_mechanism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet#Siphon-flush_me...
- ensignavenger 6y agoYeah, I was mixed up on which was which :)
- pintxo 6y agoApparently yes [1]: > Until 1 January 2001, the use of siphon-type cisterns was mandatory in the UK[12] to avoid the potential waste of water by millions of leaking toilets with flapper valves, but due to EU harmonisation the regulations have changed. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet#Siphon-flush_mechanism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet#Siphon-flush_me...
- pintxo 6y agoMaybe this will be the first real problem fixed by Brexit? /s