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55ant - 17/9/09 at 03:32 PM

hello all,

massiveley off topic but urgently need help, the bowl behind our toilet has been smashed into 3 substantial peices, does anyone know the best way to glue/fix them back together? its normal toilet/sink material

[Edited on 17/9/09 by 55ant]


Mix - 17/9/09 at 04:06 PM

Hi

Have you tried Briatori and Symmonds, apparently they're in the fixing business

Mick


DarrenW - 17/9/09 at 04:34 PM

Never fix cracked toilets. Have you seen the damage they can do if they crack across the bowl?

Buy a new one. They can be mega cheap. Look at the B&Q budget ones or go to a builder / plumb centre and price up. Not worth gluing imho. Try and get one with cistern inlet in same place as old one (or fit a flexi connector with service unit) and it will be a doddle to fit.


02GF74 - 17/9/09 at 08:53 PM

i wold try sikaflex, it comes in black so that it doesn't show, you need to make a hollow in the edge.

B&Q sell "better than welding", whcih incidnetally it isn't, that is grey and appears to be same stuff.


clairetoo - 17/9/09 at 09:21 PM

I've just got to know................what have you been eating to break a toilet into three pieces


mistergrumpy - 17/9/09 at 10:46 PM

quote:

wold try sikaflex, it comes in black so that it doesn't show


Eh? I'd imagine there aren't that many black bogs and so it'd show quite clearly.
Just get a new cistern or toilet, whatever. As said, ultra cheap in B&Q and cheaper at your local bog shop.


iank - 17/9/09 at 10:58 PM

Whole shooting match
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Toilet-To-Go/invt/190476

Just the pan
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Low-Level-Pan/invt/160444


[Edited on 17/9/09 by iank]


MikeCapon - 18/9/09 at 09:54 AM

Another vote for not trying to fix it. I once worked with a guy called Ginger. He could only count to eight on account of having lost two fingers when a cracked bowl broke under him. Broken porcelain is very sharp.