Flushometer connection to old toilet

[jmulla]

I'm trying to fix a strange setup in my daughter's townhouse (circa 9130's??). She has an old toilet - 4 bolts to the floor. Must have had an overhead tank in the old days. Along the way, someone replaced it with a Flushometer!

So, the vacuum breaker has a 1-1/4" chrome stem. The toilet has a 1-1/2" rear spud fitting. There was a 1-1/2" chrome ell with compression fittings between these two points. I can see that whoever did this used drain/waste pipes but it obviously was working fine for all these years.

I took it apart because it was leaking. (Leak started because the supply line coming out of the wall to the Flushometer is wobbly and every time someone flushes, the whole assembly moves. I am first going to fix the supply pipe so it doesn't move at all.) the old rubber washers between stem and ell and ell and spud were all brittle and cracked. I went to the local plumbing supply place to get some replacements (only nylon washers available.)

The guy at the plumbing place was shocked when he saw what I was dealing with (Flushometer in a residential bathroom!!!???) told me I was crazy to try and fix this and I should call a plumber.

Question: although this may be very unconventional, is there any hard in trying to get it back to the same setup that was there originally? Will compression fittings with nylon washers provide enough of a seal to hold back the pressure of the flush flow?

My other option is to just replace the whole toilet which I am quite capable of doing. Just need to make sure this old beast has at least a 10" clearance.

Thanks for the help guys!

 

[LiQuId]

rubber washers should be availablle, the nylon ones will not seal properl. no harm in trying to get it back to its original staate, failling that replace the whole works, but it will reqire you to open a wall to move the supply line and reduce the supply from 1" to a 1/2 " conncetion with an angle stop

 

[jmulla]

@LiQuId:

Thanks! Actually, on my way there I stopped at the local "small" hardware store and they had nice rubber reducing washers and they worked great. The only pipe I replaced was the ell (using a standard drain waste pipe) and everything worked perfectly. I cleaned out and filled the supply line hole with some concrete putty.

I only wish I had also replaced the washer/seal between the spud and the toilet (see second photo between flange and toilet.) Are those easily available?

 

[LiQuId]

these are also a ruybber washer connection, you could try tightening the nut and it will add more pressure to the gasket. they should be availablle, but you may have to order one.

glad to hear it workled out .

 

[Mr_David]

WOW! I haven't seen one of those in a while. If the back spud is leaking I would just replace it. It looks like a 2" x1 1/2" spud. My memory is a little flacky these days but I think some of those old style toilets that had a tank mounted on the wall had a 2" tube coming down from a tank. The hole in the toilet will probably need a 2' spud with a reduced inlet of 1 1/2'.

 

[johnjh2o]

That's what they were 2". When I was first starting out I would hate replacing flush ells. I did find a 2x 1-1/2 spud hope this helps.
http://www.chicagofaucetshoppe.com/Closet_and_Urinal_Spuds_s/3648.htm

John