Hi Antonia
I think the solution has been in existence for years: you need the right
siphon that's all.
The piston side of the siphon has a number of holes in it. If you flush and
let go of the handle the water in the cistern falls until air enters the
highest hole and breaks the siphon. If you hold the handle down, you
obstruct the top hole so the water keeps siphoning until the next hole is
exposed and the siphon stops. You have little bungs to put in the holes to
set the various volumes of flush.
Regards
Alan Hunt
Access Officer
Pembrokeshire County Council
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Subject: Accessible Toilet that meets the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH)
Hi there
Can anyone help????
Within Wales welsh social housing has to meet the Design Quality
Requirements (WAG, 2005) to obtain social housing grant. Within this
standard are a number of standards including CSH which asks for dual
flush with 2.6/4 litre flush and our standards RNIB Housing Sight (2003)
which asks for a paddle flush on the transfer side of the toilet.
Unfortunately at the moment I cannot find a toilet to satisfy both the
CSH and the RNIB standards. Therefore developers are having to make a
choice between the two standards as we cannot find a paddle
flush/accessible flush that meets the CSH standards of 2.6/4 litre
flush.
I am therefore looking for an accessible dual flush system i.e. can be
operated with a paddle flush to meet the RNIB Housing Sight Standards
that also meets the CSH standards 2.6/4 litre flush. The only toilets
that seem to do this have a very small inaccessible push down dual
button.
Any thoughts would be gladly received
Antonia John
Senior Housing and Access Consultant, RNIB Cymru
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