>>Your new cisterns probably don't have overflow holes.
My new cistern does not have holes for fixing it to the wall. It just bolts to the pan.
It has some complex internals.
The problem I have with it is very very slow fill. I will have search for the destructions.
It was bought in a hurry ( cheap) from B&Q. it turns out to be a Castorama (Kingfisher owned French DIY chain.
It has extended sides to the base which mikes it look sleek BUT when fitted in a three feet wide toilet I cannot tighten the bolts for the seat. It looks like I need to take the whole thing out in order to re tighten the bolts. That means two screw at the base and disconnect the water supply.
The "developers " who were tasked to split the house into 4 flats where my daughter lives did a very poor absolutely minimal bad job.
One aspect was the toilet cistern.
fitted the cistern and then drilled a hole through the brick wall in line with the elbow fitted on the side followed by a pipe through the wall.
That is when they found the problem and badly bodged it.
The overflow/alarm pipe lined up perfectly with the centre line rear of the 4" soil pipe.
No problem - cut off the pipe so it protrudes just a inch outside . Job done!!!
Years later an overflow occurs but the water is hitting the soil pipe and causing damp on the wall, damp down the outside wall, moss on the soil pipe , paint coming off...
Not easy to see three and a half floors up or hanging out the bathroom sash window.
Not the worse pluming I have seen by far.
e.g same flat we had water meters fitted. 4 x 10mmm bore elbows used to fit it (when water flow is so poor.)
I told them either re do it decently the way I want or remove it.
They sent their "best" guy who did what I wanted to a perfect standard. I have never seen a plumber work to that standard before.
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