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Flushing To Loo ...
My water is being turned off for most of Monday morning. I have been told to get a bucket of water so that I can use the toilet.
Do I pour it down the toilet just before flushing?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.When you flush, the cistern is immediately refilled either from the mains or a tank in the loft, depending on how your house was set up; even if the water supply is turned off you can still flush it ONCE. If your cistern happens to be filled from your cold header tank there should be sufficient water in the header tank for you to be able to flush normally even if the mains is turned off.
That's no fun on a Bank Holiday Monday! Can you go out?
Best to have an early shower before they switch off. Fill your bucket for the loo, fill your kettle, fill a large jug or flask just in case you need a drop more around lunchtime.
When water comes back on run all the taps in the house for a minute or two to remove any air blocks.
I don't know if its a Bank holiday up here in Scotland.
Vulcan - some moron typed the wrong word in the title.
Barry, I can't remember being without water before.
The building houses six flats and a shop on the ground floor. It is over 100 years old. Water is flowing out of a pipe on the street and a plumber was unable to find the source. My flat used to be two flats and I know that the plumber who installed my shower said the plumbing was crazy under the floorboards. If the others have similar plumbing we could takes ages to find the leak.
I'm off to work, will be back this afternoon.