Posted By Patrick Teyhan Colleagues, may I firstly apologise for the cruditay! I am in need of enlightenment with regard to the standards related to toilet flushes. Is there a standard? What is it? How can it be tested? I seem to recall in the dark distant past that if you could flush a ping pong ball down the toilet the flush was adequate. The reason for asking is that the Disabled Toilet facility within our Office complex is starting to block on a regular basis and I have been asked to investigate the "Standard Flush" as the one in question is, well questionable. Apart from the incovenience (no Pun intended) and the health risk associated with unblocking the toilet is the "Flush" or lack of it a Health and Safety issue? with kind regards in anticipation of your response Patrick Teyhan

Posted By Simon Carrier Not sure if you are on a wind up but just in case you are not this may help http://www.triaqua.co.uk.../water_regulations_2.htm regards Simon

Posted By Patrick Teyhan Colleagues, I can assure you that this request for information is genuine and not a wind up. One of my disabled colleagues has made a legitimate complaint about the lack of flush in the disabled facilities. It is constantly clogging up. I am sure that it is down to the landlord of the complex who has either had the ball cock set so that it will not raise very high therefore saving on the water bill and thus not delivering enough O2 to push debris far enough past the U-bend to stop the blockages. The cistern also takes an age to refill, I am sure that he has had the pressure turned down, leaving colleagues waiting for upto 4 maybe 5 mins before being able to flush again. Regards Patrick Teyhan

Posted By Laurie If it is only just "starting" to block on a regular basis, it looks as though a fault has developed somewhere beyond the U bend. If this is the case simply increasing the water flow will only exacerbate (I spelled that without looking it up!)the problem. Laurie

Posted By fats van den raad Laurie - Well done, I couldn't have done it!! (seriously, I'm being patronising or taking the P) Talking of which (did you notice how cleverly i linked that!)surely the dual flush systems is designed for only flushing number 1'sies on the "small" flush, and the full strength "big" flush would be required for number 2'sies?. Oh, yeah, if you want to conserve a bit of water, put a brick in the cistern.

Posted By Jonathan Breeze Philip, You say that, but what if the underlying problem is sluggish drains due to flat land and the distance away from the nearest sewage pumping station. I only say this because it happened at one place I worked. We spent thousands on plumbers, Dyno-rod, and cameras only to find it was the Sewage Company to blame.

Posted By fats van den raad Hilary And not to mention the added benefit of a morale boost for the employees who now no longer have to dread visiting the toilet and the subsequent sandpapering of the posterior from recycled paper, but instead are happy about the care that the employer takes of their bums

Posted By John Webster Do you provide a bin for disposal of sanitary protection? Chucking SANPRO down the pan can be a serious source of blockage (once had a 10m length of drain choked solid with it)