The control that sends water from the toilet tank or building water supply into the toilet bowl to flush away waste.
Tank water toilet flush system.
The flapper flush valve toilet system.
A tank ball flush valve assembly is shown in the sketch at above left.
Tank ball type flush valve.
Remember that flush systems with great water flow rates are better than substandard models.
Tank fill valve flush systems use a ballcock with a plunger which is a mechanism for filling water tanks.
Refills the toilet tank with fresh water before the next flush.
This number is the average daily weight of human waste that goes to the septic tank.
It then forces out everything from the tank and bowl through the trapway.
As the name suggests a gravity flush system makes use of the water to create a flushing pressure.
It s basically a floating ball that is attached to a floating rod.
There are many models of flush valves using varying designs.
Usually it s not every flush system that can evacuate 1 500 grams of solid waste with every flush.
The rod is meant to trigger the plunger located on the ballcocks.
This type is designed with a ballcock and a plunger that serve the purpose of filling up the toilet water tank.
The opening between the toilet tank and the toilet bowl.
Solid waste remains should be evacuated properly.
With tankflush you don t have to worry about where your water is coming from it does the thinking for you automatically.
This allows water to get into the tank.
It s a rod that has a ball attached to it.
This part that is connected to the flapper and holds the rubber seal open allowing water to flow into the toilet bowl.
Instead of using valuable drinkable mains water for flushing toilets or in the laundry a tankworld rainwater tank coupled to the tankworld tankflush system can save up to 44 000 litres of your household drinking water usage with rainwater depending on rainfall roof area and the size of tank installed.
Sponge out the remaining water or vacuum it up with a wet dry vacuum.
This is a good time to add a shutoff valve next to the toilet or replace one that leaks.
If you don t have a shutoff turn off the water supply at the main shutoff valve where water enters your home.
The siphoning action in the flushing cleans the bowl thoroughly.
Usually in a gravity flush toilet water tanks sit directly on top of the bowl itself.
Flush the toilet and hold the flush valve open to drain the tank.
The rod moves to activate the plunger in the ballcock s body to allow and stop water from flowing to the tank.