Eudmin
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In my basement I have a very old Sibley toilet which has the tank mounted to the wall and a 4 foot length of PVC pipe going from the tank down to the rear water entry on the bowl.
It has never flushed well, so I want to get something functional to replace it. It looks like previous owners rigged up the flush water pipe and flapper valve and stuff with modern parts and didn't quite get it right. It might also be that there just isn't enough of a vertical drop beneath the toilet to give a good flush since it's in the basement I guess.
The exit from the bowl is weird. The large waste hole in the porcelain goes forwards instead of backwards. It has two bolts on the floor, so I don't know exactly where the closet flange is given the combination of the multiple bolts and the unfamiliar waste path. I don't think I'll be able to remove it in a way that would let me put it back into use to check underneath it, so I'm hoping one of the toilet pros here will have an idea of where the closet flange is so I can look into buying a replacement.
Here's a picture of the bowl from another website so you can see what I'm talking about.
http://www.historichouseparts.com/images/TOILETsibley.jpg
What do you think? Any idea of where the flange is? Think it's between the front two bolt holes?
It has never flushed well, so I want to get something functional to replace it. It looks like previous owners rigged up the flush water pipe and flapper valve and stuff with modern parts and didn't quite get it right. It might also be that there just isn't enough of a vertical drop beneath the toilet to give a good flush since it's in the basement I guess.
The exit from the bowl is weird. The large waste hole in the porcelain goes forwards instead of backwards. It has two bolts on the floor, so I don't know exactly where the closet flange is given the combination of the multiple bolts and the unfamiliar waste path. I don't think I'll be able to remove it in a way that would let me put it back into use to check underneath it, so I'm hoping one of the toilet pros here will have an idea of where the closet flange is so I can look into buying a replacement.
Here's a picture of the bowl from another website so you can see what I'm talking about.
http://www.historichouseparts.com/images/TOILETsibley.jpg
What do you think? Any idea of where the flange is? Think it's between the front two bolt holes?