How to Install a Torrent Cistern in 10 Easy Steps

I’m Sam from Rop­er Rhodes and join me today as I fit one of our Tor­rent Cis­terns in 10 easy steps.

I’ll be talk­ing you through every­thing, from attach­ing the wall brack­et, all the way through to adjust­ing the water level.

Right first things first, step 1, attach the bracket.

Before you start, it’s impor­tant to check that the wall fix­ings are suit­able for the sur­face the cis­tern is being fixed to. Always check there is no con­cealed cables or pipework where you’re look­ing to drill. Then mark your fix­ing points, grab your drill, insert the wall fix­ings, then secure the brack­et in place. The fix­ing brack­et has two prongs, cut them both to fit the worktop.

Step 2, mount the cis­tern onto the wall bracket.

Remove your cis­tern cov­er and gen­tly slide the cis­tern onto the brack­et. Fin­ish by secur­ing with the screw provided.

Step 3, cut the flush pipe to size and attach to the cistern.

Be sure to cut the 50mm end of the flush pipe square­ly, to achieve the cor­rect height to suit the pan and always make sure the tapered wash­er leads into the valve. Do not tight­en the bot­tom nut when attach­ing, this has been fac­to­ry set. If water escape is expe­ri­enced whilst test­ing, check the pipe is ful­ly insert­ed and the tapered wash­er is cor­rect­ly fit­ted. We also rec­om­mend the flush bend be prop­er­ly braced against the wall. This will ensure there’s no ten­sion on the con­nec­tions to the tank which could cause fit­tings to leak.

Step 4, con­nect the water sup­ply to the cistern.

When doing this, always use an approved dou­ble check valve to flu­id cat­e­go­ry 3 in addi­tion to an acces­si­ble ser­vice valve. Also, be sure to check the inlet valve is ful­ly tight­ened to the base of the tank. In this demon­stra­tion we’re not con­nect­ing to the main water sup­ply but this is where you would attach your valve.

Step 5, install the push button.

Feed your tubes through the cis­tern cov­er and reat­tach. Then grab your drill and cre­ate a 63mm cir­cle open­ing in the front of your unit pan­el. Feed your but­ton through and attach to the tubes.

Step 6, fix the toilet.

Take care on this step to sup­port the flush pipe when locat­ing the toi­let onto it so the flush con­nec­tion does­n’t get damaged.

Step 7, adjust and check the flush volume.

By adjust­ing the flush valve the flush­ing vol­ume can be altered until you find the per­fect flush. The tank is fac­to­ry set to flush at 6 and 3 litres but can be adjust­ed if needs be.

Step 8, adjust the water level.

By adjust­ing the fill valve the water lev­el can be increased or decreased until you find the per­fect amount.

Step 9, do your final checks and clean up.

Make sure the cis­tern cov­er is cor­rect­ly clipped onto the tank to pre­vent any splash escap­ing down the tank. It’s always best prac­tice to ensure that the con­nec­tions are water­tight before seal­ing into the fur­ni­ture, a paper tow­el is best to check for any slight moisture

Step 10, attach your front fur­ni­ture pan­el back onto the unit and you’re done.

And there we have it, 10 easy steps to install our Tor­rent Cis­tern. For more infor­ma­tion, head to rop​er​rhodes​.co​.uk/​t​r​a​d​e​-​s​o​l​u​tions.