What is an oblique toilet flush?

Are you choosing the toilet of your dreams, but when studying the characteristics, you came across the incomprehensible point “oblique outlet”? Now I will tell you what it is and what it is needed for.

Toilet with an oblique outlet: what does it mean?

We could beat around the bush as much as we like, but looking at the truth, we have to admit: the main function of the toilet is not to provide aesthetics or convenience, but to reliably remove human waste products, so to speak, into the sewer system. And this is what the release is responsible for.

It is a wide pipe under the toilet bowl that connects it to the sewer system. It is through it that when flushed, what should go away goes away.

Depending on its direction, the release can be horizontal, vertical or oblique. The latter is exactly what we need. Oblique is the one that is located at an angle relative to the sewer pipe. Visually, you can see the differences in this picture.

To connect an oblique release, additionally use:

• plastic adapter elbow;
• eccentric - a special cuff that rotates along its axis;
• flexible corrugated sleeve;
• sealant - to reduce the risk of leakage.

Reference! To connect it to the sewer, take a corrugated sleeve (or another more convenient and suitable means) and thoroughly coat it with sealant on both sides. Then place one end on the sewer pipe and the other on the oblique outlet.Don't forget to check the tightness by flushing the water: nothing should drip or leak.

Features, pros and cons of a toilet with an oblique outlet

If you already know for sure that only this option is suitable for your sewer system, then you can consider yourself lucky. Toilets with an oblique outlet are the most popular models on the modern plumbing market, which are presented in all stores in a wide range. Therefore, you will have much more choice than if you needed any other option.

The oblique outlet is universal, because if additional funds are available, it can be connected to absolutely any sewer system (unlike, for example, a vertical one, which is only suitable for one located in the floor). If you consider that most risers in Russian apartments are designed specifically for it, this explains the popularity of this option.

Reference! That is why it is recommended to buy toilets with an oblique outlet for city apartments. Owners of cottages and private houses often opt for vertical.

Why is he so good? Due to the fact that the pipe runs at an angle, and not straight (as in the horizontal version), the risk of leaks and clogging of the toilet is significantly reduced, because the banal laws of gravity apply here. Installing an oblique outlet is much simpler than its alternatives, and even a non-professional can connect it to the sewer system.

Its only disadvantage can only be named in comparison with the horizontal one - it is that the second option (with a suitable location of the sewer pipe) is more suitable if it is necessary to place the toilet as close to the wall as possible, for example, to save space.

Attention! No matter how much you want to save space, always think that you will also have to clean the toilet. The hand with the rag should pass freely behind the toilet.

Hopefully you now have a slightly better understanding of what an oblique release is and how it differs from the rest. It has many more advantages over its analogues than disadvantages, so I recommend choosing it, especially if you are the owner of a city apartment.