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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: STEMO on 10 May 2016, 11:40:16
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Just fitted one to the bathroom toilet as it was taking about ten minutes to fill. Does away with the ball valve altogether and uses a small float that rides up the valve itself. Fills in about one minute now. Very impressed and only a tenner from screwfix :y
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1 minute fills are essential when the loo is in constant use! :P :D ;D
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Just fitted one to the bathroom toilet as it was taking about ten minutes to fill. Does away with the ball valve altogether and uses a small float that rides up the valve itself. Fills in about one minute now. Very impressed and only a tenner from screwfix :y
An evolution of the Torbeck valves, uses the mains water pressure to open and then close a reasonable size valve rather than relying on a floating ball plus leverage to press a small valve against the mains pressure.
Just be aware that the small port in them that does the switching can get clogged with gunk sometimes which results in a quick strip down and clean (of the valve so worry not!)
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They are brillialt! I replaced the toilet cistern, loft CWS and CH Portsmouth valves with them - FluidMaster, I thinl - and they are all quick and quiet. The loft ones used to sound like Concorde coming in to land!
Also, I changed the toilst cistern flush device for a same-make push button type; it has the overflow incorporated within itself, so no outside pipe required. That's quieter, too, for those middle-of-the-night visits as you get older.......
Ron.
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On the point of a quicker fill:
If your water pressure/flow rate is a bit carp, it can be worth only partially opening the valves to slow the fill rate. That way if you're having a shower and someone flushes, your shower won't reduce to a dribble.
Particularly relevant if (like us) you only have a 15mm feed into the house ::)
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They are brillialt! I replaced the toilet cistern, loft CWS and CH Portsmouth valves with them - FluidMaster, I thinl - and they are all quick and quiet. The loft ones used to sound like Concorde coming in to land!
Also, I changed the toilst cistern flush device for a same-make push button type; it has the overflow incorporated within itself, so no outside pipe required. That's quieter, too, for those middle-of-the-night visits as you get older.......
Ron.
I know what you mean Ron, after the plumber fitted a new valve in the downstairs loo i thought the planes from Mildenhall were landing on the roof. ;)