londoneye Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Hi allAfter we have flushed our toilet, it fills very noisily, then just to compound the problem, right at the end of the filling process it lets our a horrendous screech that can be heard i am sure several villages away. my OH is a carpenter by trade, and plumbing is not really his forte; however its start to drive me seriously insane. a friend told us that perhaps we should put a restricter on the (toilet/pipe ??). Not sure if this really is the answer but he could well be correct. does anyone else have, or has had this problem in the past?toilet is upstairs if that helps, on first floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 We cured ours (on three loos) by replacing the valve thingy that shuts off when the cistern is full - don't know the proper name. We put properly-made ones in, which you can buy from anywhere that sells plumbing stuff, to replace the horrible plasticky things that were in the loos before.Son, who is a heating engineer in England, told us to do much the same as your friend, but no joy. Obviously doesn't work on French plumbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montybird Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 yep, we had the same problem as well. Replaced the whole valve mechanism with brass types purchased from BricoDepot, about 8 euro's for the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Changing the ball valve (actually a float valve, but that's just being picky) is usually the solution. You can find them, in the plumbing section of any brico. Look for a model which calls itself silenceax or silence or similar. They all have the same connection on them. turn off the cold supply, open the lowest tap to drain off the pressure and empty a bit out of the system. find a couple of spanners the right size, disconnect the old one and put in the new. Make sure that the washer is in place and that the assembly stays vertical as you tighten it up (especially if its float mechanism is a rising and falling block of polystyrene).The noise our loo made (one loo, just off the living room) rivaled Concorde taking off. Now it's as quiet as a mouse !p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoneye Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 thanks all.its really funny that you shouldmention concorde because i lived in hounslow for a while, and at 7.00 pm everyday all you could see were people's mouth's moving, either on television or from person in front of you. I have been thinking for several weeks now that flushing the toilet provides the same effect in our house! Sadly we cannot normally just manage the on-off at 7.00 pm !i will try your suggestions and i am sure it will work. thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Sometimes turning the small stop cock down a bit to restrict the flow can make them quieterFor the three *** above read valve or rooster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham & Brenda Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I have a similar problem on 2 of our loos and had assumed it was caused by air in the system. I will now look forward to changing the plastic valves for metal to get some peace and quiet - or at least to be able to hear the tractors going past! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 [quote user="Graham"]I have a similar problem on 2 of our loos and had assumed it was caused by air in the system. I will now look forward to changing the plastic valves for metal to get some peace and quiet - or at least to be able to hear the tractors going past![/quote]I don't believe it's a matter of plastic for metal, necessarily; my experience was to change elderly, corroded metal for new plastic for it to render the filling quiet. The screeching as the valve closes is a type of rapid oscillation, exacerbated by mineral deposits in the pipework.p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 It might well be that tired valves make these noises, but in our case the valves concerned were practically new, just cheap and nasty. Either way it should be cured by replacing the existing valves with better ones. Turning down the inlet tap to reduce the flow, which I suppose has much the same effect as fitting a restrictor, tended to improve things for us on a highly temporary basis, but in the medium term merely meant the noises went on for longer, as the cisterns took longer to fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoneye Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 our toilet is new (well less than 4 months old) and was of the - err - cheaper variety shall we say, so i tend to agree that it is likely to be the cheap fittings rather than anything which is associated with age in our toilet in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanche Neige Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 "After we have flushed our toilet, it fills very noisily, then just to compound the problem, right at the end of the filling process it lets our a horrendous screech that can be heard i am sure several villages away. my OH is a carpenter by trade, and plumbing is not really his forte; however its start to drive me seriously insane."We had this problem as well (sounds as though it is very common!) and as we don't do plumbing (or much other ) DIY we called the local plombier who sorted the problem for us, probably he did what everyone else has suggested.[8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoneye Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 yes, its nice to know i am not the only one suffering the horrendous noise! feel a bit foolish that i have left it so long, when solution seems (hopefully) to be quite straight-forward, but perhaps at least this thread will assist other people not to have their nerves worn thin for months with that awful noise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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