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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Pastis on October 24, 2011, 05:49:27 PM
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All of a sudden and quite out of the blue the toilet cistern has decided to make scary noises on the refill cycle rubschin: . No, it's not water hammering, it's a loud, vibrating hum (low register) that stops as soon as the water level is back up.
I've taken all the bits off the shelf, removed the top, fiddled, proggled and poked around but to no avail ... cry:
I'm büggered if I'm going to get a plumber out at ¶˙^ø•†©ø per hour or part thereof just yet! It's only water moving from one place to another ~ not quantum physics evil:
There must be a way to fix it ... rubschin:
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Exorcism? rubschin:
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Shoot it eveilgrin:
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It will be the part greeny thing on the inserty thing that will have broken... and everyone on the shelves will be the wrong type. noooo:
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Thanks for the insightful advice confused: Why does it suddenly decide to hum in a low F# (that's a guess)?
PS GM, the garlic bulb doesn't work evil:
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Garlic is for vampires you clot, you need holy water and incense whistle:
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It will be the part greeny thing on the inserty thing that will have broken... and everyone on the shelves will be the wrong type. noooo:
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Ignore her. SHe is a nutter noooo: noooo:
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It will be the part greeny thing on the inserty thing that will have broken... and everyone on the shelves will be the wrong type. noooo:
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Ignore her. SHe is a nutter noooo: noooo:
She does appear to have mastered the quote function though point:
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cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing:
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It will be the part greeny thing on the inserty thing that will have broken... and everyone on the shelves will be the wrong type. noooo:
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Ignore her. SHe is a nutter noooo: noooo:
She does appear to have mastered the quote function though point:
Unlike the pair of you point:
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And you angel1
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I thought it looked wrong when I previewed it, but my text was outside the quoted part rubschin:
I blame Barman, he's gubbed it
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And you angel1
I didn't want to feel left out whistle:
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It's an airlock. Noisy pipes are always airlocks.
Drain and refill the whole system, then many more noises will come from other places
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Build up of water scale ~ changes the dynamics of the system ~ causes vibrations.
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It will be the part greeny thing on the inserty thing that will have broken... and everyone on the shelves will be the wrong type. noooo:
Ignore her. SHe is a nutter noooo: noooo:
She does appear to have mastered the quote function though point:
Unlike the pair of you point:
My poor quote system.... sad24:
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Should that not be " your poor quote cistern " whistle:
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lol:
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Should that not be " your poor quote cistern " whistle:
drumroll:
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I had the same thing earlier in the year, It is the diaphragm in the inlet, a cheap and easy fix. I think they cost a couple of quid from B&Q (Other diy suppliers are available) To change it undo the nylon nut at the end of the ballcock, where the water runs out of the inlet pipe and into the cistern and inside will be a black rubber diaphragm. Replace that and tighten bacck up and that should stop the scary noises. scared:
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Isn't that what Tipsy said ;)
It will be the part greeny thing on the inserty thing that will have broken...
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Should that not be " your poor quote cistern " whistle:
No... ::)
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Should that not be " your poor quote cistern " whistle:
lol: lol: lol:
Come on the rest of you, cisterns and bathrooms are a goldmine for cringe-making puns.
Flush, flushed, flushing, overflow. overflowing, ball cock, ball valve, diaphragm, lime, scale etc etc.
Your apathy and lack of creative urges is driving me round the bend. noooo:
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Should that not be " your poor quote cistern " whistle:
lol: lol: lol:
Come on the rest of you, cisterns and bathrooms are a goldmine for cringe-making puns.
Flush, flushed, flushing, overflow. overflowing, ball cock, ball valve, diaphragm, lime, scale etc etc.
Your apathy and lack of creative urges is driving me round the bend. noooo:
We're all a bit flushed after our excesses last night.... noooo:
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I was tempted to comment on the original post ...when our dear Pastis identified the problem immediately by saying it was " out of the bloo" .... whistle:
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I was tempted to comment on the original post ...when our dear Pastis identified the problem immediately by saying it was " out of the bloo" .... whistle:
That is just Ducking the issue.
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We need to attack this with a bit more Vim and vigour.... :thumbsup:
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I was tempted to comment on the original post ...when our dear Pastis identified the problem immediately by saying it was " out of the bloo" .... whistle:
That is just Ducking the tissue.
Sorry DS - I won't Harpic on about it redface:
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I was tempted to comment on the original post ...when our dear Pastis identified the problem immediately by saying it was " out of the bloo" .... whistle:
That is just Ducking the tissue.
Sorry DS - I won't Harpic on about it redface:
That's OK. I know you bend over backwards to avoid that.
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I was tempted to comment on the original post ...when our dear Pastis identified the problem immediately by saying it was " out of the bloo" .... whistle:
That is just Ducking the tissue.
Sorry DS - I won't Harpic on about it redface:
That's OK. I know you bend over backwards to avoid that.
She thinks we'll accept any old cock and ball story.... noooo:
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You lot really know how to yank my chain noooo:
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You lot really know how to yank my chain noooo:
You are so vulnerable, being in the first flush of youth.
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You lot really know how to yank my chain noooo:
Well, you just plunge into everything.... noooo:
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You lot really know how to yank my chain noooo:
You are so vulnerable, being in the first flush of youth.
You bowl me over cloud9:
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I think we should put the lid on this... noooo:
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Yargh:
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I think we should put the lid on this... noooo:
Not yet, we are on a roll.
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I think we should put the lid on this... noooo:
Not yet, we are on a roll.
But Pasty thinks we are a bit potty.... noooo:
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I think we should put the lid on this... noooo:
Not yet, we are on a roll.
But Pasty thinks we are a bit potty.... noooo:
He is a bit of a stool pigeon though.
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I think we should put the lid on this... noooo:
Not yet, we are on a roll.
But Pasty thinks we are a bit potty.... noooo:
He is a bit of a stool pigeon though.
And very po-faced.... noooo:
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This is just taking the piss. razz:
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What is this shite?
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Mr. Thread? Meet Mr. Sewer....
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A floater on by'er noooo: , nose in the air type whistle:
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Are we scraping the bottom yet?
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Not until you have dye on yer ear whistle:
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We aim to please ~ will gentlemen please do likewise.
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The problem remains unfixed; I think this thread might run and run noooo:
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Change the ball cock and valve assembly. Dirt cheap in Screwfix or B&Q and shouldn't take more than half an hour to remove old one and fit new.
http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=ball%20valve%20toilet&cm_mmc=Google-_-Plumbing%20 (http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=ball%20valve%20toilet&cm_mmc=Google-_-Plumbing%20)|%20Drainage,%20Sewerage%20and%20Treatment%20|%20Generic-_-Ball%20Valves%20|%20Broad-_-%20ball%20%20valve%20%20toilet&gclid=CJqJwcbRg6wCFYVP4QoddxKZJw
But as others have said it is probably air in the system. which means a drain down and refill. Best to get a plumber in to do it.
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The problem remains unfixed; I think this thread might run and run noooo:
It will soon skid to a halt.
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sick2:
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Change the ball cock and valve assembly. Dirt cheap in Screwfix or B&Q and shouldn't take more than half an hour to remove old one and fit new.
http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=ball%20valve%20toilet&cm_mmc=Google-_-Plumbing%20 (http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=ball%20valve%20toilet&cm_mmc=Google-_-Plumbing%20)|%20Drainage,%20Sewerage%20and%20Treatment%20|%20Generic-_-Ball%20Valves%20|%20Broad-_-%20ball%20%20valve%20%20toilet&gclid=CJqJwcbRg6wCFYVP4QoddxKZJw
But as others have said it is probably air in the system. which means a drain down and refill. Best to get a plumber in to do it.
Thankfully I don't have to go for the bottom entry valve; the side entry looks favourite rubschin:
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Bottom entry eeek:
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Ahh for the old bottom entry you need one of these....
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Ahhh! Divine intervention! The vibrating has stopped of its own accord eeek:
worthy:
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New battery?
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Ahhh! Divine intervention! The vibrating has stopped of its own accord eeek:
worthy:
rubschin:
Are your pipes connected to Turkey?
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Ahhh! Divine intervention! The vibrating has stopped of its own accord eeek:
worthy:
rubschin:
Are your pipes connected to Turkey?
Not the pipes but the water might be if one were to follow a certain route: Thames Water > English Channel > Bay of Biscay > Straits of Gib. > Western Med. > Eatern Med. > Turkey rubschin:
Perhaps I've picked an errant Turkish vibe ...