Quietest ballcock?
 

A plumber mate of mine recomended a ballcock..but i cant remember what make
it was...and now i cant contact him...anyone recomend one?

steve

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:44:22 +0100, r.p.mcmurphy wrote:

A plumber mate of mine recomended a ballcock..but i cant remember
what make it was...

Torbeck is one make, there is another company making them as well but
I can't remember their, or their products name...

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"r.p.mcmurphy" wrote in message
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A plumber mate of mine recomended a ballcock..but i cant remember what make
it was...and now i cant contact him...anyone recomend one?

steve

Was it a "Fluidmaster" Quiet float valve? - like on here
http://www.bes.ltd.uk/products/120.asp

Dave

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r.p.mcmurphy wrote
A plumber mate of mine recomended a ballcock..but i cant remember what make
it was...and now i cant contact him...anyone recomend one?



Torbeck

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...14DFBIOLALCJO2
C3CIIQ?id=14716&ts=04585


Fluidmaster

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...14DFBIOLALCJO2
C3CIIQ?id=12780&ts=04697

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Alan

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r.p.mcmurphy wrote:

A plumber mate of mine recomended a ballcock..but i cant remember
what make it was...and now i cant contact him...anyone recomend one?

steve

Was it a Torbeck?

They fill quietly through a flexible (anti-syphon) tube which dips below the
water level - and have a very small float and short arm so that you get full
flow until the water is almost up to the required level.

They do thump a bit when they shut off though, and the overflow needs to be
capable of taking the full flow - but they are provided with a couple of
flow restrictors. Which one you fit depends on your water pressure.
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Set Square
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:55:43 +0100, Set Square wrote:

They do thump a bit when they shut off though,

Only if you haven't got a big enough flow restrictor in. Ours just
SSHHHHh. The noise being the water flowing in the pipe rather than the
valve and is barely audible.

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Dave. pam is missing e-mail

"Set Square" wrote in message
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
r.p.mcmurphy wrote:

A plumber mate of mine recomended a ballcock..but i cant remember
what make it was...and now i cant contact him...anyone recomend one?

steve

Was it a Torbeck?

They fill quietly through a flexible (anti-syphon) tube which dips below
the
water level - and have a very small float and short arm so that you get
full
flow until the water is almost up to the required level.

They do thump a bit when they shut off though, and the overflow needs to
be
capable of taking the full flow - but they are provided with a couple of
flow restrictors. Which one you fit depends on your water pressure.

If ghe thump is annoying insert a shock arrestor as near to the valve as
pssoble.. About £9-10 from BES.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:55:43 +0100, Set Square wrote:

They do thump a bit when they shut off though,

Only if you haven't got a big enough flow restrictor in. Ours just
SSHHHHh. The noise being the water flowing in the pipe rather than the
valve and is barely audible.

Well, I don't know what sort of restrictor I need then - the cistern takes
all but 2 minutes to fill as it is, and still gives a single gentle thump
when the vavle shuts. It certainly isn't a problem, but it doesn't qualify
for the description "silent".
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Set Square
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r.p.mcmurphy wrote:

A plumber mate of mine recomended a ballcock..but i cant remember what make
it was...and now i cant contact him...anyone recomend one?

The one I just fitted that came with a B&Q toilet was made by Siamp.
Looks pretty much like the Torbek/Fluidmaster type of thing. Fills at
full rate until full then stops in the space of a second or so.

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John.

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