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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 |
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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... -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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"r.p.mcmurphy" wrote in message ... 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 -- Alan |
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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. -- Cheers, Set Square ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid. |
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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. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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"Set Square" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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". -- Cheers, Set Square ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid. |
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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. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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