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jonjon4
Oct 27, 2008, 04:52 PM
Hi guys, just a quick question, when I flush my toilet the pipes groan until the bowl refills.
Really annoying
Milo Dolezal
Oct 27, 2008, 06:05 PM
First: Turn Off and back On your angle stop behind the toilet. Get back to us if noise still persists...
afaroo
Oct 27, 2008, 10:12 PM
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Jonjon,
Proceed as Milo says, also lift the tank lid and tell us which type of the fill valve do you see inside the tank, see the images, Thanks.
John
speedball1
Oct 28, 2008, 11:55 AM
This happens more on the float ball ballcock,( the right side one) What you hear is the washer vibrating sgainst the ballcock seat. The reason it stops when you turn the water on is that you have lowered the pressure by opening a valve. You can go at this two ways. (1) you can lower the pressure by turning the angle stop located below the tank until the noise stops or, (2) you can shut off the stop and remove the three screws on top and cup your hand over the top and just crack the stop enough to flush out any trash that may be in there. After you do that pull the washer out of its holder and flip it over in its holder and reinstall the top and float. One of the two should do the trick. If not click on back and we will go to plan B. Good luck TOM