Every time I flush my toilet (located upstairs) it makes a rattling noise for about 3-5 seconds. All of the other toilets (be it upstairs or downstairs) don’t make this noise.
What should I do?
Every time I flush my toilet (located upstairs) it makes a rattling noise for about 3-5 seconds. All of the other toilets (be it upstairs or downstairs) don’t make this noise.
What should I do?
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install a air chamber, there are refit models.
james
Thanks for the reply James. Where do i go to get the refit models? can i do myself?
James, i turned off the water to my house and then opened up all of the valves in my house (kitchen, all bathrooms, sinks, etc...) i then turned on the water and opened up the spikets to allow water to flow. i then flushed the toilet i'm having problems with and the noise was greatly diminished. but, after a couple of flushes later in the day the noise was back. Could it simply be an air pocket or something vice replacing with an air chamber kit?
tony
tony,
what is probably happening is called air ( or water) hammering. when the toilet valve shuts off it can do it abruptly.... so now the water is slammed off, if there is nothing to absorb the shock ( like an air chamber) and if the plpes are not installed VERY securely then you get an audible knock or hammer from the pipes in the wall, sometimes this gets so bad that it will feed back thru a good porton of the system.
Draining the house system at regular intervals is a good thing to do as it replaces the air in the chambers that were ( or should) have been installed originally. as a rule I drain my system once every 12 - 18 months. What is strange to me is that you say doing this improved your situation temporaryly but it very quickly reverted to its former state.
the refit chambers can be pretty much a diy project. It all depends on the type of angle stop valve you currently have.
if it ( the angle stop valve ) is threaded onto pipe then the refit chamber is a peice of cake, it just threds on to the pipe then you thred on the angle stop valve.
Things get a little bit complicated if the valve is a compression type. You have few choices in that case.
the air gaps can usually be purchased at a local plumming supply house or big box.
one other thought would be for you to open the toilet tank and flush the toilet... then SLOWLY raise the ball untill the water shuts off, If you can slowly bring the flow to a stop and you do not get any noise it is a good bet that you need a chamber or need a fill valve that will not abruptly shut down the water flow.
these things are pretty easy to figure out if I am on site but it is a little hard to ring out over the net. Hope you get it sorted and I hope my advice is not way off base.
james