Toilet problems (Not that sort)

[Ashley Burton]

@Kayos & @brightspark It's that classic scenario where you try to save someone money & it back fires with you wearing egg on your face

 

[brightspark]

Agreed. I would normally swop the whole thing but it would have meant dismantling half the bathroom to get at it.
This is the one that fitted ours.

well worth doing yourself if it works . if it goes pear shaped its your own time that is lost so worth trying pay someone and they charge for an hour and its fixed but if it goes wrong they have to come back and fix it again for nothing and end up putting a complete new part in and the customer does not want to pay again

 

[earthman]

Ive never successfully repaired a cheap plastic fill valve, I have a box with around 50 different washers and diaphragms, even if the correct one is in there it often doesn't work or even worse, doesn't last.

Quicker to swap for a decent valve

Oh really? I find that a bit strange with this particular joint though, it's just a thread/nut so surely it were designed to be taken apart in the first place?? I did see comments on ebay on some of the diaphragms though, some do seem poorly made/fail early so I bought mine from screwfix.

 

[earthman]

Agreed. I would normally swop the whole thing but it would have meant dismantling half the bathroom to get at it.
This is the one that fitted ours.

That's the one I got too.

 

[Fazerruss]

How's the bathroom going @Fazerruss

Well the bathroom is usable again. I've removed about a quarter of a ton of tiles from the walls. The bathroom is now bigger!
2 layers 26 mm thick!!!

 

[angellonewolf]

Oh really? I find that a bit strange with this particular joint though, it's just a thread/nut so surely it were designed to be taken apart in the first place?? I did see comments on ebay on some of the diaphragms though, some do seem poorly made/fail early so I bought mine from screwfix.

it ok to take it apart and thanks ok after only a few years after 7 or 10 years is so corroded up with lime scale you spend more time cleaning than after you fit it because you cleaned the water leaks and then you have to fit a new one at your cost

 

[earthman]

it ok to take it apart and thanks ok after only a few years after 7 or 10 years is so corroded up with lime scale you spend more time cleaning than after you fit it because you cleaned the water leaks and then you have to fit a new one at your cost

Something for me to look forward to then. The toilet I've recently fixed is around 4 years old now.

 

[Fazerruss]

How's the bathroom going @Fazerruss

Well I've plastered the ceiling today....

 

[500e]

Either I have been transported back to 2020 or there is a bug in the thread
OR @gaz1 is getting slow

 

[Barking Mat]

Either I have been transported back to 2020 or there is a bug in the thread
OR @gaz1 is getting slow

You want to talk about it ?

 

[gaz1]

Either I have been transported back to 2020 or there is a bug in the thread
OR @gaz1 is getting slow

easy answer i got a temporary ban from the forum so couldnt say anymore to the thread