Quietest ballcock?

[r.p.mcmurphy]

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

[Dave Liquorice]

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

[logized]

Was it a "Fluidmaster" Quiet float valve? - like on here

[Alan]

In message , r.p.mcmurphy wrote

Torbeck

Fluidmaster

[Set Square]

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.

[Dave Liquorice]

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.

[IMM]

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

[Set Square]

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".

[Jim Warren]

not absolutely silent, but it is quiet enough for me.

I haven't noticed a thump when it turns off either.

Jim

[John Rumm]

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.