Seeking all plumbers and DIY fullas

**bomma** · 2nd May 2008, 12:12

Ive noticed for a while that the toilet downstairs fills up a sheetload quicker and is thus a lot handier for continuous use and such (specially when people and mates are over). However the upstairs toilet doesn't seem to follow suit and takes an age to fill up and is noisy as hell when it does fill up....

i was wondering if i can fix this issue....i know that there is a tap connected to the reservoir behind the toilet unit and under any other circumstances would have had a fiddle by now but since its my parents' house i dont want to tamper in case of any bad shit happening and my parents having to fork out and me having to pay em back at weekly installments (im a poor student)....

help???

**Winter** · 2nd May 2008, 13:58

Its a tap, you can't go wrong.

**nodrog:Me** · 2nd May 2008, 14:11

Originally Posted by Winter

Its a tap, you can't go wrong.

yeah, what he said

**kiwifruit** · 2nd May 2008, 14:14

cowpoos is the man when it comes to fixing loos, he'll be along in due course with any luck

**Gubb** · 2nd May 2008, 14:18

Have you two got an identical Avatar pact going on?

**nodrog:Me** · 2nd May 2008, 14:29

Originally Posted by Hubba Gubba

Have you two got an identical Avatar pact going on?

wanna join our gang?

**Gubb** · 2nd May 2008, 15:10

Only if the initiation process involves cheese and a shrubbery.

**MisterD** · 2nd May 2008, 15:14

Do downstairs taps run quicker than upstairs? It may just be that you haven't got much water pressure...

**geoffm** · 2nd May 2008, 20:10

My Inlaws had this problem. I replaced the fill valve in the tank with a Fluidmaster replacement - ran about $30-40 IIRC. The old OEM Caroma one was poked.
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**bomma** · 3rd May 2008, 00:10

Originally Posted by Winter

Its a tap, you can't go wrong.

hahaha you dont know how many times ive heard "you cant go wrong" before with catastrophic results

Originally Posted by MisterD

Do downstairs taps run quicker than upstairs? It may just be that you haven't got much water pressure...

nah they both run just fine and at the same rate/pressure

Originally Posted by geoffm

My Inlaws had this problem. I replaced the fill valve in the tank with a Fluidmaster replacement - ran about $30-40 IIRC. The old OEM Caroma one was poked.
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im a student so ill extinguish all the free possibilities but its good to know that if nothing else works this might just solve the prob

**motorbyclist** · 3rd May 2008, 00:22

just open the tap a bit more

i mean, what's the worst that could possibly happen?

(poo showers, that's what!)

**bomma** · 3rd May 2008, 16:42

like ive said before, if it was my own place i wud prolly have been knee deep in water from the bowl with plenty of brown submarines but as it is my parents' place, fucking up is an issue!!!! they let me live there man the last thing i want to happen is for them to wake up to see floaters circling their bed :P

**The Pastor** · 3rd May 2008, 17:10

who gives a shit?

**cowpoos** · 3rd May 2008, 17:27

Originally Posted by bomma

Ive noticed for a while that the toilet downstairs fills up a sheetload quicker and is thus a lot handier for continuous use and such (specially when people and mates are over). However the upstairs toilet doesn't seem to follow suit and takes an age to fill up and is noisy as hell when it does fill up....

i was wondering if i can fix this issue....i know that there is a tap connected to the reservoir behind the toilet unit and under any other circumstances would have had a fiddle by now but since its my parents' house i dont want to tamper in case of any bad shit happening and my parents having to fork out and me having to pay em back at weekly installments (im a poor student)....

help???

does it have a different Ballcock inside?? sounds like the up stairs on is pushing the water through a smaller hole..and making the extra noise because of!

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

cowpoos is the man when it comes to fixing loos, he'll be along in due course with any luck

Your toilet is just fucking irritating!! and a waste of water!