More likely the washer or seal on the ballcock doesn't have pressure on it. This could and in more cases does cause a rattling noise in the pipes. I suggest you replace the ballcock with a flow-master ballcock. Spend the extra dollar and get the one with the round plastic pipe, which the float rides up on. The I bean flow master just doesn't do the job. How you change a ball cock.
1. Turn off the water to the tank. 2 flush to remove most of the water from the tank 3. Take a sponge and sponge out the rest of the water from the tank. 4.Disconnect the supply line from the bottom of the ballcock. 6 Remove the retaining nut from the ballcock 7 Lift old ballcock from tank. Installing new ballcock 1. If you purchase a flow-master with the round pipe. Adjust height of ball cock by holding upper part of ballcock and turning bottom for adjustment. Should be about 1/2 inch from top of tank. 2 Place gasket on threaded end 3 Place ballcock in tank. 4 make sure float is at the right angle in tank for smooth operation. 5 Place retainer nut on ballcock and tighten 6 pour some water in tank to make sure gasket is sealed at bottom of tank. 7 attach the supply line and tighten nut so there is no leak at the fitting. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:45 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] rattling pipes > Recently, my stepson broke the floater in the toilet tank. That big plastic ball on the articulated arm that stops the water flow when it reaches a certain level. So now, to flush it, we turn on the water from the wall valve. When we do this, the pipes make a very loud rattling sound as if they want to jump out of their mountings. HOw do I fix this? The nuts ataching the in flow pipe to the tank and to the wall seem to be tight, so I can only guess this is happening inside the wall. Is this about right? > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
