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Grayson (SC)
About a month ago, my wife and I noticed an increase in water pressure at our house, accompanied by a bit of dirt in the lines. I assumed the water company had made a repair and the lines would clear themselves, and everything would go back to normal.
Apparently, the water pressure at our house varies wildly throughout the day and night. We live across the street from an industrial plant, and when the plant is operating, we have "normal" water pressures. When the plant shuts down or reduces operations at night, our water pressure goes up tremendously.
My problem: when the pressure is up, my toilet flushes normally, but the tank fill barely runs. It can take nearly an hour to fill the tank, if it ever does. Reminder, this is when the water pressure in the house is high. When the pressure goes back down to what we consider "normal", the toilet flushes and fills quickly, as it should.
When the toilet trickles in filling, all I have to do is shut off the water supply valve completely and then open it again and the toilet runs properly... For the remainder of that fill cycle only.
We've tried all sorts of combinations: running sink water while flushing, running the shower, nothing seems to reduce the pressure enough.
This is one of two toilets in the house. The other has no problems flushing with either pressure variant.
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Author:
hj (AZ)
1. You need a pressure reducing valve to maintain a constant pressure level in the house.
2. You probably have a Fluidmaster fill valve and it either needs a new cap mechanism or replace the valve.
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