Thinking of replacing valve in toilet cistern And was having a look in DIY 
stores.It is a bottom entry  fitting and I notice the 'arm' on all the ones 
I see is PVC.Can anyone please tell me what the red removable gadget on the 
arm is for,also the arms are all too long for my cistern,Is there just one 
size?
The fitting I have at present has a metal arm.Thanks for any advice on this

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> Thinking of replacing valve in toilet cistern And was having a look in DIY 
> stores.It is a bottom entry  fitting and I notice the 'arm' on all the 
> ones I see is PVC.Can anyone please tell me what the red removable gadget 
> on the arm is for,also the arms are all too long for my cistern,Is there 
> just one size?
> The fitting I have at present has a metal arm.Thanks for any advice on 
> this
>


The red 'thingy' replaces the white 'thingy' already fitted inside if you 
are installng on a mains fed supply.  Arm lengths vary, keep looking until 
you find the right size or go to a decent plumbers / independant DIY 
(recommend Melvyn Clarke at Carshalton Surrey if you live near!)

Peter

>
> The red 'thingy' replaces the white 'thingy' already fitted inside if you 
> are installng on a mains fed supply.  Arm lengths vary, keep looking until 
> you find the right size or go to a decent plumbers / independant DIY 
> (recommend Melvyn Clarke at Carshalton Surrey if you live near!)
>
> Peter
>Thanks Peter.Cistern is mains fed ,so would I have to fit the red 'thingy 
>'inside the fitting somewhere.The reason I am thinking of changing valve is 
>because it is very noisy when operating,a sort of growl.Could this be that 
>there is no 'thingy' fitted .

I did try Plumbcentre but their valves were the same as B&Q etc.By the way I 
am a long way from Carshalton ---North Scotland!!!

Tab

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	"tab"  writes:

> Thinking of replacing valve in toilet cistern And was having a look in DIY 
> stores.It is a bottom entry  fitting and I notice the 'arm' on all the ones 
> I see is PVC.Can anyone please tell me what the red removable gadget on the 
> arm is for,also the arms are all too long for my cistern,Is there just one 
> size?
> The fitting I have at present has a metal arm.Thanks for any advice on this 


Buy a Fluidmaster one instead -- no long arm and ball.
Fast silent refill. Positive shutoff with no trickling
or dripping.

However, make sure you purge the pipe of any crud as described
in the instructions, and make sure the overflow can carry the
water out at full inlet speed by holding the float submerged
until the water level rises as far as it can.

-- 
Andrew Gabriel

Or try a torbeck valve. They also have a short arm and are silent. They come 
with 2 different flow restrictors for different water pressures and you 
simply push one of them into the inlet.
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> In article <dfn5i6$c5l$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>,
> "tab"  writes:
>> Thinking of replacing valve in toilet cistern And was having a look in 
>> DIY
>> stores.It is a bottom entry  fitting and I notice the 'arm' on all the 
>> ones
>> I see is PVC.Can anyone please tell me what the red removable gadget on 
>> the
>> arm is for,also the arms are all too long for my cistern,Is there just 
>> one
>> size?
>> The fitting I have at present has a metal arm.Thanks for any advice on 
>> this
>
> Buy a Fluidmaster one instead -- no long arm and ball.
> Fast silent refill. Positive shutoff with no trickling
> or dripping.
>
> However, make sure you purge the pipe of any crud as described
> in the instructions, and make sure the overflow can carry the
> water out at full inlet speed by holding the float submerged
> until the water level rises as far as it can.
>
> -- 
> Andrew Gabriel 

Try one of these:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=100996&ts=48395&id=19960

.... and they're almost silent when refilling the cistern

woodglass...


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> Thinking of replacing valve in toilet cistern And was having a look in DIY
> stores.It is a bottom entry  fitting and I notice the 'arm' on all the
ones
> I see is PVC.Can anyone please tell me what the red removable gadget on
the
> arm is for,also the arms are all too long for my cistern,Is there just one
> size?
> The fitting I have at present has a metal arm.Thanks for any advice on
this
>
>