I have mentioned this before as to why the fibre gaskets I change keep breaking down??? In a dwelling, I believe one of the major reasons for the gaskets breaking down is the over tightning of the two components - the float valve stem and the incoming.
Now, I manage a block of 72 apartments, 5 storeys high. The water is pumped from the pump house 4000ltr container at between 1.5 and 3.5bar. We have a number of toilets, which are leaking back into the bowl, a number of leaks from failed fibre gasket etc. As a result of this the pressure fluctuates from 1.5 to 3.5 bar, and I think it is a combination of the sporadic high pressure and the low pressure that does some damage to the fibre gaskets. There can't be any other reasons surely. I now use nylon gaskets, which are better suited for a development like this. Any views?
Now, I manage a block of 72 apartments, 5 storeys high. The water is pumped from the pump house 4000ltr container at between 1.5 and 3.5bar. We have a number of toilets, which are leaking back into the bowl, a number of leaks from failed fibre gasket etc. As a result of this the pressure fluctuates from 1.5 to 3.5 bar, and I think it is a combination of the sporadic high pressure and the low pressure that does some damage to the fibre gaskets. There can't be any other reasons surely. I now use nylon gaskets, which are better suited for a development like this. Any views?