As the title suggests I have an annoying drip coming from the orange water diverter (on right side of picture below) once the pan is full.
Last week I shut the water off (in the loft tank as no isolation valve near toilet grrrr), drained the tank then undid the valve arm via the screw joint just to the right of the orange water diverter. In there I found a black rubber washer which was ‘O’ in shape (ie it had a hole in it (!) but had a raised ridge on one of the flat surface and it had signs of wear. I went to the local hardware store but couldn’t figure out what type of washer it was….none they had matched the size exactly.
I wonder if this washer was originally a diaphragm washer (ie solid not O shaped) but has worn through completely??
Does anyone know from the pic below exactly what washer I would need?
Failing that could anyone point me to a replacement ball valve arm (including the appropriate washer!) that I could simply screw on without replacing the whole valve unit?
If possible I’d like to avoid replacing the ball valve with a float valve as I’m not sure there is room on that right side of the tank – it’s very tight in there given the way the flush siphon is situated and I don’t want to replace that too! The bathroom will be redone in a year or so, so I’m looking for the simplest/cheapest solution to tied us over.
Thanks in advance!
Last week I shut the water off (in the loft tank as no isolation valve near toilet grrrr), drained the tank then undid the valve arm via the screw joint just to the right of the orange water diverter. In there I found a black rubber washer which was ‘O’ in shape (ie it had a hole in it (!) but had a raised ridge on one of the flat surface and it had signs of wear. I went to the local hardware store but couldn’t figure out what type of washer it was….none they had matched the size exactly.
I wonder if this washer was originally a diaphragm washer (ie solid not O shaped) but has worn through completely??
Does anyone know from the pic below exactly what washer I would need?
Failing that could anyone point me to a replacement ball valve arm (including the appropriate washer!) that I could simply screw on without replacing the whole valve unit?
If possible I’d like to avoid replacing the ball valve with a float valve as I’m not sure there is room on that right side of the tank – it’s very tight in there given the way the flush siphon is situated and I don’t want to replace that too! The bathroom will be redone in a year or so, so I’m looking for the simplest/cheapest solution to tied us over.
Thanks in advance!