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What do you think of the Torbeck cistern valves, especially the side entry valve. Are they to be avoided, except as a final resort, as some experts suggest? Or do they work well with just the occasional problem? Have your say, I should be interested to hear.

No children in the house. I cannot say if the float had air in it at the time it failed - was more concerned at the time to start clearing up and keeping damage to a minimum!

The lever stayed in the open position and the float was submerged.

The float was not full of air as the Torbeck floats are now open at the bottom (old one which I replaced was a sealed float!). I cannot say if pivot was jammed. The shaft remained in its usual position. The external overflow coped with about 98 percent of the water entering the cistern but...

In mid December 2009 I fitted a new side entry Torbeck valve to our toilet cistern to replace one which was giving problems. It worked fine until 1 May 2010 when without warning it did not shut off the water supply. Water escaped from the cistern causing quite a bit of damage. The problem was...