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Went for a lovely walk along the spcoastsl path at Eastbourne starting at Bede’s School and ending at the pier. Followed by an excellent Mediterranean Breakfast with a side of un Mediterranean black pudding.
MEDITERRANEAN BREAKFAST
£11.50
Two poached free-range eggs, feta, chopped salad, labneh, chilli oil & toasted flatbread
The went to Sports Direct to get a couple of golf gloves. Amazing array of brands and sizes except the ones I wanted. Obviously.
Now home, just about to clean out the non return valve in the macerator as it is allowing water back in to the main body and firing up randomly and yet again reset the pressure reducing valve in the oncoming mains to try and stop the water hammer that reappeared yesterday.. Sure the incoming pressure fluctuates wildly as it is alright for a while then comes back.
MEDITERRANEAN BREAKFAST
£11.50
Two poached free-range eggs, feta, chopped salad, labneh, chilli oil & toasted flatbread
The went to Sports Direct to get a couple of golf gloves. Amazing array of brands and sizes except the ones I wanted. Obviously.
Now home, just about to clean out the non return valve in the macerator as it is allowing water back in to the main body and firing up randomly and yet again reset the pressure reducing valve in the oncoming mains to try and stop the water hammer that reappeared yesterday.. Sure the incoming pressure fluctuates wildly as it is alright for a while then comes back.
Booked a table for Bev & I for next Thursday at a local Tapas, quoted as best outside of Spain
From their website so got to be true.
Welcome/Bienvenida to The Royal
The Royal in Barugh Green Barnsley, originally a 19th Century Coaching Inn, washe Royal in Barugh Green Barnsley, originally a 19th Century Coaching Inn, was re-opened in December 2013 after an extensive refurbishment both internally & externally, with roaring real fires in the winter and a large beer garden for the summer.
Combining a unique, authentic Tapas menu served in the stylish yet informal bar area or in our dining restaurant. Our Tapas dishes have quickly won a glowing reputation as "the best outside of Spain". The restaurant & bar serves only the very best of locally-sourced produce & delicacies directly imported from Spain, cooked to perfection, in a relaxed atmosphere. Our Tapas menu features a delicious range of traditional and unique Spanish-style Tapas, and can either be shared or taken as individual meals, and is served from Tuesday to Sund
Absolute piffle. ‘Our tapas dishes have quickly won a glowing reputation’….in the owner’s minds. Last time I went there I had the trots for a week.
Il Pirata in Down Street, Mayfair was recently voted The Best Tapas Bar Outside Spain for the seventh year running in Tapas Fanciers Monthly to which I subscribe.
You got a hammer arrestor on the supply to it?
Eh??
Not even in the top twenty in London..
We are going to the Royal on the recommendation of our Spanish friends Juan dayatatime & fellipe fallop.
Oh, didn’t know such things existed! The issue appears to be the float valve in the cold water tank ‘bouncing’ instead of simply cutting the mains supply. I fitted a pressure reducing valve to the mains supply a few years ago and that has largely worked but occasionally the issue recurs - I try a different setting in the valve and it always seems to sort it…for a while.
The float valve is a reasonably new but old fashioned ‘arm with orange ball on the end’ and I suspect I Should change this for a more modern unit with a ‘vertical’ float and maybe ‘delayed filling’ feature?
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
I had a similar problem on one of my toilets. My first step was to replace the old filler with one of these:
Nice as it has a brass shank rather then the cheap plastic ones so you won't have the worry of cross threading it and knackering the plastic thread.
That actually made the banging worse because it relies on water flooding into a "dock" so that it fills at maximum speed until the dock floods at which point it shuts off very suddenly. So I t'eed into the supply pipe and fitted one of these (anywhere in the pipe will do) which cured it instantly. I just checked back to see when I did this and it was over 2 years ago and it;s still fine.
Sioux Chief DW660-2J Water Hammer Arrestor 1/2" BSP - Screwfix
Order online at Screwfix.com. Professional water hammer arrestor that quietens noisy and banging pipes and reduces stress on pipework. FREE next day delivery available, free collection in 1 minute.
Hope this helps.
Having just re read your thread I may have misunderstood. My toilet is fed directly from the mains supply and not from a tank in the loft. If it is the ball valve in the loft banging then I'd still try a hammer arrestor in the feed to it. They are cheap enough to be worth a try.
Removed the swingarm from the Norton frame, I followed the manual’s instructions
remove left hand nut and drift the spindle through to the right hand side
not a frickin chance, despite a good walloping with a rubber mallet.
so to plan B. Tighten the rh nut as far as possible. Remove said nut and replace with a couple of thick washers, replace nut, tighten. Remove nut add another washer. Tighten. Remove nut add another washer tighten. And again, and again, and again. Yes it is moving s l o w l y
remove nut and washers and replace with a larger nut and washers - tighten with impact driver.
repeat, with an extra nut. Repeat.repeat.
now try a good wallop with a drift - success!
now the cleaned, removed swingarm is off to my mate so he can repair some slapping chain damage and remove the silentbloc bushes in readiness for powdercoat. That will have to wait for my return from holiday.
remove left hand nut and drift the spindle through to the right hand side
not a frickin chance, despite a good walloping with a rubber mallet.
so to plan B. Tighten the rh nut as far as possible. Remove said nut and replace with a couple of thick washers, replace nut, tighten. Remove nut add another washer. Tighten. Remove nut add another washer tighten. And again, and again, and again. Yes it is moving s l o w l y
remove nut and washers and replace with a larger nut and washers - tighten with impact driver.
repeat, with an extra nut. Repeat.repeat.
now try a good wallop with a drift - success!
now the cleaned, removed swingarm is off to my mate so he can repair some slapping chain damage and remove the silentbloc bushes in readiness for powdercoat. That will have to wait for my return from holiday.
It is the float valve in the tank in the attic that seems to be where the hammering originates. i have just reset the pressure valve in the main supply to 2.5 bar and it seems to have done the trick…for the moment.
Thanks for your input
Took Joe to his Football match, won 4-0, Joe scored the fourth, brilliant per&ormance from the whole team.
Fitted two stiffening struts I made to the Enfield rack and the back foot peg brackets effectively triangulating the rear subframe and strengthening that which snapped last year that could have had disastrous results.
Washed off both bikes, took the Enfield for a spin, all good, cut the lawn did the shopping and had the first salad of the year for tea.
Sitting here with a large Baileys and whiskey feeling good .
Washed off both bikes, took the Enfield for a spin, all good, cut the lawn did the shopping and had the first salad of the year for tea.
Sitting here with a large Baileys and whiskey feeling good .
Been amazed by the fact that as far as I can see no horses were killed yesterday as a result of running in The Grand National.
Sadly two died on Ladies day.