Charlie: Questions. We got one here. This one comes all the way from Rancho Mirage, California. It’s where we find Juliet, and she asks-
Tom: Rancho Mirage. I like that.
Charlie: Yes. Rancho Mirage.
Tom: The mirage of ranchos.
Charlie: “We have two bathrooms in our house,” she says. “Master and a guest. But the guest bathroom has been making this extremely loud noise,” she says, “when flushing.” It’s not banging, it’s not hammering or squealing, but it is very loud running water, and it’s in the guest bath, which she says is serving to the delight of all her company when they … when a movement comes upon them. She says they don’t get this noise in the bedroom master bath. She’s wondering, Tom, what do you suppose is causing this?
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Tom: It’s just noisy plumbing. It’s where the placement of the pipes are. If they’re not having a toilet problem like a foghorn noise when it starts to shut off, or a squealing as she says, or some reverberation in the pipes, it’s because it’s not the toilets.
Charlie: But she says it’s only evolved in the last few months. It’s gotten worse.
Tom: Well, if that’s the case, then it could need a new filler valve in the toilet, if it is just recently happened, because it would have been like that the whole time if it was something else.
Charlie: Okay. A filler valve would be noisy?
Tom: It’ll start to calcify. It’ll start to not close all the way. It’ll start to create a restriction, which makes the pipes resonate and get really loud, and make a lot of different noises.
Charlie: Oh. We’re closing in on a cure here.
Tom: I have a feeling if it is a toilet issue, and it is to do with the flushing, it is your filler valve, and it’s not a big deal to replace one.