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DIY & Home Improvement

Curmudgeoness

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3. Enthusiastically! LOL, that is a great explanation.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 23, 2013, 05:39 PM

Aug 2013

But what you say is not what my experience has been. I turn on the faucet in the kitchen and let it sputter and convulse. Then I do the same in the bathroom faucet and the tub, and let them run until they stop acting up. But I still have that popping and sputtering with the toilet the first time too.

Does it help to shut the valve to the toilet halfway to slow the water the first time? I swear, one of these times, this is going to mess my toilet up.

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Resolved-Thanks. They are working on the water main here [View all] Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 OP

No. Your faucets will sound like they're going to explode Warpy Aug 2013 #1

Enthusiastically! LOL, that is a great explanation. Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #3

If you are really worried you should be able to turn off the water via a valve near the toilet... PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #2

I figure it is air in the pipes. Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #4

I'd say it would depend on where in the line the toilet and the tub and sink are. PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #5

Thanks, that was what I was thinking of doing. Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #6

You might want to have a plumber check the water pressure Auggie Aug 2013 #7

I did see something about that Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #8