what next?

[Lou101]

I have a 3 month old American Standard Cadet toilet. The tank suddenly takes several hours to fill with water. I suspect it is related to something I noticed in all the sinks in the house this week.....tiny little grains of sand.
I took off the hose which runs from the shutoff to the toilet. maybe a quarter teaspoon of sand came out of there. I pulled the cap off the top of the ballcock hoping to find some type of filter I could clean but there were just non-removable parts. i poured water down hoping to rinse it but no sand came out. i tried to get the entire assembly off the post but no luck.

What else can i try?

 

[Dunbar Plumbing]

Turn the water off​

Pop the cap off​

Remove the linkage​

and expose the top​

Turn the water on​

with a cup over top​

then pop the valve​

seal out and clean​

the needle assembly.​

Put it all back together

turn the water on​

you're done.​

 

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[Donn2390]

If you have sand in all of your faucets, and it has caused some problems, I would be calling the local water company. There were repairing a water line someplace close and you're paying for it.
If you have a well, Oh Well...!

 

[Cookie]

You wouldn't happen to have a water softener?

 

[Cookie]

There no need to ask the same question over and over. You posted this question yesterday, and the answers will not change.

Just for clarity's sake what question are you refering to? and whom's?

 

[Gary Swart]

Same guy asked the same question. Actually both posted on the 19th just 27 minutes apart.

 

[hj]

sand

If the grains of sand are golden and feel like ball bearings you have a bad water softener and should place it in the "bypass" configuration before things get worse.