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Running toilet - rec for best toilet fill valve and flapper?

JustinF
9 years ago

I have a problem in one of our bathrooms where in the middle of taking a shower all the cold water goes away for a minute or two. The shower gets unbearably hot for 2 mins, then returns to normal. My theory is that the toilet, which runs, is pulling the cold water away to refill its tank. The running toilet is the only thing I can see that's wrong with the system. We replaced the fill valve with a cheap one from Home Depot. Perhaps I did the install wrong, but do you have any suggestions for a high quality fill valve and flapper that may work more consistently and hold the water in the tank. Any suggestions for how to fix a running toilet or why a shower might lose the cold water pressure during a shower would a huge help. Thank you!!!

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