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    I'm not sure how to explain this, but... inground pool has auto fill, there is a sleeve in the pool decking with a water valve (like in a toilet tank) to automatically turn the water on when the level drops below a certain level. It works fine, the problem I have is that the top of the valve has the tendency to rest against the side of the sleeve which causes a loud vibration that I can hear in the house, mostly at night while trying to sleep (pool is outside bedroom). I tried putting a piece of sponge between valve and sleeve, but that only works for a little while. I've tried moving it around a little, and that also works for a little while. Has anyone else had this problem or know how I can fix it?

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    take some pictures, send them to me (poolforum AT gmail DOT com) and let me post them, so folks can see a little more clearly what you are talking about.

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    ok thanks pics on way

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    You can probably go to Lowes and get some red rubber gasket material (in plumbing) and some rubber cement, and fix it. Cut a pieced of the gasket material and glue it to the inside of the 6" PVC between the pipe wall and the feeder.

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    If there's enough room, and if the bottom connection is 3/4" female pipe thread, you might can fit a Fluidmaster brand float valve in there. (Plumbing, again.)

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    Maybe if you remove the actuator (turn off the water to it first) and examine it, you'll find it will work just fine with 1/4" of stuff removed from the side that impinges against the interior pipe wall.

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    Or you can replace it with a portable one. They are L-shaped and hang over the side of the pool, and work just like a toilet tank filler.
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