Hi, I have a ~7 years old toilet that, all of the sudden, will take forever to fill the tank. I'm thinking 30 minutes or more. The mechanism is a fluidmaster, not sure the model. See attached picture: [ATTACH]61966[/ATTACH] I've read the faq and searched the threads. I have a feeling that my problem is similar to the ones described [URL="http://www.doityourself.com/forum/toilets-sinks-showers-dishwashers-tubs-garbage-disposals/521673-toilets-tank-taking-over-minute-fill.html"]here[/URL] and [URL="http://www.doityourself.com/forum/toilets-sinks-showers-dishwashers-tubs-garbage-disposals/532922-slow-toilet-fill-tank.html"]here[/URL]. From those threads, I gather I must clean the various water supply stages from sediments: 1- Flush the toilet and grab the arm on the valve (not the arm on the flush lever) and move it up and down several times making the water flow start and stop. This may free the sediement. 2- Flush the water hose 3- Clean the fill valve (whatever that is?) or replace the whole mechanism However, because I am not at that house right now, and when I go back I want to make sure I have all the possible solutions in hand, here is my question: I noticed that afterI flush, when the water is slowly dripping, if I close the inlet valve and then reopen it, the water flow recovers immediately. But if I flush again, the flow goes back to "turtle flow", until I turn-off and then on the valve. For this reasons, I'm skeptical that the problem has something to do with the line being clogged, since the added pressure when toying with the valve would have unclogged it.. Is there something else I should look for? Thanks all for your patience and great work on this forum!

we are in the process of buying a new home and we would like to tile the kitchen floor. Currently it is hardwood floor, we are going to paint the cabinetry but leave it in the configuration that it is in. We want to install ceramic tile floors and we are concerned about having to tile around the cabinets, would it be better to remove the cabinets and paint them and tile underneath and reinstall them, or should we tile around them. Another concern is whether the dishwasher will fit with the tile etc. Any advice is appreciated.