My toilet keeps running when tank is full. Is something not adjusted properly?
Question:I have to turn on the water at the main valve every time I want to flush, fill up the tank, then turn the water back off. My wonderful husband tried to fix it about a year ago, put all new parts in, and it hasnt worked right since. Help.
Answers:
Remove the tank lid & flush the toilet. See if the rubber is properly seating on the water outlet hole. You can lenghten the plastic [or whatever] to make it seat properly.
The float bulb needs to beraised to float at a higher level inside the tank. When the float arm is raised to this higher level, the inlet water valve'll shut properly.
Usually it slides or screws by twisting it on it's actuating arm.
Good luck.
Open the tank. There should be a ball like float attached to a valve with a thin metal rod. On top of the valve that the metal rod attaches to there should be a screw adjustment that sets the float higher or lower depending on the direction it is turned. Set the float lower in the tank so that the water lever forces the float to rise and in turn the valve to turn off.
This will be one solutions but it could be a bad valve if the toilet mechanics are old.
The float needs to be lowered, not raised.
Because your float is too high, the shutoff valve can't fully close.
Your flapper seal may not be sitting in the tank right. Check that it covers the hole securely and that the floater is set at the right height. You can change the height on it by turning the floater (it is threaded on the end)
If the chain between the flush handle and the flapper valve is too tight the flapper may not seat properly or even be cracked open slightly. There should be a little slack in the chain. If that doesn't work you may have to try replacing all the parts with a different brand. If nothing else works I would replace the tank or the whole toilet rather than put up with the work you have to go through every time you flush!
Call a professional, It will cost you £60 job done.
Well most all of your answers are correct. It you have a bulb float then the water level isn't raising the bulb high enough to close the valve. This can be adjusted by a small screw at the end of the bulb arm.
The flapper seal at the base may not be sealing when you flush so the tank looses water at the bottom constantly, and has to fill back up.
If you have a newer tank mechanism that doesn't have a bulb it has a floater that encircles the fill valvle. (the pipe that is directly connected to the water supply inside the tank) That floater has little wires that are adjusted like a screen door hydraulic that you can set at different levels to shut off.
Also you have be filling your tank over the overflow pipe. There is a pipe in the center of the tank which once the water reaches that level it overflows into the drain pipe. However if your water keeps flowing into it then you have to adjust the blub or floater to shut off at a lower water level.
I totally replaced the guts of a toilet in my daughters bathroom a month or two ago. You will be shocked at how high your water bill has been with it running. Our went from $50 to $120 in one month. Once I fixed it things were fine. Of course my kids thought it was TOO COOL that mom was smart enough to fix the toilet.
Yes. There are two possibilities:
- The flapper valve is worn out or misadjusted. This is a rubber flap at the center of the bottom of the tank, lifted up by a cord or chain (attached to the operating lever) to permit the water to flow from the tank into the bowl. There should be some slack in this chain.
- The ballcock is misadjusted, permitting too much water to enter the tank; the excess will flow via the overflow pipe into the tank. This will be visible if you take the top off the tank when the thing is misbehaving. It is also possible that the ballcock valve is broken.
The fix: You can get, at a hardware store, a complete Fluidmaster repair kit, including ballcock and flapper valve assembly, for about ten dollars, and replace every working part in the tank. Get one of these, a tank bolt kit, and a tool called a spud wrench. The hardest part of installing this is getting the old parts out; aside from that, it's a piece of cake, and can be done in about two hours. The repair kit contains directions.
The flapper valve isn't sealing for some reason. May just need to be adjusted by hand.
I just got about 7 answers on the same question. Most said its probably the flapper valve. Make sure chains not kinked and look at flapper valve to see if it is curled (if its old) cost about 100.00 for plumber-you can do it for the low cost.
You will probably get a lot of answers-I just wanted to give you something to start on.
yes something is not tight-fitted
Adjust the float-it;s the ball that rides on the water level. That's he thing that shuts off the water.
Go to your local hardware store to find a new husband. That should alleviate the problem.
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