A toilet flapper is one of those "out of sight, out of mind" items that you may never think about—unless it starts to fail. This water-controlling device regulates flow from the toilet tank into the toilet bowl, but even more importantly, it keeps water from leaking into the bowl when...
When the toilet is constantly running we must first find out if you have a fill valve issue or a flapper and flush valve issue.
Once water fills the toilet tank after a flush, a floating ball prompts the water to stop flowing. When the toilet flush is pressed, the lift chain pulls a rubber flapper, which opens a hole in the bottom of the toilet tank allowing water to enter the toilet bowl. The toilet chain is...
If you can't fix the fill valve, you can alwaysreplace it. but before you do that, make sure the toilet flapper isn't leaking. There are several ways to test it, but it has to be leaking badly to keep the fill valve running all the time, so the easiest test is to just fill th...
If you're wondering, "Why does my toilet keep running?" we can help. Here's how a toilet works and methods to fix a running toilet.
The lever opens a valve called the flapper (green) that allows the cistern to empty into the toilet bowl beneath through a mechanism called a siphon. Water flows from the cistern through holes in the rim so it washes the bowl as well as flushing the contents away. There's enough water ...
1. Check that the tank fills just to the FILL LINE marked inside the tank cistern/reservoir. 2. With water into the toilet shut off, flush it and lift the flapper valve and look into the bowl passage for blockage 3. Try replacing the flapper valve and check that the pull chain is pro...
0:04:07TOM: Well, that’s an architectural question. And it depends on how tight the house is and what the air changes per hour were designed to be. If it’s any less than about three quarters of an air change per hour, then you probably do need to have some replacemen...
You will likely find that cleaners work a little better and faster when they're not diluted in water; this goes for inside the bowl, too. Just be aware that chemical cleaners can erode the rubber flapper, which will eventually cause leaks. So while you're down there, be sure to ...