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.
When water seeps under the flapper or canister and empties the tank, the fill valve keeps running in an attempt to get the water to the preset level, and if the leak is a slow one, the valve will cycle on intermittently, which is the not-so-mysterious cause of phantom flushing. The l...
As the water rises, the float rises with it, tilting the lever and slowly shutting off the ball valve.What happens when you flush? Press the handle to flush the toilet and you operate a lever (dotted line) inside the cistern. The lever opens a valve called the flapper (green) that ...
Water flows through the water line and up into the toilet tank using the fill valve tube. The water is trapped in the tank by the flapper, a large gasket that sits at the bottom of the tank and is typically attached to the base of the flush valve. ...
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...
Possibility: A prankster elf makes its way through that loose basement window you've been meaning to fix, slams the toilet lever, then slips out, but only after banging its head on a cold-water pipe.More Likely: The mystery flush is caused by a worn-out flapper valve that allows water ...
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