Your toilet keeps running for one of two reasons: Water is leaking from the tank into the bowl. The fill tube is refilling too much water into the tank and causing the toilet overflow tube to activate. You should be able to stop either problem quickly by adjusting the flapper, float, or...
A misadjusted or damaged floatball, on the other hand, is usually the cause of water dribbling into the toilet tank, running out the overflow tube into the toilet bowl, and then going down the drain. Ballcock problems. A ballcock that doesn’t close completely is another possible cause of...
If you see water running into the top of the overflow tube (and luckily not out of the top of the toilet tank and onto the floor), see if lifting the fill valve's float will stop the water from entering the tank. If so, an adjustment to the float or float arm that moves it lowe...
Toilets, Sinks, Showers, Dishwashers, Tubs and Garbage Disposals - Strange toilet with no float keeps running - Hi, One of our bathrooms has a toilet that often needs adjustment as it runs and overflows constantly. I've no idea how this particularly cist
When your toilet keeps running water or is constantly running, we must first find out if you have a fill valve issue or a flapper/flush valve issue. Step 1– If you have shut off the water supply line, then turn on water and look inside the tank. Determine if the water level is ris...
However, if the float is set above the level of the overflow tube, it will never reach the shutoff height and water will simply drain down the tube into the toilet. This is a simple fix – you just have to adjust the float to a lower position. The exact mechanism for adjusting the ...
When you flush the toilet it works fine. However, the tank does not refill. The water keeps running and running into the bowl. This condition happens when the toilet flapper does not close after the tank has emptied during the flush. One common solution is to jiggle the handle until the ...
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 ...
Align the rubber cup of your toilet plunger over the center of the hole of your toilet bowl. Apply downward pressure gently and slowly at first. Increase the speed and intensity, as you go. Although it might take some time to dislodge, if there’s a clog causing the overflow, correct pl...
You want the overflow tube to be about 1 inch below the refill tube outlet on the fill valve so that everything will refill properly - and of course the overflow tube should be slightly taller than the water line of your tank so you aren't constantly losing water from the tank. The ...