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You shut the water off and the fill valve is the type that is in the corner of the tank and the float rides up and down on a shaft? If so, a piece of rust or mineral is plugging the valve. Shut the water off, hold the shaft of the fill valve and twist the top 1/8 turn counter clockwise. The top will come off and where it separates, there is a black washer with a small rod in the center of it. Take the washer out and slightly turn on the water. This will flush out any particles in the line. Shut the water off, replace the washer and put the top back on. This should fix the problem.
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How can I fix a toilet tank that will not refill?
Check the flapper and/or the ball cock assembly. Either or both probably need to be replaced.
How do you fix a leaky toilet?
Where is it leaking ? Flapper in the tank, replace flapper. Between tank and bowl, separate and replace the seal. Toilet to floor. Replace the wax ring under the toilet, making sure it is thick enough to form a seal and the bolts are installed correctly and holding the toilet down.
HOW do you fix a toilet that sprays water out of the bowl when flushed?
I would suspect you may have a leak in the toilet. You will need to remove and replace it. Of course water will evaporate over time if the toilet is not used occasionally. or The flapper inside the back of the toilet holding tank may not be sealing correctly. Sometimes just adjusting the flapper may work (it may be caught on the chain)...other times a new flapper will have to be purchased (a very common item at any hardware store) and installed. The part should be around $5.00.
Why won't the water level stay in the toilet bowl?
If water is leaving the bowl then there could be a couple of solutions. There could be a partial clog in the sewer lines or vents, causing a vacuum that draws the water out. Cleaning out the lines will fix this. Or the bowl could have a small crack, which will require a new toilet.
How can I fix a leaky toilet tank?
A tank can leak from the bottom of the fill valve where the supply line connects, from the bolts holding the tank to the bowl and from the gasket between the tank and the bowl. That is if there is water on the floor. If it is leaking into the bowl, that is the flapper in the bottom of the tank. Any and all of these can be replaced cheaply and fairly easily. The only issue is when you tighten the bolts between the tank and the bowl do not over tighten one side, go between both sides and tighten each one a few turns and then the other. There should be a ridge on the top of the bowl under the tank that is as tight as you should go. Just until the tank touches the ridge.
How do you fix or replace water heater element if the threads are stripped out in the heater?
No way to fix that - your tank is scrap.
What is wrong with your toilet if you have to hold down the handle to get it to flush all the way and how can you fix it?
To be honest, my whole family have had to hold down the handle to get it to flush in one of our toilet for two years until today that I searched this page and do my trouble shooting. I replaced the Flapper two years ago, and did not realize that the first step that you need to do is to cut the collar off from the new Flapper if your toilet has mounting arm. The Flapper is designed to fit two different kind of toilets, the one with mounting arm and the one that doesn't have(and thus need a collar). If the collar is not cut off. it generates push down force every time you press the handle to flush the toilet. That is the reason that you need to hold down the handler. Inside the tank, there is a flush valve. Depending on the age of the toilet, it typically either is a "flapper" or "tank ball' style. Each type have a little bouyancy...when you press tank handle, the suction is broken, and the flapper or ball floats open. As the tank empties and the water level gets lower in the tank, the flapper or ball re-settles on its seat. Your flapper or ball is not floating open. Look inside tank, press handle. Observe flapper or ball. If the flapper or ball does not float open, you may need to simply shorten the chain...just a little. Typically, you can readjust the chain linkage where it connects to the handle. Also, you can pull the chain from inside the tank...without using the handle to see how it is supposed to work and determine how much slack is needed in the chain. Good Luck The "floating open" problem in the previous answer may be from a deteriorating flapper. The upside down cup that holds the air may be torn, and allow the air to escape too fast, dropping the flapper prematurely. I had the same problem and thanks to these previous answers, I solved my problem. It is very hard to describe parts without pictures, but here goes. There is the small hose that emits water into a "column" which goes to the "rubber flapper". I first checked my flapper to see if it had eroded and it seemed fine, actually almost new. While I was checking that, I noticed that the flapper had a rubber round part which instead of being over the "column", was behind the column. It made sense to me that this round rubber part should go over the column, so I pulled the flapper off at the sides where it was connected (by these two small tabs) and pulled the rubber ring up and over the column. I pushed the ring all the way down to the bottom of the column and over the two plastic tabs at the bottom of the column. I then felt around and made sure the flapper was not leaking (kind of like checking to make sure a rubber stopper in a sink is not leaking) and it was good. The chain was adjusted so there was not a lot of slack. I had a toilet that was constantly running in the powder room. It is an Eljer installed when the house was built in 1992. The flapper valve was quite deteriorated and the flush handle/lever was worn and sticking. I replaced the other 2 toilets in the house with much higher quality Toto toilets a few years back. Money is tight at the moment so I decided to just fix this one. I bought a new "Korky" flapper valve and a replacement flush handle at a local hardware retailer and replaced them. After this I noticed that the water level in the bowl was much lower after refilling and that I had to hold the lever down to get it to complete a flush. After reading the above answers and several others from other websites I took the lid back off the tank and this is what I found: The new flapper valve was manufactured with a hole in it that immediately let the air out once the flapper valve is vertical, causing it to drop down and reseal the tank too soon. I shut off the water and removed the flapper valve, dried it off, and placed a smal piece of electrical tape over the hole to see if the flapper valve would then perform properly and it did. Also I noticed that when I had done the original work I failed to replace the bowl refill tube back into it's original location in the overflow tube and that was what was causing the lower water level in the bowl after flushing. There is nothing complicated or requiring long explanations about this - Simply remove flapper, get a universal flapper and fit it - done !
Why is my toilet not flushing it only flushes once overfilled by holding down the buoy how can I fix it?
shorten chain on it if it is the flapper type. And make sure your water level is correct.
Do you need to apply silicone or tape to a plastic fitting on a plastic cold water tank?
yes, otherwise its just another burden to take the time to fix later...
Your large tank in loft has filled and water has leaked over the top causing water to leak through the ceiling turned water off at mains and drained tank how do you fix the problem?
Sounds like the tank needs replacing. Call a professional registered plumber to replace the tank for you.
How do you fix a waterlogged pump tank?
you gotta find and remove the top tank plug - drain some water from the tank bottom to let some air get in the tank top and replace the top plug.
Sometimes your toilet flushes and sometimes it does not?
That my friend is because the big plug is getting stuck ,but you need to hold down the handle or pick up the and fix the chain.There are several reasons that a toilet is intermittent flushing1- If you have a Coyne Delany flushomenter the handle piston assembly has a tiny plastic tip that wears out over time and the piston has to be replaced2- Low down type of toilets with a flapper ,tank bulb or disc such as American Standard need the lift rod, chain adjusted.3- If the tank loses water (flushes on its own) then the Douglas valve upper rubber bulb, disc, flapper needs to be replaced
