Toilet Constantly Fills With Water

Your toilet flushes just fine, but it doesn’t know when to quit. Perhaps it stops running and then starts up again suddenly or constantly leaks into the bowl. Either way, it’s wasting a lot of water and making that noise that keeps you up at night. Fortunately, it’s usually not difficult or expensive to repair your toilet,  if you know a bit about how they work. Be systematic about tracking down the problem. There are only so many things that can go wrong inside a toilet tank.

When you push the handle, the chain lifts a flapper, letting a tankful of water fall through the opening in the bottom, into the bowl. As the water level drops, the flapper drops and closes the opening.

If you’ve waited long enough after flushing and the toilet hasn’t quit running, lift the tank lid and look in.

Close the flapper .

If the tank is not full and it is not filling, chances are that the flapper is stuck open.

Clean or Replace the flapper or flush valve . If the toilet stops filling and then starts again intermittently or water constantly runs into the bowl, you have a slow leak from the tank into the bowl.  Manufacturers make universal flappers. Some brand toilets have to be made by their own manufacturer.  Try this: shut off the water to the toilet and remove the flapper. . . take the flapper to your nearest hardware store and find one that can replace it.

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