There is a minor drip-drip sound coming from the back of my toilet. It seems to be inside. I don't see any water anywhere. Could this be bad, like causing water damage to the floor underneath the toilet? Or do you think it is just dripping within the toilet? Please help, I'm no plummer.
2007-10-10 05:43:13 · 6 answers · asked by Carol M 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you are not finding moisture on the floor, say under the bowl or at the valve, the drip is internal. Could be a piece of grit isn't allowing something to shut off. Put some food coloring in the tank behind the seat.......and come back in several hours to see if the color has gone into the toilet bowl. That would indicate the flapper isn't seating properly. If all clear, then the shutoff to the overflow might need attention.
Only damage will be to the water bill.
Call up a website showing parts of toilet....so you at least know the names. From there you can search fix-it sites. The whole toilet thing really isn't that complicated. We just get hinky about fixing it because ......well.....it's a toilet. The stuff behind the seat is just water, no waste reverse there, just a bucket with water and some plastic and metal parts.
2007-10-10 05:51:14 · answer #1 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same thing happening on 2 of 3 toilets in my house. The problem with mine was that they're cheap: the flapper "chain" wasn't really a chain; it was molded in one piece with the flapper, and it was attached near the edge instead of the middle. The edge of the flapper started curling up, and the rubber started getting hard, so it eventually started leaking from the tank into the bowl. Anyhoo, the fix is simple. I picked up 2 repair kits at $20 each from the hardware store, and put them in. It took about an hour to do the first one, and 30 minutes to do the second. The kits were by "Fluidmaster", and they're much higher quality than the original parts. The $20 included all the works inside the tank. It was money and time well spent.
2007-10-10 06:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by alan_has_bean 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you have a faulty fill valve (not the flapper) the fill valve is to the left on the inside of the tank. There is a small flexible tube that leaves the fill valve and empties into the top of the rigid tube that is mounted in the center of the tank. Pull the small flexible tube out and see if water is still running. If water is still running (even though the tank is full) then you have a faulty fill valve. Even if the toilet is new, it is possible that the fill valve is faulty.
2016-05-20 23:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the ballcock valve needs replacing. Sometimes hard water creates a film of calcium salts on the valve. Try gently bouncing the ball up and down to make the water flow and maybe break the hard layer. Otherwise get a plumber.
2007-10-10 05:50:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'm no plumber either, but i do know even a minor leak/drip can be a big waste of money on your water bill. it's probably not that hard to fix.
2007-10-10 05:53:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
complex step. seek onto google. that will might help!
2015-04-01 18:17:53 · answer #6 · answered by Angela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋