Colleagues my house is not infested with ghost neither am i going crazy but occassionally i hear this flushing sound coming from my toliet. I have investigated it a the point of it occuring but what I see is water trickling down inside which is not consistent or similar to you flushing it regularly. What causes this flushing sound?
2007-11-21 06:44:56 · 13 answers · asked by Lasarge 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
why don't you stay inside your toilet and wait for the flush sound... If your toilet really flush by it's own... I suggest you move out of your house....
2007-11-21 06:50:08 · answer #1 · answered by Sephiroth 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The flapper is leaking and allowing the water from the tank to go into the bowl. Then, the fill-valve opens to replace the water lost in the tank, just as if you had flushed it. Turn off the water supply under the toilet. Flush. Look in the tank and lift the flapper up and wipe the seating surface and the underside of the flapper. Make sure the chain/strap that lifts the flapper has just a little slack when you let it down. Turn the water back on and see if it continues to happen. If so, replace the flapper.
2007-11-21 06:52:41 · answer #2 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The stopper (rubber at bottom of tank) is bad and is leaking it sounds like. When the water gets low enought it will simply just flush by itself or continue to make leaking/flushing noises. This can be expensive on your water bill as well. repalce the round stopper (about $5). Toilets are simple creatures, easy to control :) IF it is a ghost, at least be glad he is a polite ghost and it flushes afterwards :)
2007-11-21 06:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
If its a toilet where the cistern sits on top of the pan and is reasonably old, it could mean you have a syphonic toilet. If you removed the cistern you would find a pointed thing under the cistern with a small black washer on it. Replace this. When you fit a new one you need to pull the washer to the end so when you put it back on the pan it is pushed up tight to the inside. It way also be a lack of water in the cistern.
2016-05-24 22:10:11 · answer #4 · answered by leah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a small leak around the flapper, thus the water trickle, the tank water level gets low , then you here the tank filling back up as if it had been flushed
2007-11-23 03:02:31 · answer #5 · answered by Frank 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely the flapper valve is going bad, allowing the water to slow drain out, which in turn will trigger the water flow to fill it back up again. Any good hardware store should have what you need to fix.
2007-11-21 06:50:37 · answer #6 · answered by luckyaz128 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the ball-cock is not shutting off at the right level and its over-flowing into the bowl. There is a small screw on the ball-cock you could try adjusting to stop it over filling. turning the screw clockwise will stop it over filling.
2007-11-21 07:03:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the inlet valve is passing water,it must have an internal overflow, check valve and replace seal(washer).
turn off water supply,and open up valve and check washer.replace if needed.not a big (or expensive} job for a plumber
2007-11-21 11:12:43 · answer #8 · answered by alexscoular123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the lid off toilet tank,make sure water is not weeping past korky,or the thing that lifts up when you do flush,if it is just replace it or call ghosthunters.....kidding
2007-11-21 06:56:08 · answer #9 · answered by happy2beme60 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time for new toilet guts.
2007-11-21 06:52:54 · answer #10 · answered by MeanKitty 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋