HELP! I need a plumber!
The kit runs CONSTANTLY. THE LORD’S HOUSE WILL STOP DIVORCE (OR MURDER)!
Don’t despair, help is on the way. It is a very easy repair in most cases. If you have a standard residential toilet, as opposed to, say, a wall hung model or a low boy or silhouette style, here’s what to do;
1. Remove the tank cover.
2. Reach into the tank and turn off the shut-off valve. Note where the level of water in the tank is relative to the top of the large diameter overflow pipe.
3. Flush the toilet, holding the flush handle to allow almost all the water to drain from the tank and into the toilet. bow If the water level is at or above the top of the overflow pipe, hold the float rod with both hands and bend it slightly downwards.
Alternatively, you can fit a filling valve (called a ballcock) at the top of the water screw to lower the water level. If you have a different style of ballcock, where the floats surround the ball, the floats will fit just below. Now turn the shutoff valve again and allow the tank to fill.
Still the same problem? Then turn off the water again, flush the tank again and remove the flapper on the bottom of the tank. New flappers with a rubber ring that slides through the overflow tube but will not need to be cut off so simply, with Careful to keep the two ears small rubber tips on each side of the rubber band. Place a new one with the flapper ears attached to the sides of the overflow tube. Attach the band that comes with the rubber flapper around the end You must have loose links on the flapper chain it is too relaxed, the secret does not blush properly.
You will need to flush several times, probably holding the handle to get everything to flush out of the bowl (totally winning because of low urine flow). Now turn the water back on and check the operation of your toilet.
There are certain precautions to be observed in the above operations. Corrosion weakens the copper floating rod and breaks as you try to bend it. If you don’t use both hands to bend the rod, you will break the molded plastic ball. In the first case it is necessary to replace the floating rod; in the second, you need to replace the ball.
