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Leaking Toilet Water Supply Valve Repair Guide
My home was built in 1984 so I wasn't surprised when water started
leaking from behind the toilet in one of the bathrooms. Upon further examination, I figured out that the water was leaking from the valve stem (knob you screw in/out to turn on/off the water) that is attached to the toilet water supply valve assembly. Not including the trip to Home Depot, it took about 30 minutes and $5 to replace the old part and stop the leak. I took pictures of the procedure and wrote up a quick guide to assist anyone else dealing with this common problem. Here's the gallery - http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/T...-Repair-Guide/ I hope someone finds it useful. Cheers, Paul Michaels Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
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Leaking Toilet Water Supply Valve Repair Guide
Paul Michaels wrote:
My home was built in 1984 so I wasn't surprised when water started leaking from behind the toilet in one of the bathrooms. Upon further examination, I figured out that the water was leaking from the valve stem (knob you screw in/out to turn on/off the water) that is attached to the toilet water supply valve assembly. Not including the trip to Home Depot, it took about 30 minutes and $5 to replace the old part and stop the leak. I took pictures of the procedure and wrote up a quick guide to assist anyone else dealing with this common problem. Here's the gallery - http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/T...-Repair-Guide/ I hope someone finds it useful. Cheers, Paul Michaels Ft. Lauderdale, FL That's a nice summary. Thanks. You might add something about quarter-turn valves. They're the latest standard. -- Steve Bell New Life Home Improvement Arlington, TX |
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Leaking Toilet Water Supply Valve Repair Guide
On Oct 2, 5:25*pm, Paul Michaels wrote:
My home was built in 1984 so I wasn't surprised when water started leaking from behind the toilet in one of the bathrooms. Upon further examination, I figured out that the water was leaking from the valve stem (knob you screw in/out to turn on/off the water) that is attached to the toilet water supply valve assembly. Not including the trip to Home Depot, it took about 30 minutes and $5 to replace the old part and stop the leak. I took pictures of the procedure and wrote up a quick guide to assist anyone else dealing with this common problem. Here's the gallery -http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Toilet-Water-Supply-Valve-Leak-Rep... I hope someone finds it useful. Cheers, Paul Michaels Ft. Lauderdale, FL I commend you on offering this guide to those who need it. A couple of comments: 1) Your pictures really show how much the quality of the standard shut off valve stem has dropped in 25 years. The old one was mainly brass, looking really good, and the new one was almost all plastic. Hopefully you might get half the life out of the new valve that you got from the last one. Was there a screw holding the washer on the stem? If so, you could have spent 25 cents on a new washer instead of $5 on a new valve. 2) If the old valve was leaking out the stem, you could probably have tightened the nut down to stop the leak. It works 80% of the time for me. I have houses with shut offs that are 50 years old that still work well. JK |
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