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Slow Filling Toilet
Hello,
A low volume toilet installed about five years ago now takes on the order of 15 minutes or more to refill. I didn't notice it until recently as I don't usually use that particular toilet in my house. I have made sure the feed line valve is full open. There is nothing visually wrong that I can find except that the water goes into the tank extremely slowly. I have no evidence that any of the line is clogged but I have not dismantled any lines either Water to the shower and sinks in the same bathroom run just fine. Any thoughts? TIA -- Remove NGs to e-mail. |
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bowlesm had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...et-337995-.htm : Ususlly this is a piece of dirt that gets lodged into the fill valve. Some valves can be taken apart (take the top off) and flushed out. OR just put in a new valve (the one inside the tank). ------------------------------------- Baron wrote: Hello, A low volume toilet installed about five years ago now takes on the order of 15 minutes or more to refill. I didn't notice it until recently as I don't usually use that particular toilet in my house. I have made sure the feed line valve is full open. There is nothing visually wrong that I can find except that the water goes into the tank extremely slowly. I have no evidence that any of the line is clogged but I have not dismantled any lines either Water to the shower and sinks in the same bathroom run just fine. Any thoughts? TIA ##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via http://www.thestuccocompany.com/ Building Construction and Maintenance Forum Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - alt.home.repair - 319846 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------## |
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On Oct 23, 8:59 pm, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:17:42 -0400, "Baron" wrote: Hello, A low volume toilet installed about five years ago now takes on the order of 15 minutes or more to refill. I didn't notice it until recently as I don't usually use that particular toilet in my house. I have made sure the feed line valve is full open. There is nothing visually wrong that I can find except that the water goes into the tank extremely slowly. I have no evidence that any of the line is clogged but I have not dismantled any lines either Water to the shower and sinks in the same bathroom run just fine. Any thoughts? TIA If this is the Fluidmaster (float goes up and down a shaft) it may just be a bad diaphragm. They are easy to replace. The top is a quarter turn type thing. Just be sure the water is off. It wouldn't hurt to replace the diaphragm while you are in there, but usually you just need to remove the top part, give it a squirt with the supply line & reinstall. I used to have to do that every couple of months, then I installed an elaborate filter system before the entry to the house, & haven't had that or even a faucet drip since. |
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I heard Fluidmaster products have good quality. I hope it works.
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"Baron" wrote in message
... Hello, A low volume toilet installed about five years ago now takes on the order of 15 minutes or more to refill. I didn't notice it until recently as I don't usually use that particular toilet in my house. I have made sure the feed line valve is full open. There is nothing visually wrong that I can find except that the water goes into the tank extremely slowly. I have no evidence that any of the line is clogged but I have not dismantled any lines either Water to the shower and sinks in the same bathroom run just fine. Any thoughts? TIA -- Remove NGs to e-mail. Home Depot, new Fluidmaster fill valve, $7, done. If the supply tube is rigid copper, also pick up a flexible plastic supply tube in case you can't get a tight seal between the copper supply tube and the new fill valve. Return it if you don't need it. |
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If the supply tube is rigid copper, also pick up a flexible plastic supply tube in case you can't get a tight seal between the copper supply tube and the new fill valve. Return it if you don't need it.- flexible lines, the stainless braid type can fail internally, the inner rubber hose delaminates or comes lose and buckles under high flow, so flow starts good then drops a LOT. I have had this occur on my toilet line, my handheld shower, and finally my vans front brake. in the brakes case the line started acting like a check valve, one side would drag and wear out the pads and overheat the rotor......... |
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