How to Fix a Running Toilet
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- In this video I will show you the top three reasons for a running or leaking toilet and how to correct them.
Parts used:
Toilet flapper: amzn.to/2qKwz8U
Fluidmaster Pro45 tank fill valve : amzn.to/2K297Nj
Toilet flush valve : amzn.to/2qMniNA
Of all the videos I've watched to address the leaking toilet problem, you are the only one that identified the problem I suspected after I replaced the fill valve and flapper and it still leaked but didn't know to fix it. Your demonstration has saved me an expensive plumber bill! Thank you.
Thank you very much. I followed all directions and it was still leaking. I uninstalled and reinstalled four times thinking I did something wrong. I gave up and was going to call a plumber. But- I came back here and rewatched and voila - my test (the test you show ) proved my parts were broken. Ah ha! I’m not one to give up easily so I went back to Home Depot and bought another one. Prepared the room for the work. Tools, buckets, etc.
within FIVE minutes my toilet was fixed!! It flushed, filled and the water actually shut off. I am so proud of myself. My husband was the type who fixed anything and everything But he died two years ago. I’m on my own now at 61. I always worked alongside him, fetching him things which taught me the names of tools, and taking mental notes. I put your video and his tools to work and did a perfect job. Last week I fixed my AC leak. It’s been a week of running water. Thanks to you guys on UA-cam for sharing your knowledge and helping us learn as well
as saving a lot of money I Very much appreciate it.
Sorry 4 ur lost I know my husband always has been getting tools 4 him. When u said that I thought of us doing that my toilet when u flush it it runs awhile and now the water won't come in so I don't know
Good work!!
**Edited to add: Home Depot has an awesome return policy. If what you bought happened to be broken (or even broke as you were installing it), they usually return/exchange no questions asked. You don't even need a receipt if you paid with a card of any sort. Also, in the last 7 or 8 years, I've noticed Home Depot has more female employees and the judgy, crotchety old men types have aged out. It's much more pleasant to shop there now.**
I love that feeling so much!!! I'm a female in my 30s for reference, but I had two grandpas growing up that couldn't have cared less about my gender when I wanted to follow them around fixing things (one was an electrician, one was a carpenter, both dabbled in plumbing enough to fix most home stuff).
The thing I learned the most was how when they didn't know how to do something, they just kept tinkering and persisting until they figured it out. I didn't understand just how significant that was until I was much older and see that most people don't have that skill or determination what-so-ever.
I asked for power tools instead of wedding china when I got married. I still have the tools while the husband is long gone. The only thing I miss from him being around: not having to kill bugs. Last summer I discovered a salt gun. Highly recommend with a glass of wine on a summer evening.
I'm retired & live alone. You did a very nice job of helping me understand the tank workings. Thank you.
Single mom here!!! This tutorial has perfectly explained the ins and out of toilets and how to diagnose a problem!!!! No need to call a plumber, I will DIY!!!! Thank you!!! Now I feel knowledgeable enough to fix my leaky toilet!!! I’m off to Home improvement store to buy my parts now!!!! Thanks again!!!
This is great. Cutting out part of the tank was genius. People need to see what's going on in these videos. Too many show you AFTER they've replaced whatever they've replaced or you can't really see what's going on.
While I saw people make jokes, I admire your intuitively genius teaching skill to cut out the front of the tank purely for the purpose of transparency to explain it SO EASY TO UNDERSTAND AS A PIECE OF CAKE!! I appreciate YOUR TALENT AND GOOD WORK.
Without you do that cut off the front of the tank, it's hard to explain the inside water on-off mechanism of the tank. I know how stupid students do not appreciate their good teachers!!
When you explain the details of how to repair a toilet, you do such a wonderful service for countless people trying to make it while the greedy powers continue to squeeze us without a care for us at all Bless you.
What a detailed teaching. You just helped a retired RN diagnose my leaking toilet bowl. I’ll be daring and I’m going to be the one fix it. I ❤ the way you teach. 👏🥰 Thank you so much! New subscriber here 🫡.
I'm amazed! Thank you so much for explaining this process in a way that I can easily understand. I feel confident in changing the fill and flush repair kit by myself (woman.) I'll keep watching your videos. God bless!
Almost a year with this problem plumber came out changed the flapper stopped for a few days and the running came back sooooo annoying 😡 not until I watched your video did I realize that little washer under the toilet just needed a few turns. Instantly stopped! Thank God for your channel We will have quiet nights here until we move next month thank you Sir🤗God bless your business!!!
Thanks for the tutorial. Love the way you cut the tank in half so we can see exactly what you are doing. I'm going to attempt repairing my own toilet, so I'm watching all these videos for tips. Very helpful. Thanks again.
This is the first time, I am trying this. What do u know, I did it! You are the best!!!
This video was very well done. The language was technical (or NOT) enough to be understood by non-plumbers. All views of the toilet and the areas of focus was clear and unobstructed. Thank you for making this video! I'm looking forward to seeing some of your other work.
Thank you very much
Thoroughly & very well explained and demonstrated. By far the best video on the subject.
Excellent tutorial. Well explained and easy to understand. Great to have the interior of the tanks facing us the viewer. I will follow these instructions in my upcoming repair. Thx
A complete tutorial on the subject! Thanks.!! I bet lots of people save money by following the tutorial.
GREAT TUTORIAL! I’ve taken plumbing jobs here and there as a handyman, and seems like toilets could be really profitable with some basics
So happy to have fixed MYSELF a leaky tank! The pride !!! Never in my life would I have attempted this before - but your video guided me so safely!!!!thank you !!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Best toilet video ever. I never leave comments but my toilet was running for ever a year! And this video saved me. Thank you
Danny the plumber you help me just by doing some adjustments you show me the adjustments and the tank .-
And it worked thank you so much that’s a $75 fee that I don’t have to pay for someone to come out just to do an adjustment thank you so much 😊👍🏽❤️❤️
Thanks to your tutorial many female viewers will be able to fix their own toilet! Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing such valuable information, GOD bless you and your channel! Most of all thanks for saving my money from those rip off plumbers out there, they do exist!
Excellent!! Thanks for the visual aid; it was very helpful to see how the mechanics work. This will save me so much frustration and money in the long run.
Very good, thorough explanation. Thanks! I'll let you know how it went.
You are a Great Teacher and your video is very clear. You also take the extra time to repeat your points so no one will miss understand. Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
I feel like I'm in plumbing school, clear and explicit, excellent tutorial, I hope I never need you but I'm subscribing, thank you.
I have experienced all the issues; toilets intimidate me! 😅 Such a detailed video- this will definitely help me in the future to diy my own repair and the tip to keeping all the old parts for references is a great one! An old tank bolt washer had come loose or ripped during a time a relative volunteered to replace the toilet parts and caused a major leak (I couldn’t figure out where it was dripping from and had to call a plumber who charged me almost $200 to change the bolt/washer 😭 The damage had been done and our living room flooring, bsmt ceilings/walls were soaked. Had to replace all flooring and it was thousands of dollars worth to fix. Wish I knew about those bolts!
Thank you for your video. After watching several videos on the subject yours was the best! As a female, I was able to replace it myself. Thanks again!!!
Your explanation was so great. Thank you very much!!
Very clear and detailed! And covers all possible scenarios! Thank you!!
Thank you for this video. I got my toilet fix. It was the third option by adjusting. My water bill went up more than double.
Thank you for being very descriptive in this procedure!
Great teacher. Ive learned so much.. Fixed my problem half way through the video. Thanks!
You explain vey well
Thank you!
Thank you sooo much for the detailed explanation of how to replace each part of this toilet thing!! Saved me money & a headache !
great job of explaining the functions of each component
Excellent tutorial video. All aspects very covered, well demonstrated and explained.
Thank you so very much. I have a better understanding how the toilet works and what needs to be fix in case of running water. I just fixed mine, it took 15 seconds to adjust
Nice instruction. I didn't watch it before I did mine but now I know more than I did before. My job was fixing running toilet in which the renter broke the old float ball off so I went to Home Depot and bought a kit and changed the float and it shutoff right where it was supposed to. Again this was a nice tutorial which I will use if I have another problem in the future thanks.
A widow who can do things. Excited to see this and you explained so well I am going to fix my leek sound at night. I can do this with your help. Thankx
Excellent video ! You tough almost everything one needs to know about toilets. Thanks!
Great video! you've covered all areas!
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Your teaching style was easy to understand. I feel confident that I can do this. Thanks again!
Thanks for the support!!!
*NOTE: If it's in Winter... It's NOT leaking!
@@JodBronson why?
@@TheWaffle2 - Here: ua-cam.com/video/3eVnWJOUC-s/v-deo.html
Excellent way to teach how to repair it, thank u so much for share your knowledge, Greeting from Tampa Florida
What a wonderful teacher you are. I feel like a plumber 😊😊
Superb !
Very nice demonstration. Some of you guys are just too good. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You are one of the best teachers I have ever seen. I am a 61 disabled lady and was afraid to fix my toilet. I feel much better about it now. Thank you so much!!
I agree 💯. Everything I needed to know was explained by every detail. Amazing and wowsers.
Thanks so much for this tutorial ! I was able to easily remove and change the fill valve and flapper on my toilet in about 20 minutes. Thanks for the easy to follow instructions!
*NOTE: If it's in Winter... It's NOT leaking!
@@JodBronson, interesting. Why do you say that? Care to elaborate😁
@@anthonyz7023 - During Winter, Water comes in really cold so the Washer inside the refiller 'SHRINK', this will create a small leak. Once the weather warms up and it stops, then you know that is the cause. YES... NO ONE in the world can figure this one out but me!
Very versatile good method of explanation
Well done! I struggled with the gasket. I was given the parts. Finally found out the gasket was too small lol after days of frustration. I felt like an idiot. Redemption!
Excellent video thank you. I need to fix 2 toilets.
You just saved everyone about $1000 thank you kind sir!🙏
not a "phillips head in tank" but a "Flat Head" screwdriver in tank. I am having trouble with mine leaking and finding a gasket that fits the "large nut" on the bottom of tank. The 2" type does not work for me. Will try your technique of 2 washer gaskets with the steel flat washer only on the outside of the tank. I was putting a steel washer on both sides, inside of tank under screwhead of the bolt and the outside. Thanks for the video.
Best teaching !!!
Thanks a lot.
Excellent how-to! Thank you so much.
Thank You. My toilet is fixed in under 5 min. No more leaking. My water bills have been triple the normal amount.
Excellent video! Thank you!
Great video ! The flapper is my problem. So helpful. Thank you.
Great video, I'm disabled and my toilet handle is on the right front of the toilet. I bought a universal new handle( says fits Mansfield toilets)that's for right side also. It worked good for a month, now having issues again. Sometimes when you push the handle down
When you push the handle down, you only get half a flush. So you don't need the floating ball anymore, when you replaced the parts?
Thank you so much for this video. I learned a lot from you and will know what to do if the flapper or fill valve is the problem. Wow!
Very good. Very well explained. Thank you.
7:38 - No need to cut the extra links off - just attach the clip to the desired link and let the extra ones dangle.
That was SOO useful, thanks so much for this video!
He is one of the best tutor.
Thanks for your presentation on how to change the unit inside the tank. It was very detailed and easy to follow.
Thewater supply source of our toilet was plugged by a water filter media and I need to remove the obstruction to allow the water to flow. Do you I have a video on this? I appreciate your assistance.
Great job. Thank you for this tutorial and it is easy to understand.
*NOTE: If it's in Winter... It's NOT leaking!
OMG you just help me fix this running toilet is 12:00 a.m. I thought I was going to have to call a plumber thank you
Nice!
Excellent presentation 👍🙏
Very concise and wonderful video. Thanks ♥️♥️♥️
Thanks for watching!
@@How2Plumb I replace thé flush valves of my two toilets yesterday … no more water leaking etc 😊🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Great video and explanation! You never got back to why you like the water fill tubing to be higher above the fill tube though. I’m about to do all of this so I will trust there is a good reason and will do it if I don’t hear back. Thanks!
Because if it is not the water will siphon itself back into the toilet bowl
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!!! This was just the education I needed!! Now I have been emboldened to fix it myself!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! :)))...... And FIXED! Much Respect and Love!
Toilet handle is reverse thread because the flush handle rotates clockwise. So reverse thread ensures that Flushing doesn't work to unscrew the handle.
Wow! I love this video. I 100% appreciate you!! Thank you so very much! I will be testing my toilet later to see if I can self diagnose it after your lessen. God Bless you and all the best in your job always:-)
Excellent! Thank you very much!
Excellent tutorial! Thank you.
Awesome tutorial! Can't thank you enough!!!!
Excellent video!!! You helped me so much. Thanks a million! 😊
That's very helpful .. thanks man
Good job
Love the cut toilet!!
Thank you, I learned and fixed the toilet
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Very good explains
Great details, above and beyond...Female Friendly'
GREAT VIDEO! Thanks!!
Awesome video, very informative. Thank you!
Thank you for your instruction I can tell my husband how to fix it.
This is a lesson. Thank you for the class, my brother. I also subscribe to you.
Life Saver!!! Thank you! -2024
Thank you so much for this video! I replaced the flap and valve system like a pro 💪🏽
outstanding!
Great video thank you
Thanks, you are the best.
This is an awesome video!
nicely explained
This is super helpful! Thank you!
Thank u for helping
Thank you so much for this video. It helps
Excellent video
the book or you did not mention the level of the water in the bowl after i got done i dont have enough water in the bowl how do get more?
Thank you so much! Very helpful! I appreciate it!