Slow Filling Toilet? Tips and Tricks for Fluidmaster Fillvalve
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2017
- Explain toilet slow filling problems and a quick inexpensive cure for Fluidmaster
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Toilet filling issues can be caused by a block with debris, leakage, worn parts like seals, water supply line kinks, fill and drain valve issues, or the water level may need adjustment.
The Fluidmaster 400 is a common toilet replacement, and their products are carried at all hardware stores.
A toilet is fairly simple, so inspecting the parts can reveal most problems.
Replacing washers and seals (like the #242, or Pro22) are easy enough for the DIY person. Remove the upper cap to expose the washer. Use a twist to unscrew the cap from the tabs. But be sure you hold the upper portion of the fill valve stem or you will only be changing the height of the unit.
Debris in the valve can be removed by blowing it out. Turn off the toilet water valve, take off the fill valve top cap, cover the top with your hand and slowly have someone turn some water on to push out the blockage. If the water doesn't flow or is slow, ream it out or replace the fill valve for $10.
The water level adjustment on the Fluidmaster can be done by twisting the unit’s base up or down to change the height.
If leaks, kinking or loose hoses are the issue, a simple look will solve most mysteries.
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one of the most helpful and insightful videos on fixing a toilet on youtube. thank you so much!!!!!
I'm good at easy. Thanks
Wow! the internet is in Europe too?? LOL, thanks for the commets. Blair
15 minutes later, we were live again! Something had interrupted the gasket-pin mechanism, and re-seating it, and resetting it has us working again. Excellent video. Probably saved us $150 in fees, and saved some poor plumber from having to come and waste his time doing same.
Thank you for actually explaining the part about holding the stem so the whole unit doesn't twist! Looking at other instructionals they twisted the top off no problem so i didn't understand why i couldn't. I popped the cap off as well to get a better grip on the top, and used the arm, as u mentioned, to help twist it. I also appreciate that you said you can cover it with just your hand, and slowly turn the water on to flush it out, instead of going to get a cup. So relieved and grateful i was able to avoid the hassle of calling someone, especially since it's such a simple fix, that you demonstrated well!!!
I found this very helpful. I knew I could replace the full valve if I needed to, but hoped I could repair my existing one. Turns out there was a small pebble that had surfaced. I found the instructions on how to take the valve apart to inspect the piece very clear. Worked like a charm. Thanks!
I had the same issue with my toilet not filling after a flush. Found this video which was a great help. One suggestion, flush your tank first so it's almost empty, unclip the adjusting pin that connects to the float, now you will have alot more room to grip the shaft and twist the top cap off easily. Hope this helps.
Wow! I’m so grateful to have found your video. As a single woman, I hate to call strangers to do work in my home. I really do. I knew my hissing toilet wasn’t difficult to resolve but the thought of removing that shaft made me wanna call a plumber because it was very tricky when I tried to remove it years ago add it leaked and leaked and leaked and I ended up still having to call a plumber. Before finding this video, I always thought you had to change out the shaft but thanks to you for showing me that the fill valve was all that needed to be replaced and vola! My hissing toilet is history (at least for a couple of years or so). Thank you for a wonderful well explained video!
Thank you so much !!! My rubber washer was only about 4 years old, so I took it out, (as shown) and washed it, put it back, and it works like NEW !!!
Had the tank continuously filling, found a tiny rock in the top of that valve, dug it out and tested the system again. Got if fixed in a couple minutes. This video was concise and got me exactly where I needed, thanks!
Just changed the inside of the toilet a few days ago woke up this morning it wouldn’t stop running. Thanks to this video I fixed it in five minutes. Great video. Thanks
This was SO helpful! Thank you! My husband worked an hour trying to fix our toilet that would not stop running. I found this video, and in 2 minutes it was fixed! Thank you Mr. Hardware! Very straight ahead and you perfectly guided me through the process!
I watched about 4-5 videos on this topic and your video is the one that solved my problem. Thank you!!!
This just saved me the cost of replacing a fill valve. Four minutes for the video and another two minutes to fix my leaking toilet. Thank you!!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for this!! I just fixed the problem in less than 5 min by following your tips. God bless you. I replaced the flush valve myself at the end of last year and was so proud of that--it was pretty simple. Then I was completely appalled to hear the leaking start up again the past few days!!! I was absolutely dreading buying a new flush valve assembly to replace it again (it does take time)!! Thankfully I searched and found your video. Thank you!!!
LOVE When you find that right video that answers your question perfectly!!
Fantastic!
Brand new toilet and I found a small pebble in mine not letting the valve seat properly when closing - now fixed.
Thx, Patrick
All the way over here in Brisbane, Australia, on a frustratingly late night trying to solve the little hiss in the toilet tank, your video helped me isolate the issue to the gasket...a quick clean "and Bob's Your Uncle," as some say here when it's all done. (I grew up in NJ, emigrated here 22 years ago.) Thanks, Mr. Hardware.
I have spent an afternoon looking for this information. Everyone says buy a new tank valve. But Blair shows how to fix this unit in 2 minutes with no new parts. Almost like he wants to help you not sell you something you don't need. He is on my favorites list. Thanks
But a new one is only nine bucks on Amazon.
@@OCWatchCatMEOW Why buy new if you don't need to replace it at all? So wasteful.
@@Goddamnhungry Why not?
Cleaned out the gasket and working perfectly now, thank you!
You saved me soooo much work! I replaced my mom’s toilet tank flush valve with this same kind and just had a little neverending dribble from the top. After watching this video, I took off the gasket, cleaned it, replaced it, and...voila! No more dribbles. THANK YOU!
Thank you! My husband and I have complained about our slow filling toilet for months! I watched your video and did exactly as you explained. There were several pieces of plastic blocking the pin! Removed and flushed out with cup over (great tip!), and voila! Fixed! I felt so accomplished. I told my husband he owned me a pizza. He paid up😂
Thank you!!!
Awesome! Thank you Mr Hardware. People like you, truly make this world a better place! Flushing it didn't do the trick for me, but the $3 gasket did. Wish I was in your area, you would get all my business.
Was able to fix my filler valve issue in less than a minute! Saved me a trip to home depot! Thanks Mr. Hardware
Fixed my problem very quickly, thanks to this video. There was debris from old rusted pipes clogging the fill valve and just opened it and cleaned it up and works as new 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻
I love the cap toss towards the end , exactly how I felt before seeing this
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Dude, that was quick and straight forward. Thank you so much.
Thank you. You are a natural born teacher sir.
Mr Hardware..... thank you so much. I really appreciate the details you shared. No one else provides that level of detail on how to fix stuff. Keep up the great job you are doing 👏 👍
Blair! You are the MAN! I had tried all sorts of adjustments to this thing and nothing worked! Turned out you were right about the hard water “crud”! I found two small pieces of hard water sediment and once removed/purged out, the problem was solved! Thank you!!!
Excellent job explaining the inner workings of Fluidmaster 400. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I used your guidance to get debris out of the fill valve - problem solved!!!
Thank you, Mr Hardware, you saved me a visit from my landlord’s “handyman”, who created the problem (debris in the cap after another plumbing job he did in the house) in the first place. He’s a menace. You’re a lifesaver.
Saved me the trouble of buying another fill valve and installing it. Awesome fix. Thanks!
Thank you so much!! This video was helpful and done in such a great way - I was able to understand all of it and finally my toliet fills again!!
Wow, thanks for this wonderful video, I fixed the problem in mine. That gasket was dirty. I cleaned it and problem solved. And I was thinking about buying the hole thing. Thank you.
The most helpful and insightful videos on fixing a toilet on youtube. thank you VERY VERY much!!!!!
This was extremely helpful and would have saved me a lot more time has I found it earlier!! Greetings from Ireland!!!
Clearest explanation on the web! Replacing the cap requires lifting the arm out of the notch on the rim of the lower piece.
Thanks so much for the video!! Got to the end of my installation and had no clue what was wrong. Great video!
Thank you soooo much! We have a new toilet and it was leaking. Was replacing our full valve and the water wasn't coming through. Thank goodness I watched your video. The part was full of plastic that wasn't cleaned out of the new part! Quick fix!
Another happy viewer! Starting leaking after water heater replace. Makes so much sense. Saved me a trip to the plague rats at Lowe’s. Thank you Sir!
Thanks man, couldn't figure out how to get the top off. Toilet was squealing. Had some calcium deposits forming in the vent holes, used a very small screw driver to loosen them up, flushed them out like you suggested. Presto Change-o, no more squealing..... Great Video. Thanks a million!!!!
Thank you so much! Such an easy fix for an annoying problem. If I may add a couple things... for the absolute novice like me, it's good to let people know to 'turn the water off' first, lol... and my valve had quite a build-up of slimy stuff on it, so I washed it off, in case that was part of the problem. Keep up the great work :)
Thank you for helping me fix a slow fill problem. Pulling up on the
ring and removing the assembly and was able to fix it. I dipped the
assembly into a cup of CLR. Did the trick to fix it since it wasn't
filling after flushing.
Thank you. After a day without running water, I was just about ready to give up and buy something when I watched this. I had a block somewhere and was able to fix my toilet in minutes.
Mr Hardware! You rock! I use a toilet fill valve outdoors as the autofill for my pool. the first two lasted 5 years each which is what you pretty much said. But I've been trying to install this last one and it would work for a few weeks and then the float would rise up but the water would still run. I used your trick to open up the top and low and behold there was a little pebble in there. Problem solved. you saved me a lot of time replacing it again with a new one.
Well that did the trick. It's fixed. Thank you so much! You really saved some further aggravation & even a little cash on top. Much appreciated.
Super video! I just fixed two toilets in the house that would not fill back up unless I opened the cover and tapped on the float/valve. I did take the gasket out and cleaned it well before reinstalling. Both seals had an imprint from what they seal against, which could have caused them to mesh together. Then again, they both did feel a little bit sticky before I washed them off. I expect my fix might be temporary, so I will pick up a couple of those seals the next time I am at the hardware store.
Thank you. Our water was shut off for a few days do to a main water break. My toilet kept filling after they turned the water back on. I followed your video and purged it. It solved the problem.
I just did this and it worked! The top of the fill valve had some plastic chunks interfering with it. My fiancee and I are very happy, thank you!
We are glad this helped. Blair and Tim
I bought the little Fill Valve seal and replaced it while following your Video. Problem Solved! My toilet fills up normally now. I even did a little dance because I’ve never fixed a toilet before! Thank You!
I had NO clue about 1/4 turning the cap to get what I call "Toilet Stones" out. And also had no clue about the replacement seal. I bought a new one yesterday, and probably simply following these steps I could have saved a few bucks. I still got the stones after installing the new ones because of all the sediment in the tank must have gotten down into my water line when I drained the tank to replace the Fludimaster. Thank you so much ! New subscriber !
Great!! you just saved me 245 danish money. i was actually complaining about why i cant replace the membrane/replacement seal. now i know how.
Such a great video.I like the way you repeat yourself for less confident amongst us me included.My fluid master takes 5 minutes to refill im going to try this tomorrow.Thank you.Subscribed.
Very good advice, clear and informative. Well done Mr Hardware!
Thanks for this video, the "remove cap and turn on water to purge" trick fixed my problem!
An additional note, my valve had a rubber screw gasket inside the bottom. I took that out as well and cleaned it, there was a small piece of cardboard in there as well. Thank you so much Mr. Hardware! We had some bits of soaked cardboard in the top. Once I got it out everything worked perfectly.
Great Info....my fill valve kept open ever so slightly, enough to make a slight sound....popped the top, rinsed the seal and mating components, reassembled and voila .....back to silent. Thank you !
Thanks for the quick fix! The process worked for me as described.
Thank you! Very helpful. I was able to fix the slow fill and squeaking sound as it was filling in my toilet.So happy I saw this video I was about to go out and buy a new one.
Thanks so much for your guidelines!!! I fixed my toilet!!! Keep up the good work!!!
Thanks Blair. That hit the spot. Quick and easy fix.
Thank you so much for showing the older Mansfield fix . Great video and detail
Thank you so much for your video! I thought I had to change the whole fill valve as I cleaned it first but toilet was still running. Then went to the store and bought the seal for $2.35 as you said it would wear out after 10 years which was my toilet. After replacing the seal, the toilet is no longer running! Subscribed you now as I watched a few videos before yours, and none of them explained it well like you did 👍👍
Thank you so much for a clear, well-lit, detailed video and explanation! Very helpful!!!
Excellent video! Your video helped me fix my slow running fill valve! Thank you for posting this video!
Awesome - saved me from having to replace the Fluidmaster. Thanks Mr. Hardware!!
Just stopped my toilet from overflowing thanks to this video. Thank you.
That is EXACTLY the issue I just had with a brand new Fluidmaster fill valve. A small piece of debris was caught at the top of the fill tube and prevented the seal from making full contact. Flushing out the unexpected debris fixed my slow leak!
Awesome!! I had no idea and now i have just fixed my valve! Thank you a bunch.
I appreciate you for making this video! Very helpful! Thank you!
Sirrrrrr when I tell you that you are awesome. You explained so well and so easy to understand. I knew how to change the fill valve but couldn't figure out why it was hissing but and wouldn't Shut off. Thank you so much ❤️
Thank you,you are a great teacher,takes all of the guesswork out of it.
Fixed without even buying a new gasket. Just had some calcium buildup that was blocking the outlet. Good as new for free! Thanks for showing us how this device works outside of the tank! Keep learning new stuff about toilets. 👍
Thank you!! Found a piece of glass (!!!) against the gasket, cleaned everything with a toothbrush and it's working like a champ!!
Thanks, great tip, got me out of trouble today, worked a treat 👍
You explain things so well! Thank you!
Outstanding explanation. Best i've seen.
👍👍THANK U👍👍 Cleaning/ Flushing, remoting debris from the gasket ..seemed to hav solved my water not shutting OFF issue.. I still ordered replacement parts because it's time and i cracked the height adjusting locking mechanism (1 of the 3 clasp around the height pipe). This was great
Amazing video, thanks for sharing your vast experience. Now I'm going into the bathroom and give it a whirl.
This was really helpful. My FluidMaster 400A stopped working. We are self-isolating due to covid-19. Getting a plumber right now is near impossible. Even getting the part from a hardware store is really difficult. So I opened the unit up and found all kinds of rust and calcium deposits. I flushed the unit out with the top assembly off and picked out the larger bits of rust and calcium. Voila! it is working again. I'll still get it replaced when things open up again but for now thank you thank you thank you.
Thanks to this video i have just sorted a problem i was having this morning with float valve not shutting off. Piece of debris under top of valve.
Thank you.
Thanks for that! When the entire assembly kept turning on me I thought I was doing something wrong. I had to use a plastic shelf liner to hold the wet plastic in place!
Great Stuff! Keep up the home repair girl, Blair
Thanks a million! You just saved me $100! You are the BEST!!! Thanks again!
Just followed all those instructions and I'll be DAMMMMM IT WORKS....THANKS...
You, sir, are awesome. Worked perfectly. Thank you!!
Excellent explanation and demonstration.
Just helped me fix mine in less than 5 minutes. Thank you!
Wow, just saved me a bunch of time. Thank you!
Thanks for the awesome video, saved me some $ and time, my toilet works again and it costed only $3.50.
Thanks for the tip. Worked perfectly!
Excellent demo and video. Thanks.
Great job, fixed mine in 2 minutes. Thank you
Absolutely worked, thanks!
Thank you.
I thought I'd have to replace the whole thing. You've saved me money
That is Mr. Hardware's goal, thanks, Blair
Thanks to this video and the flush valve gasket video helped me to fix my toilet today! :D
So glad I found this site. Fix in a few minutes. Thanks
Great video
Thank you very much. I was about to remove the whole nine yard until I saw this video. Repair was about a minute.
Fluid master replacement seal 242 worked on my Kohler silent fill valve. Got it for two and change at Home Depot. Thanks
outstanding tutorial - many thanks
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