Is your toilet constantly making gargling noises? Or do you notice an unhinged water flow inside the toilet bowl? This is known as a running toilet. It’s caused due to two main reasons: Either your toilet is refilling excess water into the tank that’s activating the over tube flow or the tank is leaking due to internal damage.

Fortunately, both of these issues can be fixed without calling in a residential plumbing service. Although running toilets can be fixed using the right techniques, there are still chances that it might happen again. For which, it’s highly recommended that you get your flush checked before it leads to an unmanageable overflow.

In this blog, we’re sharing simple steps and adjustments to fixing a running toilet. These might solve your problem, if not, you know who to call!

1. Fine-tune the Flapper

There’s a plastic cup at the bottom of your toilet flush tank. It’s known as a flapper. This cup allows water to flow from the tank into the toilet bowl when you press the flush button. Sometimes, the flapper might get loose or slip past its designated place, causing the water to flow continuously into the toilet bowl.

This continues until the tank is entirely empty and then it gets filled again and again. In other words, a displaced flapper can be the main culprit of your soaring water bills and water wastage.

To fix this issue, turn off the toilet. Remove the flapper and scrub it. Attach it back and turn on the flush. Wait for it to fill up. If the flapper’s still leaky, then it needs replacement.

As a temporary fix until your plumbing service arrives, add a fastener to the flapper to stop the water flow.

2. Check the Float

Float is a lightweight plastic object that’s suspended freely inside the flush tank. There are typically two types of floats suspended inside flush tanks: ball float or a cup float. When the tank fill up with water, the float floats inside. The flush tank stops adding water until the valve has no more space left to let the float move freely.

An incorrectly placed float can lead to toilet leaks, and ultimately, a running toilet. Due to displaced proportion, the valve keeps adding water into the tank which ultimately leads to leaks.

3. Adjust the Fill Tube

Every toilet has a fill tube which connects the overflow system to the main fill valve. It’s a small, curving plastic pipe that’s attached to the main water line from the outer end and to the flush tank at another.

Once you press the flush button, the water inside the tanks dispenses into the toilet bowl. And after its empty, the fill tube passes clean water from the supply line into the flush through the valve. This fill tube should always dispense above the water line, because if it’s not, then it could be the font of your runny toilet issue.

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Even after adjusting these key parts, you fail to fix the plumbing situation, we’ve got you covered.

We, at Pro Serve Plumbing, offer skilled plumbing leak repair and service in Fort Worth. We attempt to deliver the finest plumbing solutions to all kinds of plumbing glitches, from running toilet, clogged sewers, and leaky faucets to water heater repairs.

Contact us today to schedule an appointment.