Redskinsmama
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one of the toilets in my house will not flush, and all of the water has drained out of the tank. when i manually put water in the toilet, it will flush, but it's not filling back up. anyone have suggestions?
Help me please!
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Vince
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1) Does the rest of your bathroom have water available?
2) If it does then you probably have check inside your toilet. Is the float up or down? It may be stuck in the up position not allowing water to run.
3) If float is all the way down and no water? Then you may have to replace some of the parts.
2) If it does then you probably have check inside your toilet. Is the float up or down? It may be stuck in the up position not allowing water to run.
3) If float is all the way down and no water? Then you may have to replace some of the parts.
BS Gal
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cattitude said:or is the little chain thingy (in the tank) unhooked or broken?
That was my first thought. That's about as technical as it gets for me. I fixed the toilet at St. Mary's Vet last weekend when I found Yoda. It wasn't a chain but a lever thingy that was not connected.
Redskinsmama
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i actually live by myself, so i don't think anyone shut off the valves, (and by the way, when we're talking about valves, are those the knobs behind the toilet?) and the only thing i knew to look for was chain being off but that wasn't the problem. it tooked like the topper thing was closed all the way. Thanks so much for all the responses, i'm going to read that link that desertrat (i think you posted it) put up.
Redskinsmama
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Vince said:
the rest of the bathroom has water, it's just the toilet. The float is down b/c when i fill the back up, the water stays in it, and if it was up it would just drain right?
Midnightrider
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the float is attached to the valve that lets the water in. It looks like a ball on the end of a post.Redskinsmama said:
you are thinking of the flapper at the bottom of the tank, the flapper holds the water in the tank.
bohman
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Redskinsmama said:
You are thinking of the flapper valve, at the bottom of the tank. They are talking about the large piece of plastic, or rubber ball, that will float to the top of the water in the tank and shut off the supply before it overflows. If the float is stuck at the top, it won't let any more water in.
aps45819
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It floats on the water (hence the name). when you flush, it drops down with the water level and opens the internal valve (in the post sticking up from the bottom of the tank). As the water rises, it floats up and shuts off the incoming water to prevent the tank from over flowing.Pete said:
Redskinsmama
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thank you everyone! as you can see, a plumber i am not. (that's my yoda speak) i printed out the one link and i'm going to attempt to fix it tonight. If this fails, i will be back on tomorrow trying to bribe someone to help me. 