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Toilet making a high pitch, almost white noise sound when it hasn’t been flushed in awhile
Posted on 1/13/24 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 1/13/24 at 10:37 pm
So I’ll just be sitting in the living room watching TV and I’ll hear it start whining, I get up and go flush it and it goes away.
Has done it 3 times in the last couple weeks. First couple times was like an oh shite panic so I just flushed it and no more sound. Tonight, I investigated it a little and something is up with the fill valve. I just jiggled it and it went away.
Going out of town Monday so I’m probably going to cut the water supply valve off and tend to it when I get back.
But in the meantime, maybe y’all can help. What’s going on here? Is a fill valve easy to replace? Assume it’s just drain the water out of the reservoir, screw old valve out, put glue or teflon on new threads, and screw new valve in? May not even need to treat the threads I guess since there’s a gasket or something to seal things off?
Has done it 3 times in the last couple weeks. First couple times was like an oh shite panic so I just flushed it and no more sound. Tonight, I investigated it a little and something is up with the fill valve. I just jiggled it and it went away.
Going out of town Monday so I’m probably going to cut the water supply valve off and tend to it when I get back.
But in the meantime, maybe y’all can help. What’s going on here? Is a fill valve easy to replace? Assume it’s just drain the water out of the reservoir, screw old valve out, put glue or teflon on new threads, and screw new valve in? May not even need to treat the threads I guess since there’s a gasket or something to seal things off?
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Posted on 1/13/24 at 10:43 pm to prostyleoffensetime
I’d suggest try changing the guts of the toilet first. My dad had a toilet doing this while filing up so I changed the guts and it solved the issue.
I hope this helps
I hope this helps
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:25 pm to prostyleoffensetime
You are losing a trickle of water.. look in the toilet and see if you see a little bit of water slowly going from tank into the bottom.. your flapper could not be setting right and letting water sneak by.. could be old flapper and swelled a little or in areas if hard water mineral build up.. try just changing the flapper first .
If not solved you could have build up on the plastic thing the flapper sets on.. clean it.. if not fixed. change it or you can buy a kit where you just put a new hard plastic piece on top of original … it just sticks on…
If none of this works could be the rubber gasket you set the tank in on top of the bottom seat is leaking a little.. this requires a new gasket.. and have to lift the tank off the seat..
The slow leak is causing the water to lower in the tank just a little and causing the filling mechanism to start letting water in .. sorta like a squeak you hear if you let just a trickle of water come out of the faucet sometimes.
If not solved you could have build up on the plastic thing the flapper sets on.. clean it.. if not fixed. change it or you can buy a kit where you just put a new hard plastic piece on top of original … it just sticks on…
If none of this works could be the rubber gasket you set the tank in on top of the bottom seat is leaking a little.. this requires a new gasket.. and have to lift the tank off the seat..
The slow leak is causing the water to lower in the tank just a little and causing the filling mechanism to start letting water in .. sorta like a squeak you hear if you let just a trickle of water come out of the faucet sometimes.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:28 pm to prostyleoffensetime
Replace the fill valve and flapper too.
Total cost less than $20.
It'll be a good experience for you.
Total cost less than $20.
It'll be a good experience for you.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:39 pm to prostyleoffensetime
Replace the fill valve.
Posted on 1/14/24 at 12:11 am to prostyleoffensetime
Replace the fill valve and flapper. Korky is made in usa and has been recommended to me by plumbers. You can buy them anywhere for this price. AMZ $15
Posted on 1/14/24 at 7:11 am to ItzMe1972
quote:
Replace the fill valve and flapper too.
Total cost less than $20.
It'll be a good experience for you.
Don't get the cheapest set you see.
Posted on 1/14/24 at 8:10 am to i am dan
A Fluidmaster fill valve and a korky flapper should do the trick.
Posted on 1/15/24 at 12:18 am to prostyleoffensetime
Fill valve gasket is deteriorating. You can get a complete change out kit for $30’ish.
Posted on 1/15/24 at 1:42 am to go_tigres
Before buying new parts...... check the water level in the tank. Water level could be too high and overflowing into the standpipe.
If this is the problem... the fill valve float needs adjusting. There are 2 different types of adjustment on fill valves. Some have small "rod" that can be turned to adjust the hight of the float. Other valves require you to grab the fill valve "support" column and twist it a 1/4 turn and then lower it a notch to lower the water level.
If the water level is holding a little below the standpipe overflow, the flapper could be leaking. But my guess is that the "NOISE" is coming from the fill valve.
To get the water out of the tank... shut off the valve behind the tank. Then flush the toilet to get most of the water out of the tank. Then I use a sponge and a small bucket to get the remaining water out. Next, put the small bucket under where the inlet water connects to the tank. Unscrew the hose from the bottom of the tank.
The fill valve can now be removed by unscrewing the holding nut on the bottom of the tank. Next, disconnect the water tube on the standpipe.
To change the flapper valve..... There are rubber tabs on each side the hold the flapper in place. These can usually be removed/installed with just you hand or maybe using a flat screwdriver.
I have learned how to repair toilets from owning houses for over 50 years. I just installed a new toilet last week.
If this is the problem... the fill valve float needs adjusting. There are 2 different types of adjustment on fill valves. Some have small "rod" that can be turned to adjust the hight of the float. Other valves require you to grab the fill valve "support" column and twist it a 1/4 turn and then lower it a notch to lower the water level.
If the water level is holding a little below the standpipe overflow, the flapper could be leaking. But my guess is that the "NOISE" is coming from the fill valve.
To get the water out of the tank... shut off the valve behind the tank. Then flush the toilet to get most of the water out of the tank. Then I use a sponge and a small bucket to get the remaining water out. Next, put the small bucket under where the inlet water connects to the tank. Unscrew the hose from the bottom of the tank.
The fill valve can now be removed by unscrewing the holding nut on the bottom of the tank. Next, disconnect the water tube on the standpipe.
To change the flapper valve..... There are rubber tabs on each side the hold the flapper in place. These can usually be removed/installed with just you hand or maybe using a flat screwdriver.
I have learned how to repair toilets from owning houses for over 50 years. I just installed a new toilet last week.
Posted on 1/15/24 at 6:28 pm to prostyleoffensetime
If the water tank level is set correctly (per geralddd’s post, your flush valve needs rebuilding. Mine needs rebuilding too. Don’t ignore it, as it can cost an extra $50/month in water bill.
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