Toilet Parts
A broken toilet can be a real inconvenience and you are always in a rush to fix it. The good news is that knowing your toilet parts might allow you to fix your toilet without needing to pay for an expensive plumber.
There are some toilet parts which tend to break because of wear and tear and most of these parts are inexpensive and easy to replace so it takes just a little bit of know how to get things right and your toilet working again.
Let’s take a look at some of the most common toilet parts, what happens when they break and how to go about fixing them. Keep in mind that you need to turn off the water supply to the toilet first, in case you need to loosen, tighten or fiddle with any parts of the toilet directly connected to this. You don’t want to end up with toilet water all over the bathroom and all over yourself!
One of the most common toilet problems is the sound of water running continuously or the water not stopping on its own. This is annoying and it can be costly because of the water bills that this could rack up.
To analyze this problem, take off the lid of the tank and have a peek inside. You should see two pipes coming out of the bottom of the tank. One of the pipes should have a little valve at the top of it which a valve attached. The other pipe should be open at the top. The latter is known as the over flow pipe.
Take note of the water level on the over flow pipe, if it is all the way at the top then the float is set too high. All you need to do to correct this issue is the bend the float so that water shuts it off before it reaches the top of the pipe.
If this is not the issue, then the toilet parts that are having issues will the flapper valve. The back of the flush handle there is a little arm with a little chain attached to it and this should lead to the flapper valve. If the chain is too high, kinked or it has any sort of obstruction, it could be holding the valve open, which will be causing the leakage. You can fix this by replacing the flapper valve toilet parts, or in some cases, the flapper valve might have come loose from the chain. Check that it is attached and if it is not, simply attach it. A flapper valve is usually opened and closed quite easily.
These are only two problems caused by toilet parts which can easily be fixed. Things like the toilet over flowing or not flushing might have to do with the water supply or a blocked drain. Although, the not flushing issue might also be a toilet parts problem. If the flush lever/button does not work, check that the flapper valve is attached and checked that water is running into the tank. If the problem is with the latter, contact a plumber.