How To Find My Toilet Leak | Common Toilet Leaks | DIY Toilet Repair
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- 'How To Find My Toilet Leak' is a common problem! There are 8 Common Toilet Leaks, but where the toilet leaking from? We help identify where the leak is originating from. In this video, Ross, a plumbing contractor of over 25 years will show you how to identify where your toilet is leaking with this DIY Toilet Repair.
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How To Find My Toilet Leak | Common Toilet Leaks | DIY Toilet Repair
Diy on the House takes time to show you identify the common leaks on a toilet. Knowing where the leak is coming from is the first step to a DIY Toilet Repair. We hope you enjoyed the video on how to find your toilet leak. If you have any questions, or comments, we would love to hear from you, leave a comment below.
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If you think you may have a flapper leaking. Check out our video on how to change that: th-cam.com/video/kT6IV8N3FBs/w-d-xo.html
Help all I hear is a constant drip I’ve checked everything but I can’t locate the source of that infernal drip
Straight and to the point. We need more contributors like you. Thanks!
Thanks - appreciate that!
Thanks for the video. Had a bad fill value, replaced it then was still having an issue with the water running every minute or so. Watched your video and figured out it was because I left the hose long that sticks down In that tube. Trimmed it above the water line and fixed the problem.
Great to hear! Great job!
Me too, thanks!
Okay, so I see that I could have another issue with my toilet. Mine isn't filling, shutting off, then filling again on a continuous cycle. Mine just continues to run non-stop, therefore, it may be the fill valve you were mentioning, which seems more confusing to me. I will have to watch again. This is so helpful!
Perfect. Your knowledge and experience speak through your selection of words, comfort in speaking, listing by frequency, and demonstration of each. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you so much for this. This video just saved me money. Sometimes in my area, good plumbers are hard to find.
Way to go!! Glad to help!
Very helpful! Thanks much.
Thank you. Very educational!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent Vid. Thanks for sharing
You bet!
Excellent video! Succinct and pointed. Identified my problem. Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Very thorough thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the video!
My pleasure!
Excellent video !! Thank you
You are welcome!
Very good tips,thanks a lot! 👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks! You answered my question!
Happy to help!
I had a leak from my toilet water tank. Your video helped me to figure out the problem and fixed it. Thanks!
That is fantastic! Great job!!!
Changed everything on the toilet due to a leak and it was the fill tube was stuck too far in beneath the water line. You saved me having to purchase a new toilet because I was about to destroy it with a sledge hammer. I watched a number of videos and no one I saw mentioned that simple fix. ThNk you!
awesome! Have a great Christmas!
Thanks! Great vid
Glad you liked it!
awesome job.
Thanks!
So glad I found you!! It's NOT the flapper. I changed it out BEFORE I found YOU. It's okay, I got one of the adjustable flappers, so I finally got to take the bricks out of the tank...LOL! Off to buy the fill valve!! WooHoo!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video very details I am learning a lot
Awesome, thank you!
So thorough, as an apprentice plumber it's difficult to remember everything. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you 😊
You're welcome 😊
my issue was the black hose too far down the tube . i thought it might be doing that siphoning but dissmissed my own guess at it until i saw your video and then i fixed it. thanks for telling me to trust my instincts man
Great job!!! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video. One thing I read, and did:
I put Red food coloring in the tank. An hour later, the water in the bowl was red. That made me think the flapper was bad. The other problem was the float wasn't adjusted right. The water level I the tank was right at the top of the fill tube. That caused a siphon.
Glad you solved your problem!! Great job!
Thank you for this excellent troubleshooting video. I have a situation where there seems to be a subtle leak from tank to bowl - not enough to cause a ripple in the bowl water surface, but enough that I can hear a faint trickling sound. I replaced the flapper valve, but the problem remains. In fact, when the tank fills, water ripples into the bowl as well. Does this sound like the tank to bowl gasket or maybe something else? Thanks.
Hi,
Check the fill valve tube that goes to the flush valve stand pipe, some times if the hose goes down into the stand pipe far enough it will siphon water from the tank.
If that's not it press you finger down on the center of the flapper see if it stops rippling in the bowl ( may be defective flapper)
Also run your finger around the area that the flapper seals on, some times there is a flaw in that or part of the old flapper (needs to be a smooth surface to seat properly.
If all this fails its the flush valve. You will need to rebuild the entire tank, Fluid Master has this kit with every thing in it.
Hope you find it with out to much trouble. Let me know what you come up with.
Thanks
Ross
@@DIYOnTheHouse Ross, thank you very much for this advice. It's definitely not the fill valve tube, so I'll investigate your other suggestions. This is so helpful, as it's hard to identify the exact problem.
I’m #7 I bet the rubber is worn out. I’m going to try to tighten it a little first. 🤔 It could be above that plastic bolt though I guess; right at the tank? I’ll get a hand held mirror to help with the trouble shooting. Thanks for your great and comprehensive
diy video. I’m off to check it out with a bit more confidence now.
Let me know what you discover when you look closer.
Thank you for your video...I might have a flush valve issue...Toilette keeps mysteriously tries to fill once in a while? Not sure.
Make sure the little tube from the fill valve that goes to the stand tube on the flush valve isn't to far down into it, it can siphon water from the tank through the fill valve and into the stand tube. Also check the seat on the flush valve where the flapper lands on. If there is a defect on it will refill. lift the flapper and run you finger nail on the seat and feel for indents.
Thank you so much for these tips! My toilet seems to have a unique problem. The bowl (and I believe also the tank) have a build up of what looks like dirt, but I don’t believe it’s dirt or mold. It’s in the whole part of the bowl where the water is, not just the rim of the water. And it’s only in one of our 4 toilets in the house. Do you know what it could be and how to fix the toilet to prevent it?
I am guessing that it is scale. Try scraping it with the edge of a flat screw driver, if it pops off, it is scale. You can soak it with white vinegar. If I am not understanding correctly, can you email me a picture at diyonthehouse@gmail.com and I can see if I can tell what is going on?
Thanks for a very thorough video. I discovered a cracked overflow tube in mine which broke as I removed it.
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Thank you. Will get a washer for my leaky inlet pipe
Glad I could help.
Thank you for this video. Is there a way to tell where the leak is from if it's not obvious that it's visible on the floor? For instance, we have a constant pressure well system and we are trying to figure out what we need to take apart for the toilet. We already replaced the flapper but the pressure is dropping in our home still. I rather not for instance try to change out the flange since it means taking things more apart that I am comfortable with. Thank you for your time.
If you can't detect where a leak is coming from on a toilet tank just add a little food coloring in the tank water, and see where it shows up.
@@DIYOnTheHouse Thanks for the follow up response. I did do a dye test and the bowl did show a light tint of blue after a few hours. But this is after I changed the flapper. At this point, does it narrow down if this is a flush valve/gasket problem or the flange problem? Thanks for the guidance.
Our problem appears to be with the flush valve. Thanks!
Glad this helped!
Sheesh, I knew it was leaking from the tank to the bowl in a real slow trickle. But I was sooo focused on the overflow tube and its gasket that I missed the fact I hadn't trimmed the bowl-fill-hose which allowed it to siphon water from the tank to the bowl. The problem went away once I trimmed that hose down some. Thanks!
Glad it helped!! Great job!
My nemesis is tank to bowl and loose bolts.. is there to be rubber washers against the porcelain where the nuts are to attach tank to bowl.. and placing the tank to bowl rubber piece on before connecting to the bowl? I have been chasing to many toilet leaks and needs to come to an end.. and should I get copper bolts to put in for tank to bowl? Thank you..
Inside the tank it will be just the bolt and a rubber washer, on the bottom of the tank
put a rubber washer, a metal washer and nut and tighten. This will seal the bolt holes.
Place the tank on the bowl and put on metal washer and nut and secure. Make sure the flush valve gasket is in place before setting the tank.
Let us know if you need any more help.
Thanks for sharing i think mine is the rubber gasket going into the toilet i replaced everything else .. i will replace that see what happens maybe it dried up when i removed the tank to change the bolts and little rubber things..
Let us know if it worked!
Ok thanks. i will try and change the middle piece where the water goes sprays into. fill valve gasket might be leaking the water out
We are continually having issues with the handles in both our toilets. When we push the handle down to flush it stays jammed down and water is continuously leaking until we turn/pop the handle back into its “resting” place. Do you have any idea on why that keeps happening with our handles?
Hi,
Its the metal they use to make the lever and the moisture.
We have a video on a handle I recommend, Its the cats meow.
My wife and I run a plumbing service company and these are the only trip levers I use now. th-cam.com/video/N9qS62Z2WAA/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for watching.
Ross
This is the only video I have found that mentions the Return Tube. This was my problem.
Great, hope it helped!
I'm having #7 however I changed the flex hose/tube and it's still leaking any thoughts on what else to try?
Is it leaking down at the valve on the wall or the tank connection?
@@DIYOnTheHouse the tank connection...i'm thinking it may be the inlet valve
My toilet continuously runs and has leaked on the floor twice. About a week apart. Should I try to fix the fill valve or replace it?
I would always replace them,(Fluid Master 400A) sounds like from the leak you may have a tank to bowl leak as well with the water being on the floor?
Thanks for watching
Outstanding video.
One additional leak that wasn't covered is a pinhole or crack in the toilet bowl. This may be invisible to the eye. Symptom is water in bowl slowly disappears.
The only way I know to confirm this is remove the toilet and take the bowl to a place where water would not be an issue (on the floor) and fill the bowl carefully and slowly with water. There should be NO WATER on the floor. I let mine stand overnight just to be sure.
If there is water on the floor, you will have to replace the bowl or the entire toilet.
Ask me how I know.
Maybe DIY On The House can confirm.
I've been a service plumbing contractor for 25 years. And can't think of any occasion this is a common toilet leak. But that's not saying it happens, all products are not perfect.
@@DIYOnTheHouse Ross, just thought I would add this to the mix but I agree with you it is not the normal circumstance. I did not want to believe it or take the toilet out of service for half a day and night but the test confirmed the problem. Again, thanks for making this video for us DIY folks.
Bowl fill hose too long - below the tank water line! I would have never figured that one out. Thank you!
Glad to help
I'm #3 tank to bowl. Leaking on floor from one of the bolts. For the life of me, I could not figure out why. Going to buy some new bolts. Thanks.
Glad to help!!!
My toilet has water leaking slow steady stream into the bowl. Even when I closed off the water and emptied almost all the water in the tank, it still continued to leak. Any ideas where the leak is coming from. I guess I might have to replace the central thing.
It would be leaking from the flush valve gasket - the tank would need to be removed and all of the components would need to be replaced.
have a mysterious dripping noise coming from my tank...nothing is leaking on the floor however, I did replace the tank bolts, the large gasket and the small gasket on the bottome of my american standard tower flush valve but i still hear the very faint dripping noise...
It would be coming from your flapper, flush valve, or fill valve. Have you changed any of these? I would try changing the flapper first. Here is a video on that th-cam.com/video/kT6IV8N3FBs/w-d-xo.html
I reviewed everything (all excellent) and could not find anything that addresses my situation. After I flush the toilet and all is well, when I look into the bowl later, the water level has reduced and will do soo more if I leave it alone. For now, I turned off the water valve. Any suggestions?
You may need a visit from a plumber, there is several things that can cause that.
Sorry
@@DIYOnTheHouse Thanks for your reply. Will watch the situation and keep the water off for now :-)
I hear the hissing sound but don't see water leaking into the toilet bowl. I removed the fill valve cap and cleaned the rubber "washer".
Hope that works. I do notice however the water level is bit lower than when it first filled to a full tank.
If the hissing stopped when you shut off the water, then it will be the fill valve and will need to be replaced. Let me know!
@@DIYOnTheHouse Hissing sound is not constant or consistent ....only once a while
When water is leaking, will there always be air bubbles to spot where's it's leaking? I've been trying to spot air bubbles but no luck in mine.
You won't see air bubbles. You can try food coloring in the tank - just remove the lid and drop some in and see where it migrates.
@@DIYOnTheHouse Thanks! I think my problem is #4. There's no water on the floor. At first I was fooled because the water level in the bowl wasn't rising as the top was draining. But then I guess the level in the bowl can only be so high because of the level at which it starts to drain. So I bet it's silently draining through that old gasket down to the bowl and down the pipe all slow and unnoticeable until the water starts to run.
I have changed flapper twice but it still tops off the water every 5 minutes. Is there somewhere else I need to check?
Make sure the small tube from the fill valve that goes to the center stand pipe isn't down inside it a long ways. This will cause water to siphon through. If that isn't it then you may have a leak on the flush valve seal. That involves pulling the tank and replacing every thing in it. If that's the case Fluid Master sells a complete kit at any hardware store.
My leak is from the silver water line up at the base of the water tank. I can’t flush without it pouring onto the floor. My valve is stuck for turning off the water but I am trying WD40 spray to loosen . The tank is giving off sewage smell so I need to empty the water when I tried to manually to remove water water is still coming in cause I can’t shut off water to tank at the moment . Suggestions please asap
You will need to shut the water off and replace the stop at the wall.
Mine is filling and shutting off, but very noisy. There's a black plastic round piece on that hose part and it's spraying. I haven't seen any toilet tank fixing videos that show that piece on the little hose.
Hi, That part on the end of the hose should be attached to the tube in the center of the tank and refills the bowl after flushing. Great idea on the video, I don't have any toilet videos coming up but will include it on the next.
@@DIYOnTheHouse Thank you. The black piece is attached to the tube next to the fill valve, but it's spritzing water. Every video I watch has the tube attached to the fill valve, but not that little round black part. I'm not sure if that piece is something that can just be twisted to tighten it or whether it's just leaking. I'm too old to be learning new things (ha).
@@gerigowers8318 We would love to help you more! Can you email us a picture at diyonthehouse@gmail.com?
My toilet seems to be leaking under my laminate flooring. No moisture is visible but it is warping my flooring. Any suggestions?
I sounds like the wax ring is bad and leaking. It needs pulled and wax replaced before the damage to the floor spreads.
Just watched this video while trying to fix a toilet that puts water into the bowl constantly and then refills every 15 minutes or so. After replacing the flapper without stopping the leak, I think I've got it narrowed down to the fill tube as the water stops going into the bowl after about 15 minutes once the water is shut off. I pulled the fill up so it's barely in the white flapper tube and that seems to have stopped the leak as the water doesn't appear to be going into the bowl anymore once the toilet fills back up after flushing. I guess I wasted $7 on a new flapper, but at least it's fixed.
Looking back I should have realized it was not the flapper as I lost power for 3 days after hurricane Ian and therefore, lost water. My toilet never completely emptied itself and I still got a flush out of it after a day of no water. A leaking flapper I'm guessing would have emptied it down to the flapper itself as opposed to the spot where that tube ended.
I'm glad you got it fixed! Glad you made it through the hurricane, hopefully not to much damage.
My issue isn't the water line itself, but the valve end coming out of the bottom of the tank that the water line screws onto. Is there a fix for that, or is it a tank issue? I can't find anything on it on any other channel so this is a Hail Mary of sorts.
Have you tried changing the fill valve?
@@DIYOnTheHouse That's looking like my next step. The valve itself is functioning normally. Is there a gasket that can be replaced where it meets the bottom of the tank, or does the whole fill valve have to be changed out?
@@aldersmoke1 You can purchase the gasket at a hardware store - but might as well change the fill valve while you have it out.
This video is helpful however my problem is not on this list what happens is if I use any type of water either I’m taking a shower washing my hands or just using anything my toilet will start leaking until I turn the water off my water hose outside does not effect this however.
Sounds like you need to replace the fill valve in your toilet. I didn't realize we don't have a video on that one - we will have to put that on our list of videos to do.
I have a leak at the water supply valve, i changed the flexible pipe and it still leaks..
If the leak is at the valve stem. You can tighten the bonnet nut and it will compress the packing on the stem and stop the leak.
@@DIYOnTheHouse i changed to a flexible pipe, no chance, still leaking, the leak is clearly from the tank, i figure i should seal it, im not sure how and dont wanna make it worse...i guess its plumber time
I seem to have a different problem with my toilet leaking. I have a toilet just like your example and the part that regulates how much water goes into the tank has 2 holes in the top of it and the water squirts out of those holes and is aimed right at the opening where the toilet handle is then it drips on the outside of the toilet down to the floor. Also, the toilet is filling constantly. It never shuts off. I manually have shut it off for now. Can you help? I'll watch for your answer. Thanks
You would need to change are the flapper and the fill valve - I found a kit that has both items on Amazon amzn.to/3gNYCfQ. Did you see our video on how to change a flapper? th-cam.com/video/kT6IV8N3FBs/w-d-xo.html -- You also may want to try this video on how to shut off the water th-cam.com/video/LddC37OagCc/w-d-xo.html. Keep us posted on how it goes!
You missed the fill valve gasket from underneath bottom of taank
The fill valve gasket is slid on the threaded shank cone down of the fill valve and the the bottom side of the tank is just the threaded nut. when it is tightened it compress' the gasket between the flange on the fill valve and the tank, making the seal.
Mines is leaking from above the water line where it goes into the toilet I rescued it tighter still leaking
Mines is number 7
I replaced the water line part the silver tube still leaking
Did you replace it with a new braided supply line? Or is it the solid line that
is solid from the valve to the toilet connection?
Also check the plastic nut that secures the fill valve at the tank, sometimes those will loosen when replacing the supply line causing leakage as well.
Ross
I see water running into my bowl like as it were flushing and I hear a non stop hissing sound too.
Me too I hear that hissing did you find an answer anywhere as to why :)?
The hissing sound is coming from the fill valve (the valve with a float) It will need to be replaced. The hissing is water pressure leaking through the rubber diaphragm.
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hmm. I hear a dripping inside the toilet but not into the water. driving me nuts
Sounds like the flapper valve is leaking, that would be the best starting point.
Who has toilets like the no flap valves or bots going through the cistern
American Standard or Kohler
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Very interesting.