How A Toilet Works: Home Warranty Help

[@loadkingdom4929]

Been watching videos on fixing the toilet flush but you're the only to explain it in a detailed manner that is not too complicated. Thank you!

[@malachymcmahon4464]

11pm one more video before I go to bed 3am how a toilet works

[@gritlup2089]

This...This is my life every night.

[@surgio98]

The refill tube (Hose going into the overflow valve) doesn't fill up the tank. It actually fills the bowl. It needs to place at least enough water as needed to cover the hole before the trap (aka poop hole) the valve actually releases water at two points. Around the valve and into the refill tube. The ratio is predetermined by the valve but some are adjustable.

[@God_save_our_souls]

IM SCREAMING😂😂😂😂😂

[@ArmyScoutMom]

Very well explained to make things simple for someone who's very not technical like myself LOL. Thank you!

[@cindyturner5850]

I'm still confused about the piece that goes into that pipe

[@ZERONEINNOVATIONS]

It pour enough amount of water into the bowl I guess. So that water level rises and stops the terrible smell coming from the drain pipe.

[@PowShadowPSH]

This is EXACTLY what I wanted!!!!! Thank you soooooooooo much for uploading this!!!!

[@sandisosenzo]

Great video! I now understand the flushing part, but the confusing part for me now is the float. I don't really get how it actually stops water from pumping in

[@Jhanados]

From my understanding, the force of the float's buoyancy is what makes it work. You can see that as it rises along with the water, it also moves the stick attached to it (2:59). The other end of the stick is attached to a small bit of plastic poking out underneath the cap. Once that bit reaches a mostly 90° angle, it acts as a closed lever, physically blocking the water from exiting the little black tube. The stick is threaded which allows you to change the height of water needed to fully stop the water by screwing it. Clockwise = more water needed and counter-clockwise = less water needed. Hope this helps!

[@steventang4045]

@@Jhanados THANK YOU FOR THIS EXPLANATION. My stick was all the way clockwise, and my bowl was overflowing. But rotating my stick a bit counter clockwise seems to prevent the overflowing.

[@mentosis797]

Thank you Landmark, this video saved me from flooding my upstairs bathroom. Very cool

[@stacycalderon9910]

Thank you. Very nice video. The water tube dropped down from where it should have been pouring. I knew it didnt just lay in the water but was unsure of where it went.

[@God_save_our_souls]

THANK YOU. This was so simply and clearly explained. Now I feel weird because I think toilets are cool😂

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

Thanks to you, I just fixed the problem with my toilet tank.😊

[@tylerhamilton9715]

This video just helped me fix my toilet thank you!

[@bluecobalt665]

I have PTSD from a toilet overflowing for 3 hours leaking through my roof and spraying out of my ceiling fan destroying electronics and nearly starting an electric fire. At least I have an idea on how to stop it...

[@brianblackburn5018]

LOL

[@melh2666]

Next time turn off the angle stop

[@nightdreamer1189]

I just experienced the crisist

[@kayo5291]

😳

[@mikehawkridge6572]

Have you any more types please

[@prankgirl9112]

You guys just saved my life. Thanks for the vid!

[@DarthBHorse]

my toilet chain snapped around the top end so i had to open it up and pull it manually. very helpful video! 10/10

[@RawFitChris]

Where does the water come from that fills the tank (not down into the bowl via the black flow tube)? Does it come from a separate place that you didn't mention? Inquiring minds want to know!

[@chiliboom6140]

I just installed a new one. My version the water that goes into the tank comes from the lower part of the float tube, near the base.

[@smug8567]

One thing I think you should include, "Then things go wrong" show example on failed structures and lessons learned by them.

[@CBQReview]

This was an amazing explanation

[@Brittt001]

Omg my over flow valve was no longer connected. Thanks so much!!

[@aluisious]

What I don't get is how the water going in the tube fills up the bowl and the tank at the same time.

[@SirBuzz]

The skinny tube is only filling up the actual bowl. The water that fills the tank is at the base of the fill valve.

[@ilardozhejani3347]

Excellent guide, thank you!

[@LEGENDSOFTHEPAST316]

Good way of explaining 👌

[@ankitwadhwa89]

I have fixed my fill valve recently replaced the old one which had some issues, but there is constant sound coming in the tank as if the fill valve is filing the water in tank. Can I know what am I doing wrong, also is there any height adjustment that I have to do with the fill valve, I mean at what height I am supposed to put the fill valve in the tank?

[@joelbramble6915]

So all the water that comes into the tank does so via the refill tube? In my toilet, it looks like water also enters the tank from vents at the base of the flush valve... am I confused?

[@chocolategravyandbiscuits8418]

That’s my question. I understand everything but this. I believe the bowl fills from the hose shooting in the tube and the tank fills from these vents. I need more water in the bowl, but raising the level just makes it go into the overflow and never lifts float to shut off. It’s at the max level now. I think my only option is making the overflow tube longer.

[@jimliu2560]

What causes ghost “auto-mini-flushes”? Is it because the float is too loose and moving around too much?

[@katstikilounge]

I've been enlightened!

[@jamiemackin4840]

I do not have a valve like that tried taking a picture but this new phone won't let me so both. I just have a hose that hooks to a tube by where the drain flap comes up? How do I fix that, water shuts off but very little goes in the bowl & tank is only half full

[@shakiulislam6883]

Thank you so much

[@lightnentim]

didn't say how the overflow tube fills the tank and the bowel, argh

[@rdlu9966]

I was wondering the same thing . I just replaced my toilet fill valve. On my new Fluidmaster fill valve, there are small outlets surrounding the bottom of it where water flows out to fill the toilet tank. Simultaneously, water flows from the fill valve to the overflow tube through a hose to fill the toilet bowl.

[@aud1gen]

@@rdlu9966 okay that clears up my confusion. The fill valve doesn’t just send water to the overflow valve. Now I’m curious, though. My toilet does not have that tiny tube that stretches from the fill valve to the overflow valve, yet everything works fine. At least, I think everything works fine lol

[@2bnatural503]

What happens when you flush and the handle does not go back into position

[@valorieriddler6921]

Thanks girl!

[@calebbowen667]

also my toilet doesnt have that red cap and squirts water out is that fine

[@ldiazmdiaz]

There are top caps that are black 400A Anti-siphon, blue 400AH high performance, red silent fill for Kohler Pro45 and white Kohler genuine part Gp1138930 silent filltoilet valve kit 12.5"x3.5"x3. Black for older toilets that need more water to fill the tank, blue for approx. 1.6 gallons of water, and the red Pro45/white is for how much water?

[@flipperdale51]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[@nathanjames__]

Anyone else watching this on the toilet trying to figure out why it wont flush 🖐️

[@lukestanley3045]

Thanks!

[@Duckarefun101]

Thank you so tucking much you helped me flush my tyouleet

[@heloripascal8997]

Our loo is funky. It has a strange flapper/fill pipe integrated into a huge block of plastic and the whole thing tilts back when you flush. We tried replacing it with standard works but it will not accept a regular flapper. Educational, nonetheless.

[@adityasharma-ui5br]

Really helpful!🙂

[@stanmorton8975]

I thought tank level was supposed to be 1in under overflow valve height?

[@Ninaluera58117]

Wow this helped me today damn toilet upstairs was leaking to ceiling downstairs and the clip was installed WRONG . Wow now I can open my beer and breathe

[@don611]

Thank you, that was cool

[@PoppyJone]

What if the toilet tank is filling up while the flapper is trying to close? Mine does that and the flapper never has a chance to cover the seat unless I stop the refill valve wait till the flapper goes does and then I let off the refill and it works perfectly

[@calebbowen667]

my toilet has this floating part in it

[@joecox9958]

the black small pipe is not the main water refill channel

[@markl9808]

What is it for

[@markl9808]

What is it for

[@wyattbrule12688]

Water is COhesive, meaning the water molecules are attracted to each other. Gravity pulls*, the water pushes*

[@kalyan1213]

Water level is dropping every few minutes, water is reaching until overflow tube and in few seconds it slowly drops down and it is filling again. Do you think flapper is not closing it properly?

[@jettlandry2055]

Took a shit and forgot my toilet was broken Ty

[@vatsalsodha3512]

thanks it was helpful!

[@LandmarkHomeWarranty]

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[@adamc2320]

great video.

[@creamcheese3596]

Nothing like the inside of the cistern used in UK toilets...

[@stephensnell1379]

And in the UK all the flushing action happens inside the object which is called a Siphon (even this will leak in time)

[@smug8567]

The middle heating element burnt out. So I dismantled it.This had very simple, almost foolproof, thermal/mechanical pop up mechanism. Electrical function was limited to only the heating element. No electronics, no electromagnet. That is why it survived so long.

[@stephensnell1379]

Toilets use nothing like what you mentioned

[@MJ-gj1vd]

Thank you!!

[@jamilla4101]

lol the chain off mine broke

[@hm.5674]

How tf did I get here 😂😂😂

[@Reaper-qo8tn]

Adhesive was the wrong word, you were looking for cohesive.

[@stephensnell1379]

Actually the word used is the correct one

[@Reaper-qo8tn]

@@stephensnell1379 unfortunately, it's not. Adhesive refers to things that make others stick to them, cohesive are things that stick to themselves. Water is cohesive.

[@Reaper-qo8tn]

@@eloquent-nuance these puns were so gooey, I couldn't help but gush

[@vickisolis]

And here I am trying to learn the anatomy of a toilet because somethings wrong with the float and the overflow wont stop hm 🤔

[@Maria_BearFrogMoose]

Same!

[@vickisolis]

@Maria_BearFrogMoose i ended up calling maintenance 😭

[@Maria_BearFrogMoose]

​@vickisolis I just bought a replacement tank controller off of amazon... cross your fingers for me!

[@mariashimel6712]

​@@vickisolis I did it! It worked! holy cow :D

[@vickisolis]

@@mariashimel6712 so proud of you! lol.

[@englishlessons462]

Such pretty hands

[@ethanwagner6418]

Wow, okay

[@PaulyM856]

You can tell she used to slam back 12 shots of cheap tequila like a champ during college. 😂

[@mmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm869]

But I’m not liking it I’m not even seven years old I’m

[@mmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm869]

6

[@dfreitasdfreitas]

89

[@billyrice1056]

She’s smokin’ 👌👌👌

[@joshuarubin9568]

This video is incorrect and should be taken down. Water from the fill valve goes to 2 place. The water that flows through the tube into the overflow tube at the top of the flush valve refills the BOWL, not the tank. The tank is refilled by water which comes out of the base of the fill valve.

[@fatoumatasacko6991]

Oh that’s gurl

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

0:52 Sorry to mansplain, but I think you mean cohesive.

[@Reaper-qo8tn]

We both noticed

[@Home4Variety]

Oh yay! Now I can sleep better and make a status update on Facebook, informing everyone I know all about the shit can lol