How to Fix a Running Toilet | Easy Toilet Flush Repair

Welcome to my latest plumbing tips video where i will show you how to fix a constantly flushing or running toilet and an easy fix. If you like the content leave a like and please subscribe for more content like this as I've got a lot more to come and there will be something that will help you out. Theres other plumbing tutorials on my channel to check out!
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[@rob01244]

DIY Guru... you've just saved me £120 - thank you so much, I work for a hospice and dont earn much money. This fix has really helped me out. Your instructions are perfect I did everything you said and my running toilet is fixed ❤. Good luck with your channel, you deserve all your subs and more.

[@charliestreets8018]

I didn't realise some of the units had lugs on them on the side that you just press in to release it. Your video has saved me a lot of bother. Many thanks

[@southyorkshire7776]

I've just learnt how to stop a running toilet, using the isolation screw. Thank you for helping, you made a huge difference to our day, week, month, year, thank you so much.

[@PaulineMclean-kn4vy]

Fantastic advice. I Didn't even need to unclip the flush unit just put my hand around the seal and found a large bit of plastic from one of those blue freshners. Fixed👍

[@oliviahaygarth8141]

Sorted a job I'd been putting off for weeks in 5 mins. Could have saved myself all those late night trips to the downstairs loo. Thanks a lot for making this 👍

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Your welcome!

[@jwomeldorf5332]

DIY Guy: many thanks for your help. I suck at DIY and still managed to replace the broken seal, thanks to you. Greatly appreciated!

[@walkwellfootclinic761]

You have saved me money too. You were right. The entire bloo block was stuck under the rubber bit. Thank you so much. Subscribed!

[@Bipolarvideos]

"you wont need any tools" immediately pulls out a flat head screwdriver

[@MaxDamage1984]

I didn't need any. I just let the water run while I cleaned the flush unit.

[@Brynben1]

Ha ha brilliant 😂

[@SiriuslyEz]

Some toilets have a float which can be adjusted using finger nail. adjusts the cutoff water level

[@andyvass76]

Worked for me 🎉 Top Lad thanks

[@judithhutchinson4922]

You have literally solved my issue. One of those bloody blue loo things was stuck. I've sorted it now. Thanks so much 🙏

[@dancourtney8699]

So simply and clearly explained...Thanks

[@daveburton7126]

Thank you. My septic sprinkler have been running twice per day for a few weeks due to this, so this is saving hundreds of gallons of water.

[@jallwork]

Thanks for this. It really helped. A few points which may help others: 1. My lid just lifted off - no need to remove the push buttons. 2. The cartridge twisted off, no clips holding it in. 3. The washer was worn and despite trying many plumbing stores, I couldn't find a match (or a direct replacement cartridge). 4. I DID manage to turn the washer over and it's not leaking - for now. I think a full replacement will be needed.

[@mcweasel05]

Been turning water on/off every time we used loo for the past month and this is all it took? 2 min job & wish id found this video sooner. Many thanks for posting

[@simondavison6956]

Thank you, your advice has fixed my toilet late on a Saturday night 👍

[@tckchannel4435]

Your video is the clearest for me to understand how the complicated modern flush system works! Great video!👍

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Fantastic ☺️

[@arthurbaldwin1804]

Thanks for a clear informative video. I managed to fix problem after watching it and saved some money removing the need to call a plumber.

[@daviddavies8637]

As usual a very helpful guide and helped me get a simple job done. If I could help though by saying isolate the cistern and flush it before starting the work and when the procedure is done, before turning water back on, clean as much of the debris still in the bottom of the cistern and there should then be a long time before this happens again. Also look at which direction the small/big flush buttons are and install them the same way, a little mistake here. Great help though, many thanks.

[@fletcherlewis]

Fixed my leaking toilet in minutes thanks to your video ,great stuff 👍🏻

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it helped

[@cyberghost1337]

Just wanted to say a big thank you chap. Had the cover from one of those toilet cleaning tabs stuck on the rim of the outlet where the washer is suppose to sit and seal the hole after you flush. Water trickling out constantly down the back of the toilet pan. Watched this video and 20 minutes later jobs done. Thanks!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it helped

[@SiriuslyEz]

Great video, I shared it with a family member, shee told me she has a constantly running toilet which I have yet to see. Might be an idea to tell people their are different types of generic flush units.

[@Honest_John]

Fixed what seemed would be an expensive problem for free, in minutes, thanks to your video 👍 subscribed

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks for the sub!

[@peteholdway1611]

Thanks so clearly spoken and will hopefully fix it tomorrow after playing tennis Thanks once again

[@MarkRabone-iy8ns]

Wondered if I needed an entire cistern!! Thank you for you expertise 👍

[@gaynorlincoln3972]

Thank you so much. I was able to fix the problem because of your calm. clear instructions.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it helped!

[@TheUnarmedGypsy]

Amazing amazing! Bit of a elimination game for me. Changed the bottom entry fill valve with the float bit on but was still dripping. Took the flush mechanism off like your video and the seal has turned to mush and now i have black rotten rubber all over ha. Ordering new seal now. The wife will be pleased

[@McCluskeyRestorations]

Thanks so much. Worked amazingly, even for a novice like me.

[@AdibaAsghar]

Thank you, just did exactly what I seen in the video fantastic I have working toilet.

[@user-cw3xn2sc7n]

Thank you so much! I've just fixed it with your instructions!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it helped!

[@mikehancox4465]

Very useful video. Big lump of silicone blocking mine and problem solved 🙌🏻

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Great to hear!

[@ketarii]

Thanks mate saved me calling up my dodgy landlord, my toilet was a little different, I had to screw off the silver flusher, lift up the marble lid, then the circular thing I has to screw off as the clips wouldn't un do, then I just pulled it out gave it a clean screwed it back on and presto, thank you geezer you got me feeling like a pro, thanks man I appreciate it 💪🏽

[@annacisek3846]

Thank you for that video! I think that's what is wrong with my toilet as I put toilet blocks in , I can't wait to finish work and go to fix it! 😅🤞I so hope it will help 🙏🏻🤞

[@TheDIYGuy1]

You can do it!

[@LeeWeiHow]

Really useful video, found a piece of residue stuck at the area you refer. Removed it and the flow stopped!

[@jonfenwick6200]

Brilliant. That'll be a big thing in years to come, when newer toilets are getting on a bit.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍

[@zollymazarelo6165]

Fixed my toilet, thank you so much

[@diveshagarwal4560]

Thanks it really helps. Appreciate for sharing the experience and how you solve the issue.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it helped

[@ramillawatterstone9335]

Thank you! 😊I did it

[@MrUTuber001]

Thank you for sharing.

[@PaulW-m7b]

Well done, clear and to the point, unlike so many other vids. Thanks

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it helped

[@somnath606]

Good clear video. thanks for sharing.

[@marcgrody2651]

Excellent video, clear and concise

[@chrisbaldwin9568]

Great advice. Did the job. Thanks so much.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it helped!

[@samgreen8902]

Great stuff. Worked for me, took less than 5 mins 👍🏻

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Great to hear!

[@jamesshannon737]

You're a lifesaver mate thank you.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Happy to help

[@CH-en4er]

Thank you mate, very helpful for an annoying problem !

[@TheDIYGuy1]

😃 anytime

[@koshmiah6070]

Thank you for this, saved me a call out!!

[@sandraumarajmi4169]

fix my toilet by watching your video. Bundle of thanks😊

[@leot8725]

Thank u i just fixed mine u saved me !!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad I could help

[@Ciprian-IonutGindac-u2s]

Helpfull guide, tnx

[@isaacme3277]

It worked!!! That'll teach me to use toilet bloos

[@unayssheikh1070]

Thank you mate very informative video. Quick easy fix

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks

[@MsJockbird]

Very good well explained. Ken in Paris merci

[@GPacini68]

Thanks

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Welcome. Thanks to you too

[@MrMorganj1981]

Just fixed mine, cheers mate 👌

[@TheDIYGuy1]

No problem 👍

[@sueb4008]

Very detailed and simple to follow. Thanks 👍

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it was helpful!

[@craigscott2048]

Such handy advice and easy to follow

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks 👍

[@Expen5ive]

Bro the scent thing built up into a ball and kept my thing open. That’s it. Absolute legend

[@bunnyshardell]

Thank you so much! Problem sorted..

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it helped

[@54baldev]

Very helpful video as usual. I really love to watch these as they may come in handy one day. Thanks

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks I'm glad you find them useful. Anything else you'd like to see?

[@PaVachana]

You saved my day. Thanks.

[@benmokwena4647]

Thank you so much this video was so helpful to me.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

I'm glad it helped

[@peterreid9769]

Great video.

[@neilboswell1768]

Thanks buddy. Really helped

[@TheDIYGuy1]

No problem 👍

[@philippelacey244]

dead simple. Cost me £3 to fix. Great video.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Any time

[@fattony8656]

Great video - really helped. Definitely sound like a fellow Suffolk boy

[@velogoo]

Very useful video, I have this very issue with what looks like the very same flush unit. However! I seem to have made my problem worse… the seal does look like it has deteriorated slightly, although not too bad, and when I put it all back together the running water was a bit worse, Guess I need a new seal, but how do I know what to get? Cheers!

[@amazing451]

If the water was rising above the overflow and into the toilet you said it could possibly be a fill valve issue, how can this be fixed. Any help greatly appreciated.

[@BRAMMERS87]

Legend, legend, legend!!!

[@uberwayz]

As an emergency plumber I love it when people do DIY plumbing.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Brilliant 👍

[@angryrhyno]

@theDIYguy1 … i’m not sure thats what he meant 🤔🤭

[@50caliberbob73]

I've just replaced an old toilet with a new one (first time I've done anything like this!) and have a slow trickle of water into the bowl. Is it likely to be this seal on a brand new unit? Or is it more likely an issue with how I have tightened the flush unit up with the nut on the outside of the cystern (on the bottom)? Thanks for the videos!

[@rogerbedgood8798]

DIY Guy :What is the make and model of the flush mechanism shown in this video, as it looks very similar to mine. My local plumbers merchants say they don't stock this type. The retaining clip that you press to release the flush valve has snapped off, and the chrome push button is broken inside where the rods locate. I need to buy this model flush valve, and the push buttons with rods. Great video. Any help would be much appreciated.

[@bathfun]

Great video, i am going to try it now.. thank you

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Go for it 👍

[@bathfun]

@@TheDIYGuy1 as an update. And solely down to your video. I have actually done DIY which works. The toilet is not longer perpetually running. Thanks

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Great 👍

[@susanelliott6320]

Thank you. Saves a plumber call out.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍

[@johnwatson7120]

Cheers been bugging me this one 👍

[@MohamedFareedh]

Very helpful! Thank you

[@nealpaddock]

Simple easy advice. Subscribed & shared. One thing, could there be close ups of where tools go etc. Also when you removed the flush buttons your arm blocked the shot, would have benefitted from seeing it. Minor things. Great advice and will share!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks for the feedback and your subscription. Glad you found it useful!

[@nevhoworth1739]

Top man, great informative vids, all of them👍

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad you like them!

[@ChrisyStyles]

Or just spray mold spray leave for 20 minutes then flush that works aswell hope this helpsl

[@samueladesina1415]

Genius

[@dannyscrimshaw78]

Hi mate cheers for this as its fixed my toilet but now when i flush it its makes a droning noise coming from the pipes when filling back up you have any idea what it could be just bought the house cheers danny

[@prodical666]

I love how he is casually chatting to us at the very end with his arms resting on the toilet bowl haha

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Lol

[@rolanskiisantos-by9nw]

really helpful...👍👍👍

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad to hear that

[@aiistyt]

I would really like to see a similar video on a built in mechanism where the access is line a letterbox

[@ab16426]

Pls also prepare one video for replacing the siphon in the cistern of the toilet

[@Topman-99]

So I managed to do this for 2 out of my 3 toilets, but the last one still trickles and the seal looks fine. Looks slightly different to the one in the video as I don’t have an overflow pipe sticking up like that and also mine is a twist-off type so slightly different. Any advice?

[@jwg3463]

...would be great to update video with some info on how to replace the rubber seal...

[@JasminesIBDJourney]

Would of been handy to know how to fix further problem like you said.

[@charlottesmith9469]

I have a leaver flush handle and ballcock system. When I lift the ballcock up it stops the water running but when I let go it goes back to it's normal position and the water continues. How would I be able to fix it?

[@endoneezer]

thanks chap, very useful, by the way trying to work out your accent are you from the UK?

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Your welcome. Yes, Norfolk

[@endoneezer]

@@TheDIYGuy1 one of the finest places no doubt

[@sbudd9375]

When I have it working again I cannot get the screw back in as well getting the holes for the push button realeases lined up. There is too much movement taking it out of alignment. Any ideas?

[@danieljrs507]

“Really simple fix” - Proceeds to perform brain surgery on the toilet.

[@MarilynMansonisinnocentERWlied]

Hahaha, exactly man.

[@SR-DINGO]

What if water is not going into the cistern?

[@paulie06uk]

Just wondered how this could be done on a concealed cistern?

[@dazorama6730]

Hi, can u help? the toilet on my floor keeps getting blocked! there is a vertical right angle connector on the waste pipe which the toilet on the floor above feeds into. sometimes if u flush the toilet upstairs it fills our one up with crap. I told the caretaker there shouldn't be a right angle on the pipe because the toilet drains into it first before going down so it kills the flushing effect but he won't listen. I 've tried toilet unblocking gel to no avail and washing up liquid n hot water etc. I have now ordered a plumbers snake to give that a go. Any other suggestions? I think the bad pipework is the source of the problem!

[@elnino58ful]

Sorted me right out there buddy 👍👍👍

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Brill

[@littlebigmanlbm]

What was wrong with the old fashioned toilet worked for me for 70 years

[@lizreid2449]

But how do you replace the seal?

[@alpachino468]

I opened my cistern today by unscrewing the flush button, but what I saw horrified me. There's some sort of growth on the seals or bolts on the sides, and I just ran out of there screaming like a little girl. I hate to admit that I'm also a built 40-year old male 😭

[@TheDIYGuy1]

😆

[@anne-shirleybraun5909]

I tried to do that, but when I turn the valve off water leaks out from underneath it. And the toilet will keep refilling, even with the valve turned off.

[@lcd88163]

‘Don’t need any tools’ - immediately gets a tool. ‘Not a messy job’ - immediately sticks hand into the cistern. ‘Weird sticky things normally women like to put in 😹😹’ - lovely bit of misogyny - turns off video, thank you very much.

[@vtecboy6374]

I'm having the same issue but I don't think it's the same like yours. The buttons stay down after pressing it to flush. Sometimes I have to press it again to get the button to come back up to stop the water. This only happens now and then. What would be the issue? Thanks.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

There's a few things that can cause a sticking flush button. It can be that the cistern is filling too quickly. However it's more than likely that you'll need to replace the button mechanism or flush valve itself.

[@VSTV1993]

iv got this issue also, its a right pain, i ttied turning the isolation valve down abit to reduce water pressure to the cistern but it still does it so i think my flush valve is goosed