Why Is My Toilet Running? It Just Doesn’t Stop!

Do you have a toilet that continues to run, and run, and run?  This could be a quick fix.  Check A Pro Joe asks plumbing expert, Bobby Crowder, the owner of The Family Plumber in Surprise, Arizona to offer up some solutions for this problem.

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Podcast Episode Transcript:

Do the flapper first and see if that stops you can also put some food dye inside the tank to see if there's any water entering the bowl this is the check a pro radio show check a pro Joe has assembled a team of pre-qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques now here's your host the man with a hard hat and tool belt checker pro Joe we all have them in our house many of us have a number of them and that's the toilet thank goodness for plumbers because before plumbers we had to go outside and do number one and #2 now we can actually do our work inside the home but we get this question all the time why is my toilet always running that happens to a lot of us we hear this constant sound of water running in the toilet so I asked my friend Bobby Crowder he is an expert in the plumbing business he is a plumber I've asked him to come on to the program to help us out with this dilemma why do our toilets run Bobby how are you hey Joe how you doing thanks for having me on yeah hey thank you for coming on so this is a common problem why do people's toilets run what's going on here so there's actually several things so you know the toilets running the water in the tank entering the bowl and then the fill valve fills back up and that's where you're hearing the running from what happening we have some sort of leak happening between the tank and the bowl usually the main source of that would be the flapper but also the valve which is the center spot of the inside the tank could be bad as well when it comes down to that I would suggest you know do the flapper first and see if that stops you can also put some food dye inside the tank to see if there's any water entering the bowl if you do then you know you have one of those two options so start with the flapper and then the next one would be the flush valve unfortunately when it comes to the flush valve you're gonna have to remove the tank to replace the flush valve the tube of the flush valve could be cracked and it's seeping through or seeping through the bushing you know or the you know the seal inside the tank of the flush valve so those are the two main sources of the running toilet and why even though that running the fill valves what you're hearing so that's where people say hey my toilets running so that's the main source of it so basically what happens if the water is seeping from the tank into the toilet bowl itself eventually the valves gonna turn on to fill up the tank to where it needs to be exactly that is 100% correct and then you're gonna have that irritating sound if you're having any types of leaks from your tank or from the toilet bowl itself which would probably mean a cracked toilet you need to call a professional like Bobby bobby's information is located right here in the description of this podcast hey Bobby thank you so much for joining me today thank you Joe I appreciate it check a Pro is your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the checker pro radio show.