Hi, not going to lie. I just signed up because when I looked up toilet leak problems this site came up and I *THINK* this place just saved my sanity and my relationship with the fiancé.
Anyways, we moved into a new apartment in a 100 year old house and for weeks our toilet has had a slow leak that has been going off every 5 minutes! Our landlord was here twice and unable to solve the problem. It being my first place not in my mommy's home, I of course know jack crap about toilets (until this problem started, now I am quite aware of the basics). After replacing the flapper on my own the landlord came and replaced it with another, to no luck, and then he disassembled the toilet and replaced the overfill tube/flapper then left. Anyways we left thinking all was well and when we returned home the first thing I hear it the darn toilet running on its own again. So contact the landlords again and they can't come until Tuesday.
So, already Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven MAD I started looking up everything and came across fill tube shoved to far down overfill tube and siphoning water into bowl. Sure enough, I run to the toilet, lift the lid and the overfill tube is stuffed down the thing so far. So, I pulled the tube up near to the top and it has been 20 minutes since and I have not heard a damn thing. 20 minutes of glorious peace!!
Anyways, the tube is rather long and when I try to put the lid back on the toilet it pushes the tube back down the cylinder hole... so I was wondering if I can just cut the thing to the size I need it to be because it is too long. Pretty sure I can, but I thought I would check. But from the bottom of my heart... Thank you website forum.
Anyways, we moved into a new apartment in a 100 year old house and for weeks our toilet has had a slow leak that has been going off every 5 minutes! Our landlord was here twice and unable to solve the problem. It being my first place not in my mommy's home, I of course know jack crap about toilets (until this problem started, now I am quite aware of the basics). After replacing the flapper on my own the landlord came and replaced it with another, to no luck, and then he disassembled the toilet and replaced the overfill tube/flapper then left. Anyways we left thinking all was well and when we returned home the first thing I hear it the darn toilet running on its own again. So contact the landlords again and they can't come until Tuesday.
So, already Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven MAD I started looking up everything and came across fill tube shoved to far down overfill tube and siphoning water into bowl. Sure enough, I run to the toilet, lift the lid and the overfill tube is stuffed down the thing so far. So, I pulled the tube up near to the top and it has been 20 minutes since and I have not heard a damn thing. 20 minutes of glorious peace!!
Anyways, the tube is rather long and when I try to put the lid back on the toilet it pushes the tube back down the cylinder hole... so I was wondering if I can just cut the thing to the size I need it to be because it is too long. Pretty sure I can, but I thought I would check. But from the bottom of my heart... Thank you website forum.