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Toilet flush getting longer...
clayton16749
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The flush time on our toilet has been getting gradually longer but now seems to have balanced out at 2 minutes - a lot longer than the 30-40 seconds it used to take.
Any idea what would cause this to happen? It's stabilised now but 2 minutes flushing is a lot of water being used/wasted.
Any idea what would cause this to happen? It's stabilised now but 2 minutes flushing is a lot of water being used/wasted.
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Anyone have any advice on this please?
The flush is now getting longer again - up to about 5 minutes now. What could be causing this? I can't get into the cistern bit as our toilet is one of those stupid designs where the toilet is enclosed behind a wooden unit (we didn't put it in!)
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My toilet flush gets far too long if I have the cistern filling too fast, so I just turn the tap filling the toilet down a bit, that fixes it.0
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I think you mean the refill time, not the flush time?
It's filling slower, which means that the inlet valve is restricted.No free lunch, and no free laptop
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Do you mean how long it takes for the cistern to fill back up once flushed or does the water carry on running into the bowl for a few minutes after you have flushed it?0
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Sorry, I'll try to explain as best I can.
It's a push button first of all, not a handle to pull. From the point I push the button to flush to the point where I no longer hear any water movement and where water is no longer visible in the actual bowl takes 5 minutes.
It used to take around 40 seconds.
Sadly, I can't access the cistern area as it's enclosed behind a wooden panel.
I'm hoping this won't be expensive to fix!0 -
Hope that makes sense!0
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Sounds like a new flush valve to me0
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Is that usually an expensive job? I'm thinking access (or lack of it) might be an extra expense0
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our house had a similar problem, turned out to be the button you push! the weak spring inside was not pushing the button back up so keeping the valve open.
An easy fix just a new push button, but i think access would be an issue for you even for that. Are you sure there isn't any sort of access panel? Removable tile? Any screws you can see?0 -
To state the obvious, you can't fix this until you access the cistern. A new diaphragm is not an expensive part.No free lunch, and no free laptop0
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