whats up with my toilet

utajoker · 17 Jul 2018 at 10:56

so recently my toilet starting making a noise like a screw rattling.

It is making it pretty much all the time apart from when i have flushed and the water is running into the toilet.

once the water has stopped and it is refilling it is making it again.

it sounds like it is coming from under the rim of the bowl.

Any ideas please?

Pocah · 17 Jul 2018 at 12:11

Does it only make the noise when it is refilling?

utajoker · 17 Jul 2018 at 12:48

no it is pretty much all the time. it only stops when it is flushing.

fastwunz · 17 Jul 2018 at 13:45

utajoker said:
no it is pretty much all the time. it only stops when it is flushing.

well thats odd - literally ALL the time apart from when flushing?

Pocah · 17 Jul 2018 at 16:42

Check the overflow to see if the main inlet valve is leaking.

enkoda · 18 Jul 2018 at 07:43

Are you 100% sure the sound definitely isn't coming from inside the cistern?

utajoker · 18 Jul 2018 at 22:08

i will try to record it and upload tomorrow.

tom_nieto · 18 Jul 2018 at 23:07

Pocah said:
Check the overflow to see if the main inlet valve is leaking.

This. It’ll be continuously running. Have you had a look under the hood?

LeeUK · 19 Jul 2018 at 00:12

Check where the overflow is actually running to especially if it's a new build house, they tend to just them leak under the floor unto the ceiling below.

Avant Homes do anyway.

dholdi · 19 Jul 2018 at 00:40

Overflows are internal to the bowl on the majority if not all w/c's nowadays.
I'd guess yours is overflowing and that's what you can hear.

Pocah · 19 Jul 2018 at 08:30

dholdi said:
Overflows are internal to the bowl on the majority if not all w/c's nowadays.
I'd guess yours is overflowing and that's what you can hear.

This is true, and if it is a modern toilet the amount of leakage may be so small you might not even see it easily and it will be directly in to the bowl. When this happens in a modern toilet it's usually limescale. If you pull off the top of the cistern and squirt in some strong acid toilet cleaner and leave it overnight it should fix the problem. Incidentally, the screw noise is probably actually a small piece of broken-off ceramic rattling someplace and is nothing to worry about.

Hedge · 19 Jul 2018 at 08:39

Is the cistern mounted directly ontop of the toilet pan? Maybe one of the wingnuts has loosened slightly and picking up vibration or something. (peoples ideas above are better than this mind

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SuperOwl86 · 19 Jul 2018 at 11:26

Sorry to jump in but thought it was best to post here.

I have noticed that they is a hissing noise coming from the toilet. I have pulled the cover up and found out that it is constantly running.

https://i.imgur.com/McxQTwK.jpg

Anyone able to give me an idea of what I need to try and do to fix this?

Thank you and sorry for the jumping in.

Gammawolf · 19 Jul 2018 at 15:45

SuperOwl86 said:
Sorry to jump in but thought it was best to post here.

I have noticed that they is a hissing noise coming from the toilet. I have pulled the cover up and found out that it is constantly running.

https://i.imgur.com/McxQTwK.jpg

Anyone able to give me an idea of what I need to try and do to fix this?

Thank you and sorry for the jumping in.

If you lift the ball a little does it stop leaking? If it does you can turn that plastic screw on top of the black shaft so it engages sooner. Most likely the rubber diaphragm inside is worn (or the nozzle that pushes against it is broken), you can buy parts but a new one is cheap. You can reuse the ball float from the existing one

https://www.screwfix.com/p/opella-bottom-entry-toilet-cistern-float-valve-part-3/52836

utajoker · 19 Jul 2018 at 21:10

Recorded the noise and listening to it more it sounds like a squeak to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUMvs4TSu80

the noise is not coming from the back of the toilet and i have listed the top, can't see anything wrong tho im not the best diyer. i have felt all the nuts and piping and it all seems solid.

utajoker · 22 Jul 2018 at 21:25

seem to have solved the problem, took the flush mechanism out and cleaned the hole into the toilet and the rubber that lifts up to allow the flush and it seems to have solved it.

There was some grime on the rubber that must have just been breaking the seal and allowing the smallest amount of water through.