Fixing leaky cistern

valve90210 · 8 Feb 2018 at 17:13

Having read the recent thread by @Boycey0211 about his water leak woes and the huge amount of water his leaky cistern had wasted, I have decided I need to do something about my leaky cistern...

This is the leaky part in question:

And slightly closer if that's of any help:

I'm assuming I can just replace the whole float valve but none of those I can see at Screwfix etc look quite the same as what I've got, can anyone point me in the right direction or link me to something suitable?

Boycey0211 · 8 Feb 2018 at 17:26

I went to b and q and bought the whole inlet assembly for £7, tried to fit it but twisted the pipe in the process!

divuk83 · 8 Feb 2018 at 18:02

I have replaced a few leaky fill valves with these: https://www.screwfix.com/p/fluidmaster-bottom-entry-bottom-entry-fill-valve-uk/84007
Fairly cheap, easy to fit and work really well.

Which pipe have you bent/twisted?

Dave

Thekwango · 8 Feb 2018 at 19:38

Boycey0211 said:
I went to b and q and bought the whole inlet assembly for £7, tried to fit it but twisted the pipe in the process!

I told you to stop yanking your pipe so hard

Boycey0211 · 8 Feb 2018 at 19:51

divuk83 said:
I have replaced a few leaky fill valves with these: https://www.screwfix.com/p/fluidmaster-bottom-entry-bottom-entry-fill-valve-uk/84007
Fairly cheap, easy to fit and work really well.

Which pipe have you bent/twisted?

Dave

The one that connects to the bottom of that, hence the plumber visit! Tbh it was ancient and siezed so should have expected it

Showboat · 8 Feb 2018 at 21:08

This looks to be the same type of repair here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFpMP_L1bSA

Vern1961 · 9 Feb 2018 at 01:33

Had to change out the syphon unit on our upstairs toilet a couple of years ago as it turned out the occasional (annoying) drip from the filler was because water coming out the bottom. It got to the point where it was sticking and running through every 6th flush or so. Unfortunately as the cistern is close coupled to the pedestal quite a major job. First of all had to free the seriously rusted nuts and securing bolts, then the feed pipe then the bolts to the wall. Even a drained ceramic cistern is quite heavy and getting it all back in place after changing the unit was even more ... interesting. At least we saved £120 on a plumber callout, though.