Toilet refills by itself


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Old 01-02-04, 03:21 PM
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Toilet refills by itself

Hi,
The toilet upstairs randomly refills by itself when nobody has flushed it............ tell me why please.
 
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Old 01-02-04, 03:26 PM
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Sounds like the flapper is leaking water from the tank into the bowl.
Replace the flapper. Clean the flapper seat with steel wool or SOS pad. Shorten the chain on the new flapper to where it just allows the flapper to seal fully.
Good Luck!
 
 

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