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Slow Filling Toilet

  
  
  

toilet fill valveWhen you flush the toilet does it seem to take forever to refill? There could be several reasons for this.

The most obvious is that you may have a large tank that empties with each flushing, and it simply takes a long time to refill the tank with that much water. This isn’t the case most of the time though.

Try opening the water supply valve fully. It may be that the valve isn’t letting much water through and it simply takes a long time for the small amount of water to fill a large tank. Turn the valve’s handle counter-clockwise until it stops…this may fix it.

Next, turn the valve off and remove the water supply line from the bottom of the tank. Point the supply line into a bucket and turn the water back on. You want to see a good strong flow of water. If the water if flowing well, replace the fill valve inside the toilet. We are looking to exclude possible causes here, and if there is a strong flow of water from the supply line, then it can only be that the fill valve is clogged or bad. If the water flow into the bucket is poor, it may be that the angle valve is clogged or bad. Replacing the angle valve would be the next step and should solve your problem.

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