Troubleshooting common toilet & cistern problems

Your toilet is something you use all the time at home. When your toilet breaks, you really notice it.

Some issues can happen with your toilet, like

* A cistern not filling up properly

* A toilet that keeps running. Your toilet that keeps running is really frustrating. Toilets that keep running waste water and make your bills higher.

The good news is that common problems with your toilet and cistern are easy to figure out. You can even fix some of these problems with your toilet. Cistern yourself.

Let's look at the issues with your toilet and cistern, what might be causing them, and how you can fix your toilet and cistern.

Your toilet and cistern have problems. These problems with your toilet and cistern are easy to diagnose. You can fix some issues with your toilet. Cistern yourself.

Symptoms: When you press the handle or the button on your toilet, you do not get a lot of water coming out.

Causes:

* The water level in the toilet tank is too low.

* The flush handle or the button is not working as it should.

* The flapper or the flush valve is old and worn out. It is not in the right position.

Fix:

To fix this problem, you should first check the water level in the toilet tank. You need to adjust the float so that the tank fills up to the mark. This way, you will have water to flush the toilet.

Next, you should look at the handle or the button. Make sure everything is connected properly. If something is loose, you need to tighten it. The handle or the button needs to be working so that you can get a good flush.

If the flapper or the flush valve is old or worn out, you need to replace the flapper or the flush valve so that you can get a flush when you press the handle or the button. You will know the flapper or the flush valve is working when you press the handle or the button and you get a lot of water coming out.

Symptoms: The toilet cistern takes ages to fill up after we flush it. Sometimes it just doesn't fill at all.

Causes:

* A faulty fill valve

* A blocked inlet pipe

* Low water pressure in my house

Fix:

* We need to check the fill valve for any blockages.

Clean out any dirt or limescale I find.

* If the valve is still not working properly, I should replace the fill valve with an one.

* If the water pressure in my home is always low, we might have to call a plumber to check the water supply.