Estimated Cost: $10 to $20 How to Repair a Running Toilet When a toilet runs continuously or intermittently, the cause is often due to the flush valve, fill valve, overflow tube, or toilet flapper.

Before diagnosing and repairing your running toilet, you must understand how it works. First, a toilet has seven parts: the bowl, tank, handle, fill valve, overflow tube, flush valve and flapper.

The toilet is running because either water is running in the toilet or water is running out. You need to replace the fill valve and/or the flapper.

Slow filling tank Replace fill valve and flapper Toilet flushes twice Adjust/replace flush lever chain or replace flush valve Not enough water in bowl Replace fill valve or ballcock ...

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Noticing leaks, cracks, and flushing issues? It could be time to replace your toilet.

A leaky flapper, which controls how much water from the toilet tank goes into the bowl, can waste gallons of water between flushes.