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Stopping Water Leaking / Running / Dripping / Trickling / Dribbling into the Toilet Loo Bowl
Leaky loo? If your toilet is running all the time and water 💦 is trickling into the toilet, then watch HowToBloke as he shows you how he fixes his WC to stop water dripping into the toilet bowl or pan.
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A toilet “cistern” is the name given to the tank of water that automatically fills-up so you can flush your toilet and in modern toilets, the cistern contains a mechanism called a siphon (*) inside of which may be a diaphragm or washer to close the siphon so that water can be stored again ready for the next flush.
What happens is that that rubbery diaphragm or washer, wears-out, degrades, or becomes brittle, and allows water from the cistern to seep into the toilet bowl causing the toilet to run constantly.
To fix the toilet leaking and stop water trickling into the toilet pan or bowl, you need to replace the cistern washer or diaphragm that forms part of the siphon (**).
(*) A toilet siphon/syphon (or flush valve assembly) is the name given to a mechanism that you push, pull, turn, or otherwise set in motion to release the water from the cistern water tank into the toilet pan to flush the WC or loo.
If you want to find a replacement washer or diaphragm for your toilet siphon on the internet, search for something like – Toilet Syphon Flush Valve Diaphragm Replacement Washer and add the name of the siphon or syphon manufacturer if you know it - normally, there's a name on it somewhere. That particular toilet siphon/syphon mechanism or flush assembly shown in the video was made by SIAMP.👍
In France, the rubbery washer that I replaced is called a, "joint de clapet chasse d'eau" or a "rondelle chasse d'eau", in French.
😢 The diaphragm washer in the siphon is brand-new but water is STILL dribbling into the toilet !
(**) So, if the diaphragm washer has been renewed and water still dribbles into the toilet bowl then here's 4 more things to check...
1) Check the mating surface smoothness of the neck or opening inside at the bottom of the siphon's body where it meets the diaphragm washer to form a seal, because there might be a piece of grit, rust, rubber fragment, or hard-water limescale deposit preventing a good water-tight fit in-between the new washer and the neck of the siphon.
2) A perished gasket between the underside of the siphon body and the ceramic or plastic water tank.
3) If the siphon body is in any way slightly loose or it can be moved with very little effort then this is where water from the tank could seep into the toilet bowl even though the siphon diaphragm washer is in perfect condition.
4) Confirm that the water-level float mechanism is actually and absolutely shutting the water off completely after it has filled the tank to the correct level because, as a cistern overflow safety feature and depending on the configuration of your installation, any excess water created by overfilling the cistern may be automatically re-directed into the toilet bowl.
👍 Other than described in 4) above, the toilet's siphon diaphragm washer is a first-to-check because it's a moving part and likely to degrade faster than other static or fixed gaskets or washers of a similar age fitted inside the cistern tank.
👉 If the cistern keeps filling, even just slightly, after the water level appears to have reached the correct height then the fault may be a worn sealing washer that's part of the float valve or toilet fill valve assembly; in other words, the mechanism which shuts-off the water supply to the cistern tank has a component in it that's unable to function efficiently (because it's loose, broken or worn-out) and automatically close the supply of water to the cistern when the water level has reached the required height.
👉 “Is there a partial temporary fix until I can get a new syphon diaphragm washer?”
Maybe! Depending on the type of syphon, the shape/profile of the washer and its overall condition, you could try reversing/flipping that diaphragm washer so that the OTHER side or surface of the washer contacts with the bottom of the syphon and creates the required seal. It might work and it might not!
Some levity, anyone? 😃 So what does the word, "loo" actually mean?
Loo is a polite, generally UK-English expression for the place or room where the flush toilet is located, or it can refer to the actual toilet itself.
So for example —
So for example —
· He's in the loo! means he's in the bathroom or other place where the toilet is located,
· He's on the loo! means he's sitting on the toilet,
· He's stuck in the loo! means he's had to go to the bathroom or other place where the toilet is located and is either:
a) staying there a while because it's urgently necessary to do so, or
b) because he's making an excuse to stay safely where he is instead of being elsewhere - previously having been told to get-on and do something he'd rather not be doing! 😄
a) staying there a while because it's urgently necessary to do so, or
b) because he's making an excuse to stay safely where he is instead of being elsewhere - previously having been told to get-on and do something he'd rather not be doing! 😄
Maybe the origin of the word, "loo" comes from something to do with a maker, inventor, or a manufacturing location with the name "loo" in it, such as in the word Water-loo, or maybe the French word, "lieu" meaning a place, which sounds a bit like "loo" when pronounced, although the French word for wolf sounds a lot like "loo" but I don't get the connection between some sort of wolf and a toilet! So who knows; my best guess is the Waterloo theory, but why the word W-a-t-e-r-l-o-o exactly!? It could be that the Waterloo Station area of South London UK is where toilet bowls or the cistern tanks were once manufactured or imported (it is located right alongside the river Thames after all)? 🤔. Anyways, in France, French plumbers (and other folk) call a flushing toilet a “VC” - they shorten their pronunciation of the letter W and add a C so it sounds like, "vee-sea" or they simply say their word for toilet, spelt similarly, which when spoken sounds like, twar-let.
In UK-English, a crude (although apparently reasonably acceptable) term for a toilet when said between male friends or male co-workers is, "bog". For example: He's in the bog!
And finally, a UK fairly polite and 'secret' code-word for a toilet such as might be installed as part of a row of toilet cubicles typically found in a workplace restroom is, "Trap One". For example, if someone asks the whereabouts of a workmate, the reply could simply be, "Trap One!" - I'm guessing that the origins of that expression has maybe got something to do with horse racing or the London "English-English" translation of 'pony and trap' ? No idea.
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