/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Install one of these in your water line before it goes into your house.

http://www.nextag.com/home-water-pressure-regulator/compare-html#!

>>357838
try plating with the valves behind your toilets

>>357843
Don't do this, it will make your valves leak, this guy is retarded.

>>357840
>>357843
>>357845
thank you, sorry if im doing this wrong. im learning 4chan

>>357838
So get a pressure regulator for the whole house.
/thread

a more likely cause is that your rubber toilet flapper is old, brittle, and allowing small amounts to constantly leak out. My toilet was going FRSHHSHHHHH every 30 mins for a few days before i slapped in a new flapper.

>>358114
This is true.

For the op's scenario to be true, the tanks would constantly be filling and the water would be flowing out and onto the floor.

ITT: Complicated and unnecessary solutions from fags who aren't plumbers,

Why don't you just go to your water meter and turn the tap down until it's better?

If you're 'merrican, call the water company and have them fix/install a pressure regulator for free.

>>358114
You slapped your flapper? shouldn't you be in /hc/?

>>358114
Its not the flapper, I have replaced that a few times and it just starts filling again the next day

1. Toilets work on gravity to flush.
2. They work on a float to shut off the supply of water at a set level.
3. Any constant refilling is due to a leak between the tank and the bowl. Water pressure and flow rate only affects the speed at which the tank fills.
You can adjust the flow rate by tightening the supply valve that provides water to the tank.

The pressure won't cause your toilet to constantly fill. Your toilet internals aren't working properly.

>>358162

For your toilet to "flush" you have to open the flapper. Period. Is your toilet really flushing? Like you see the water in the bowl empty and all that jazz? If so, your flushing mechanism is shot and is opening up at random. The odds of this happening to two toilets at the same time is pretty remote. The odds of it happening at all is remote to begin with.

Now, if your toilet is just making the "filling sound" that it makes after you flash the toilet but the bowl hasn't been emptied that means your tank is leaking. The water slowly leaks out and once it gets low enough the value opens up and refills the tank. The number one cause of this is a worn out or poorly fitted flapper. You could also have a leak in the tank itself somewhere but you'd notice water all over your floor if it did.

If you toilet tank is overflowing, that is to say out the top of the tank and all over your floor, then and ONLY THEN is your water pressure the issue.

Chances are either your flappers are crap or the seal they rest against when closed is shot. How old are these toilets? Do you have hard water? Well water? More info needed.

I recently had this same problem in my house, the toilet would flush itself after about 4-5 hours of non use(night). The problem was water was always leaking out of the tank into the bowl, we decided to just replace it with a low flow dual flush.

My water bill has gone down about 15 bucks a month because of the combination of the 1.6gal flush and stopping the unintended flushes. about a year later the toilet has paid for itself.

>>358247
10 houses on my block.

5 (that I know of) put in low capacity 1.6 Gal crappers.

In a span of 3 years, 4 of those households had their sewer line dug up from house to tie-in at the street.

Popular theories among owners:

a) 1.6 G's of water is insufficient to push shit to street. Massive pipe constipation ensues.
b) Those fucking eco-tards are get the whole block fucked when assessments come around for paving.

When I have this trouble, OP, it is one of 3 things.

1: old flapper (replace with new flapper)
2: incorrect fill height (adjust the fill height)
3: obstruction under the flapper (clean it smooth or adjust the flapper chain so it doesn't fall under it and prevent the flapper from closing)

>>358363
Oh, shit, there's a 4th one,

4: a seal breakage in the assembly for the fill height (replace seal or entire assembly)

Oh, and if you use those bleach tablets in the tank it can get stuck under the flapper sometimes and it always makes flappers and seals need to be replaced sooner than usual.

>>358323
Why would you dig up a sewer line for anything except a bad root incursion or a broken line? If there was a shit/oil blockage just rooter that shit out.

>>357838
real plumber here.

the flapper may be ok, and the flush valve (the thing the flapper hooks to) may be leaking.

i have test for you too perform.

>put food coloring in tank
>watch to make sure water doesn't go into overflow tube
>if food coloring makes it to the bowl, you have a bad flush valve. replace it
>if overflow into overflow tube, you have bad fill valve. replace it

or nuclear option,
> replace all the parts.

also, replacing the flush valve requires removal of the tank. it may crack. but if you do decide to change it, replace the tank bolts as well. do not put any metal washers on the inside of the tank. i dont care what the directions say. they are wrong

>>358371
also, most fill valves actually use the pressure of the water pipes to turn themselves off. unless it has the floating ball on a lever. in which case you should replace it anyway.

>>358151
this has always bothered me. turning a valve will not affect the pressure, only the flow. whenever you run water, the partially closed valve will restrict the flow and give the illusion of low pressure. but as soon as you stop using water, the pressure will equalize on either side of the valve.


also... am i the only one here?

>>358365
because in a high flow situation you can push shit past a break in a clay tile, and never notice it was broken. Low flow allows shit to collect/compact. Subsequent rootering may not advance past the broken section of clay tile.

= digging that shit up

>>358392
oh and no trees/ roots in this developments front yard

>>358392
Sooo it was broken and was getting clogged anyway. Got it.