Question about toilet stop valve.. Please read and help if you can :)

[crazyma]

( you might need to replace the innards of the tank IF it has been sitting empty for a while those gaskets,washers and other doohickeys get kinda dried out over time...or so I found out from doing some renovating over the yrs.)
good luck!

[EuroExpat]

Originally Posted by crazyma

( you might need to replace the innards of the tank IF it has been sitting empty for a while those gaskets,washers and other doohickeys get kinda dried out over time...or so I found out from doing some renovating over the yrs.)
good luck!

Thanks for the tip! I actually misspoke when I said the toilet was empty. For some reason I thought it was.. But there was water in both the bowl and the whatever part it is called, under the "hood".

[jimboburnsy]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

You need a new stop valve. Go get one of the new shark bite type stop valves from Home depot. The new connectors are amazing. Also buy a tube cutter and some plumbers tape if you do not already have these.

Unscrew the supply hose that goes to your toilet. Put some plumbing tape on the threads for the new stop valve (wrap around the threads about 5 times), and screw the toilet supply line onto the new valve (tighten it as much as you can with your hand). Turn off the water for your entire house (lever in the basement). Use a tube cutter to cut off the old stop valve (leave enough pipe for the new valve). Slide the new stop valve onto the pipe stub. Turn the water back on. Open the new stop valve.

You are done.

With those new shark bite type connectors, you can do this in about 8 minutes.


Be sure to get the new quarter turn stop valves. The old style do not hold up very well. It is very common fo rthem to leak when turned back on. It happens so often, that I usually have a new stop valve handy whenever I have to turn an old one off and back on.

If you get any leaking, it will almost certainly be because the toilet supply line is not screwed on tightly enough to the new stop valve. Turn the valve off, tighten the toilet supply line (you can use pliers if you must, just to not push too hard with pliers or you will break something).

In my opinion the 1/4 turn stop valve is a far superior piece of gear. Ignoring momentarily the reliability aspect, anyone who has ever been in a mad rush to crank down five or more full turns on an old, stiff stop valve to prevent an overrun will appreciate the hell out of a new, 1/4 stop valve.