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    • #276872
      Avatar photoMasterPlumbers
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        I went out this morning to get the Sunday paper and I came back hoe to hear water running in the bathroom. I thought I left the faucet on only to find the toilet overflowing from the tank. I have had the same toilet for the past 16 years. is it time for a new toilet?

        I have the rubber closer held up by a hairpin and the toliet is now making a noise. How long can I keep it like this. Can I run out to Home Depot, etc without coming back to a flood? Thank god I live on the first floor so no one lives underneath me.

        HELP!

        Sagbabe

      • #294921
        Avatar photoGarySlusser
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          A hairpin is not a good choice, a coat hanger would be much better but… shut off the water to the toilet. There may be a shut off under the tank on the feed line. If not shut off the main valve to the house/apartment.

          The problem is not the toilet, it is the drain, or sewer, line from the toilet that is blocked. Unless the trap of the toilet is blocked.

          If there is a bathroom or sinks, showers, tubs above you, they may be/should be blocked also.

          You need a plumber that does sewer line blockage work.

          Gary
          Quality Water Associates

        • #294922
          Avatar photoRetired plbg1
          Participant

            What you need to do is ajust the ballcock are replace it and ajust the flapper.

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