Toilet Problem

m.j.w

Our upstairs toilet is taking ages to fill up after it has been flushed (cistern). It can take hours before there is enough water to flush it again. I took the lid of and messed around with the stop cock to see if that was the problem but the trickle of water did not change so dont think thats the problem. Anyone any ideas?

Outkast_IRE

more than likely dirt or grit caught in the orifice of the ballcock , you need to turn off the supply to the toilet and disassemble the ballcock , most have plastic nuts with ridges you can open it at, ususally one near where the ballcock arm meets the ballcock body and another an inch or two in.if you disassemble it just make sure it goes back together in the right order with all parts.

Joey the lips

Can you take a picture of the internal cistern.

It might be a high pressure ball valve the plumber fitted when the house was built and the pressure has dropped slightly.

Usually my first advice is change the inlet valve to a low pressure and this should sort it. If it does not. You have far more going on.