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Water not going into cistern???Advice!

  • 17-10-2011 10:28am
    #1
    pookiesboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭


    Can someone help with this? I think theres an airblock in my toilet cistern upstairs. The water is only dripping in when I flush it ( I have to fill it up with water myself) but the shower and sink are fine as is the downstairs toilet. Can someone tell me what I should do? Plus in a 'Plumbing For Dummies' kind of way because Im a girl!
    Thanks!


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  • #2
    willowthewisp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭willowthewisp


    Have a similar problem to this, takes about 20 minutes for the cistern to fill up, but as has been said the other toilets are fine.


  • #3
    sullzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭sullzz


    Probably just a blocked orifice or a ballvalve washer needing replacement , if your not confident get a plumber to sort it out.


  • #4
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    pookiesboo wrote: »
    Can someone help with this? I think theres an airblock in my toilet cistern upstairs. The water is only dripping in when I flush it ( I have to fill it up with water myself) but the shower and sink are fine as is the downstairs toilet. Can someone tell me what I should do? Plus in a 'Plumbing For Dummies' kind of way because Im a girl!
    Thanks!
    willowthewisp wrote: »
    Have a similar problem to this, takes about 20 minutes for the cistern to fill up, but as has been said the other toilets are fine.


    If its always been like this i reckon they are high pressure cisten fittings. If its new i reckon a blockage.

    If you cant unblock it then a new inlet valve is 20 euro which should fit both problems. Just make sure its low pressure.


  • #5
    rx8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭rx8


    Had this exact problem a few weeks ago, and although I could have bought the washers on E-Bay for 5 or 6 euro, I couldn't wait for delivery,so I bought the whole fitting in B&Q, and took the washers out of them.

    Easy enough to fit, didn't even have to turn off the water.


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