Help asked re cistern not filling please

Graces7

Good morning.

I am newly in an old cottage with an interesting water system..

Yesterday the toilet cistern stopped filling; can still flush the toilet as long as i fill the cistern eg from a bucket... would prefer not to have to get a plumber.

Thank you

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

This was an issue in a premises I recently took over and turns out there was a knob on one of the pipes running from the toilet. I turned that and it started to fill the cistern for me. Can you see if there is a pipe with a nozzle leading from the toilet

my3cents

Why not cut out the middle man and just tip the bucket straight down the toilet?

I too am an old cottage dweller and nothing would surprise me about the plumbing. Until I replaced it much of our indoor plumbing was done with out door pipe and a lot of jubilee clips. That was better than another old place we lived which had all iron pipes which were blocked with rust.

So have to ask do you have any old iron pipes as opposed to copper or plastic?

the_pen_turner

probable the fill valve(ballcock) that it broken

Graces7

So sorry; I forgot I had posted here.

Emerged that the main pipe , a black hose, ie plastic, leading from the stream to the cottage, had come loose from where it goes up the wall and into the house... When that got fixed, and the neighbour added a Jubilee clip to ensure it stayed put, all was OK.

Was happen enough with the buckets if need be

But this is better!

Again thank you! Good to know there is expert advice if needs be

my3cents

Graces7 wrote: »

So sorry; I forgot I had posted here.

Emerged that the main pipe , a black hose, ie plastic, leading from the stream to the cottage, had come loose from where it goes up the wall and into the house... When that got fixed, and the neighbour added a Jubilee clip to ensure it stayed put, all was OK.

Was happen enough with the buckets if need be

But this is better!

Again thank you! Good to know there is expert advice if needs be

LOL I know just the type of plumbing you are referring too.:D

Graces7

my3cents wrote: »

LOL I know just the type of plumbing you are referring too.:D

lol.... I am used to improvisation. When I had a cottage in Leitrim. I had a bathroom installed but the only water I could access was run off from the bog up the lane.

They put me pipes in with three joins and after a dry spell, I had to go up the hill and disconnect each join in turn to let the air out...

The water was dark brown of course and it was like bathing in brown soup and of course I got to know all the local wells and springs..

The black pipes here are convoluted in the stream and it works but needless to say am buying drinking water and keeping water in stock.

The stream passes a working farm barn so there could be anything in the water!

I tried explaining this on a US forum and they were aghast.