Toilets very slow to fill

_Kaiser_

Hi all,

My 2 ensuite toilets have gradually gotten to the point where one takes about 20 minutes to refill the tank after a flush and the other takes several hours.

I'm going to guess it's to do with living in a hardwater town where limescale is significant to where I need to descale the kettle after 3/4 uses. There is some sort of softener in the press under the sink that seems to whirr away but there was nothing said about it when I moved in a few years ago (renting) and neither the Landlord (who bought the place as an investment and has never been here) or his local handyman know much about it.

Any thoughts? Time to just call a plumber?

Marlay

When I had this problem with an ensuite toilet it was caused by a split in the diaphragm washer in the flush valve. Cheap to buy and easy to fit, but took a little while to find the correct one. Got one from Screwfix in the end. In the main bathroom the flush valve was an older style, a long arm with a plastic float on the end. In that case there was two inserts for the orifice. The wrong one was fitted, the one for a pump fed system was installed and it had become blocked with a piece of plastic. The one to be used for gravity fed systems was clipped to the arm, so just had to swap them over. Again an easy fix to do.

Wearb

IMHO you shouldn't call a plumber. It's a job for the landlord to fix.

If his handyman knows little about, then it's his responsibility to get someone who does.

homewardbound11

Load of videos online . Trick is to order the right one . Cheap to fix but a plumber callout could set you back 120 or more .

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=579859903&rlz=1CDGOYI_enIE886IE887&hl=en-GB&sxsrf=AM9HkKkTRiQVjQu1gy1cYIV0MriiAcI8Yw:1699297546706&q=toilet+diaphragm+replacement&tbm=vid&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8jI7ViLCCAxXyXEEAHXb0BZMQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=390&bih=669&dpr=3#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:84e73121,vid:FyK08nwy9Os,st:0