I know nothing about toliets - so please bare with me. The water valve underneath my toliet is dripping and I have to turn off the water in order for it to stop. It's really annoying to have to turn the water on when I want to flush it and have to empty out the container that is catching all the time. I think it has something to do with the valve itself and I'm PRETTY sure something behind it needs to be tightened - Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do?
Try tightening the connection where it enters the toilet tank.
There is a small nut around the valve handle on the valve tighten this one
You can usually see the water coming out between the packing nut and stem. If it is not the packing nut, sometimes water will trickle down from the connection at the commode and appear to be leaking from the valve. Both leaks will stop when you turn the valve off.
If the leak is at the valve stem tighten the packing nut just below the stem, if leak is on either end of the valve tighten them with wrench also, if that doesn't work remove entire valve after shutting of water at main supply remove valve and take to hardware store to get a replacement valve, they will beable to tell you how to reinstall properly.
Hi. If the valve quits leaking when you turn it off and you are sure it has something to do with the valve then try this. Turn on the water fully until it is just snug and then look just under the handle for what is called a gland nut. The nut is to tighten a packing to prevent leaks. Tighten this nut until it is just 'firm'. Try not to overtighten this nut because you want to have the packing last as long as you can. Try several tightenings of the nut if it still leaks. If it does not stop the leak the valve will have to be replaced. It is a big hassle to replace the packing. I have done it before and it works ok in most experience. It is just a teflon impregnated string that you wrap around the stem after taking off the gland nut. Of course the water has to be turned off for this process. Hope this helps.
