my toilet was being fix because one of my kids break it. the water valve was turn off but was leaking a lil bit then around 10:30 last night it sounding like my washer was being fill but it was coming from my bathroom the only way it would stop was to turn the main water line off but how do i get the water to turn off to the water valve to my toilet?
ps if there is a video that would help thank you!
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This just happened to me yesterday I kid you not. Not rushing water but a slow drip that accelerated overnight and went down thru the wall all the way to the basement.
The problem was that the rubber washer in the toilet fill valve had corroded because of water. No problem when attached to the toilet but when I needed to it turn off it could not seal completely and then got worse over a few days. .
Interested parties mandated that I call a plumber, and for $450 2 guys came and put a new toilet valve shutoff on the water supply line. It is very nice. The other option would have been for me to bring the old toilet valve shutoff to the hardware store, match it with a new $15, bring that home and put it on.
Benefit would have been savings of $335. Risk would have been that I screw it up somehow and cause colossal house-destroying leak. You do that once and people remember...