If the toilet is actively flushing, water will continue to drain from the tank to the bowl. Closing the flapper stops any additional water from going into the bowl.
Personally, I prefer to make sure the tank only fills enough to fill the bowl, so as long as you don’t double flush, you don’t need to panic and throw the lid off the tank.
Hmm, that’s maybe also why American toilets get clogged all the time if they release the water so slowly? Mine empties the entire tank and stops filling the bowl after like a second or two, regardless if it got blocked or not. I can’t even reach any kind of “stopper” in the tank without opening the entire thing
Those are the only toilets I’m familiar with, at least with regards to maintenance and troubleshooting.
I’ve cleared a lot of clogged shitters, not once have I had to ensure the flapper is down in the reservoir. That’s “why won’t it stop running” not “why won’t I the water go down”.
Once the flapper lifts, it won’t close again until the tank empties completely. If the toilet clogs and you try too many times to flush it down instead of breaking out the plunger right away; sometimes the water can’t overflow out of the bowl fast enough to let the tank drain fully, so it just endlessly flows. Doesn’t happen to all toilets, but it’s still good to know when your toilet full of turds just won’t stop dumping water on the floor.
Closing the flapper stops the water in the tank from going into the bowl.
This is completely unnecessary IMO. You stop the water in the tank from going into the bowl by not continuing to flush a clearly clogged toilet. There’s no issue with the flapper in this scenario and it will automatically seal in a few seconds from water pressure.
That’s another option. Sometimes there is no valve immediately beside the toilet, sometimes it’s crusty af and won’t turn or seal. This can be quicker.
If you flush once and it doesn’t go down no problem, if you (or someone you know) tries to flush again no water will leave but the toilet valve tries to fill the bowl more.
So step one is to stop a potential flood of nasty water from overflowing to the floor
Sorry, I see what you mean. In this case, the stopper will stay open until the bowl reaches a certain fill limit, set by a float keeping the thing open; you’re trying to stop the bowl from filling more while it’s clogged so you have to close the valve in the tank manually.
The image shows the tank almost empty, but in reality it will probably still have enough water in there to cause a mess if you don’t stop it.
Why wouldn’t it close normally like it always does? There’s no issue with the reservoir here.
If the toilet is actively flushing, water will continue to drain from the tank to the bowl. Closing the flapper stops any additional water from going into the bowl.
Personally, I prefer to make sure the tank only fills enough to fill the bowl, so as long as you don’t double flush, you don’t need to panic and throw the lid off the tank.
Hmm, that’s maybe also why American toilets get clogged all the time if they release the water so slowly? Mine empties the entire tank and stops filling the bowl after like a second or two, regardless if it got blocked or not. I can’t even reach any kind of “stopper” in the tank without opening the entire thing
Because this guide is for american toilets.
Those are the only toilets I’m familiar with, at least with regards to maintenance and troubleshooting.
I’ve cleared a lot of clogged shitters, not once have I had to ensure the flapper is down in the reservoir. That’s “why won’t it stop running” not “why won’t I the water go down”.
Once the flapper lifts, it won’t close again until the tank empties completely. If the toilet clogs and you try too many times to flush it down instead of breaking out the plunger right away; sometimes the water can’t overflow out of the bowl fast enough to let the tank drain fully, so it just endlessly flows. Doesn’t happen to all toilets, but it’s still good to know when your toilet full of turds just won’t stop dumping water on the floor.
Right, I am aware of all this. Just shut the water off and go to the plunger steps.
Turning off the water will stop the tank from refilling. Closing the flapper stops the water in the tank from going into the bowl.
I would imagine most people aren’t fast enough on the draw to think about doing this first step.
This is completely unnecessary IMO. You stop the water in the tank from going into the bowl by not continuing to flush a clearly clogged toilet. There’s no issue with the flapper in this scenario and it will automatically seal in a few seconds from water pressure.
That’s another option. Sometimes there is no valve immediately beside the toilet, sometimes it’s crusty af and won’t turn or seal. This can be quicker.
In the case of my toilet: the chain that is used to lift it when flushing gets tangled, so it can’t close on its own until you detangle it.
I get that. That’s a totally different scenario than “clogged toilet”.
If you flush once and it doesn’t go down no problem, if you (or someone you know) tries to flush again no water will leave but the toilet valve tries to fill the bowl more.
So step one is to stop a potential flood of nasty water from overflowing to the floor
Just shut the water off.
Sorry, I see what you mean. In this case, the stopper will stay open until the bowl reaches a certain fill limit, set by a float keeping the thing open; you’re trying to stop the bowl from filling more while it’s clogged so you have to close the valve in the tank manually.
The image shows the tank almost empty, but in reality it will probably still have enough water in there to cause a mess if you don’t stop it.