Toilets, Sinks, Showers, Tubs and Disposals - Toilet valve is leaking

Hi everybody,

Hope you all are enjoying great in summer. I bought a house and my dog is really happy about it, reason I have a yard. But there is a lot of small problem coming. Like my dryer was not working for past 10 days. So I called today somebody and he fixed it. It was a simple thing; just the door connection but I paid 150 for that :mad: . Now my toilets valve is leaking. How I will fix it. I just found the valve of main water pipe, but it is too tight. I am very new and I do not want to spend a lot of money on this. Can you please advice me how to fix it and tools I have to buy? Thanks a lot.

Sami :)

You say valve, there are two at the toilet, one by the floor and one in the tank, which one are you talking about?

ISO good advice: ie, help! I don't know how to adjust my fill valve that is now leaking, sometimes it shuts itself off, but that is rare. It's a Fluidmaster valve and a low capacity flush Kohler toilet, we've had it for about 18 Months or so, and for the life of me I can't find it's owners manual. Can that Valve be adjusted? When I first bought the toilet (a one piece) all I had to do was install it, no adjustment needed. Any clues would be most appreciated as I'm lost, without a douby.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Brent Skott

The valve beside the tank, by which Ican off or on the flow of water in the tank. Thanks.
Sami

Is is leaking behind the handle or where it attaches to the pipe out of the wall or where the supply heads toward the toilet tank?

Sorry for all the questions, need to know to help you out.

My valve seem to be leaking at the top, the float incircles the water supply shaft and when it reaches a certain level (about an 1/8 inch) before it goes to a overflow (stem?) it should shut off. But instead what it does is then it leaks back into the toilet. You can see the water moving in the toilet bowl.
Again thanks for your time and know how.
Sincerely,
Brent Skott

Ps
I meant in the first post "without a doubt" not "without a douby" just so you know I'm not stoned and trying to fix the leak!

My valve is leaking in the junction of the valve and the pipe (connected with valve and toilet tank. Hope it is helping. Thanks a lot for trying to help.
Sami

I'm so Jazzed right now, I posted on the "toilet guts" Subject line and a member with the handle "Jatco" gave me the info that helped me fix it!!!
The Fluidmaster is different than the kind with the rod and float ball to shut it off, but when I had one of those, I would just bend the rod downward to shut it off faster. Except for knowing how to install them, that's about all I know. I learned how because as a deckhand on a commercial fishing boat that we had been working on and had been tied to the dock for months, I forgot to lash the cutting torch tanks down and as we were underway for a test drive BLAM! Half the toilet bowl broke off, so I had to figure it out real quick before the boat owner came down to the harbor and found out.
I've got to say yippee, ky, yea!
Sincerely,
Brent Skott

Congrats Brent. I am still there. My main water valve is very tight. How to close or open it without breaking it? Thanks a lot in advance.

Sami