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All Forum Posts by: Kimberly Brinkmeier

Kimberly Brinkmeier has started 1 posts and replied 3 times.

Quote from @Scott Mac:

Sometimes the chains do flip up like that.

A while back I had one in my personal home that did that.

An American Standard brand.

Replacing the little float on the chain worked.

Maybe this would work for you too.

https://www.amazon.com/American-Standard-7381-129-200-0070A-Flapper-Chain/dp/B004XVO6ZC?th=1

Also, here is a fluidmaster link, it's a major brand for toilet repair parts:

https://shop.fluidmaster.com/toilet-parts/category/toiletParts

Good Luck!


 Thanks for the response, but a plumber replaced all the inside the tank parts in January. And after testing the chain and lever it is impossible to have the chain hook itself (and even if it it was a freak occurrence the first time.. doing it again three days later???). This is an intentional messing with the toilet issue. 

Here is a picture for clarification.. With my testing I could only get the chain to go upwards.

Quote from @Christian Styles:

How weird.

I would have a straightforward conversation with him. Let him know that intentionally messing with the toilet isn’t okay, especially since you’re on a well and septic system. Explain the potential damage and costs involved with the water running continuously and put it in writing letting him know that he is not to touch the chain again, that if he needs service that he should notify you and you will take care of it.

Additionally, there are devices you can get that will alert you if your toilet is running. Some smart water monitors can track usage, send notifications to your phone, and you can pair them with a smart valve on the main to kill water to the whole house when they detect a leak. This could help you keep an eye on things when you’re not home regardless of the roommate situation.

You might also want to look into a toilet tank lock or a tamper-proof lid. This is more extreme but would obviously stop him from having access to the tank.

In trying to wrap my head around why he would do it I thought maybe its a sound thing? Like white noise or something weird like that? Such a weird problem, good luck!


 Thanks for the advice! I will document and get it all written out. Will also look into a smart water monitor. I was unaware that something like that existed. Thanks for the answer :)

I have a good roommate that pays on time and just does his own thing.. however a few weeks after he moved in (mid-Feb) I heard his toilet (main toilet) running and found he had hooked it a few links higher so the flap wouldn't seal. I fixed it and all was fine. I had had a plumber replace the toilet insides at the end of January and the toilet was flushing perfectly, so not sure why he wanted to play plumber.

This is three months later and on a Tuesday I hear it running again and he had the chain hooked around the inflow clip I unhook it and notify him. His response was he did not touch the inside of the toilet and it must have hooked on a normal flush. I think weird and move on. Friday night he had it hooked again. It was near midnight so I turn the water off so I can talk to him in the morning. In the morning the chain is unhooked and at the very end of the chain, so I turn the water back on. 

I try flushing the toilet to try to get the chain to hook on the inflow, but the chain is only bouncing up.. it would need to go 3 inches over to the side and up to be hooked. So this hooking of the chain is an intentional act. 

I have a well and septic and replaced my drainfield last year in February. Two questions.. first, what would the appropriate reaction be to him purposefully making the toilet continue to run.. and second, is there any way to track the water that runs through a toilet? (He works a half mile from the house and is home before me. My job is 45 min driving away so if he has the water running it could run for 10-12 hours without me being in the house to fix it).

Thanks in advance for your help!