How to adjust your toilet float

If you are having trouble with the float mechanism in your toilet, we can help you adjust it properly. Located inside the tank is the water valve that controls the water for the refill cycle. When the toilet is flushed the water will be released from the tank and the float sitting on the top of the water will drop down and then invite the tank valve to release water into the tank.

If you see the tank float is not adjusted properly then the toilet may never stop filling up, it can also under fill which would cause insufficient water to properly flush the toilet. By repeating this process you are wasting water and driving up your water bill. To adjust the float, change the height to where the float caused the valve to be shut off. Then by increasing the height of the float, more water will elevate into the tank. Lowering the water will decrease the water level.

Remove the lid from the tank and then carefully place in on a towel. Look for the overflow tube; if the water is at the top of the overflow tube then you should adjust the tank to reduce the amount of water in the tank. If the toilet does not flush the bowl entirely then you will want to increase the amount of water used every time you flush, you can do this by changing the tank float.

If you want to save water so that you can save some money on your water bill then you may want to lessen the amount of water that is used per flushed by adjusting the tank float. It down as far as you can while getting an achieving satisfactory result in cleaning the bowl.

There are many different styles of floats, in older toilets the float will hang at the end of the armature and with a metal of plastic rod. The arm that connects to the water valve you will find a screw, when you adjust the screw it will change the water level where the water valve shuts off. You may not see a screw or the water cannot go any higher then you have to bend the metal arm. Remove it from the valve or you may risk doing damage to the valve.

In newer toilets, the float is a collar around the fill valve and it will go up and down vertically. The float will have a spring clip that connects to a metal rod that connects to the shut off valve control. Squeeze the spring clip to the slide the float up or down the metal rod.

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