How to take apart and clean Glacier Bay dual flush fill valve to clean out debris caught inside causing to keep filling even after toilet water level has been reached.
FINALLY! Of all the videos I watched, none of them were for the type of toilet that I had. Most have an easy twist off of the top portion of the intake valve, but mine has the same as this, where you have to push down and turn with pliers. After following these directions, I have my toilet flushing back to how it used to and filling back up in 20 seconds, instead of minutes. Thanks so much for this, really appreciate it!
I am a licensed plumber working in Vancouver. I wanna say you video is excellent, very well done, very good explanations. It should be used as a teaching tool for plumbing apprentices. Great job - keep shooting!
I was searching for two days and finally i found yours explaining the way of cleaning the diaphragm of the fill valve without the need of removing the whole set..much appreciated and thanks indeed
I literally cannot tell you how amazing this video was to me. We have the EXACT same full inlet here in the UK. I took mine apart and the diaphragm was full of gunk (limescale); cleaned it all up in the sink of warm soapy water, reassembled and boom. She works like a charm 😇 this has been bugging me for years!! Sending good vibes and love to you my good man, thank you 🙏
Thanks for the video! I was able to fix a water fill valve this morning that wouldn't shut off with the cleaning you show in your video. It's the gift that keeps on giving. It made my Father's day much more enjoyable.
Man! You are a God send. I tried watching so many videos and none could help me. My fill valve is only reachable to change behind the toilet which meant taking the toilet out. You saved me a great deal of money, I wish I could buy you a drink. Thanks mate
While your video skills are lacking you showed me what needed to be done. After taking it apart I couldn't detect any problems but after I put it back together the shut off valve worked perfectly.
Worked perfectly for our Western-brand toilet; the fill valve tower is exactly the same. My problem however was the small drain valve at the bottom of the float bowl; without this video I wouldn’t have been able to disassemble the fill valve tower to access the float bowl. Thank you very much, great job!!
Thank you for the video. I dredged up some sediment when replacing a well pressure tank and it clogged up the water inlet for my Glacier Bay toilet. I knew there was some type of filter, but had never needed to clean it before. My toilet is only a single flush model, but the video walked me through what I needed to do to clean the inlet.
Thanks so much for your detailed description; I could have saved a lot of time, if I went to RU-vid first, before trying to locate the manufacture's support, that told me to pull the diaphragm housing straight up and out, instead of rotating it.
Awesome video. This is same as delta valves. Explained it all perfectly. I didn’t really find any debris in it, but just a wipe down of the film on it stoped the leaking! Thanks!
Great video! You described what you were doing perfectly! I have an R & T valve, which isn't exactly the same as this one, but you're directions still worked!
This worked perfectly. The only difference is mine had a little red clip that needed to be removed first. It came right out, no tools required. Thank you again for making this video!
I had same issue and your video helped me to solve my problem. There were some debris in the rubber seal. After I cleaned it the problem got resolved. Thank you so much
Thank you so much , Single Mom getting tools on hand saving lots of money !!! So helpful I did what you did but replace the black rubber and Magic happens !!! 🥰🐾
Joe - Thank you my man. Just fitted my first concealed cistern, attached pan, waste etc and no leaks! Trouble was the cistern continued to fill despite adjusting float. I shut the water off and disassembled the unit as per your instructions, gave the (brand new) diaphragm components a clean and all is now working well. Many thanks from the UK.
Additional - fill valve still slightly leaking. In 10 hours reaches overflow, so probably something that can be tolerated. The system appears to work by having a very slow leak path into the diaphragm causing it to bend when under pressure from the mains water. When the float pops up a small rubber pad at the other end of the arm touches down onto a tiny aperture. This seals the unit pressuring the diaphragm and shutting off the water - very neat. Short story, clean the rubber pad and the tiny aperture in addition to this video.
Thank you thank you thank you, we have this same system and the valve was full of gunk, had no idea how to sort it out until I found this clip. You have saved me a ton on calling a plumber!! Thank you!!!
OMG, this really helped me. I was able to pull the pin out using my fingers. I used the pliers to open it and it was very easy. I rinse the diaphragm because it had some black stuff in it. It completely fixed the problem of the water coming out of the top.
Thank You Sssooooooo MUCH!!! I DID THIS step by step and it WORKED. It saved me so much time and money tring to have a professional come in. Literally only took me about 7 mins. Iy would've been less time (I kept rewinding the video). I AM SOOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!! You have no idea. Bless you!
First I twisted the valve head back and forth and saw a rush of black gunk come up. Then I ended up breaking the valve head trying to get off. I went ahead and replaced the whole valve as it was fairly old. Once I removed the old valve I was immediately able to see what was wrong. The rubber gasket was breaking up in tiny pieces and clogging up the valve. In my experience over the years it's so much easier to just replace the valve then spend tons of time trying to diagnose.
Bro.... awesome review... mine was running for like 10 minutes to fill.... but I cleaned mine out like you said... worked amazing... BUT... it kept running afterwards... then my girl says... just put the lid on... and wouldn't you know it... the toilet lid has to be on for some stupid ass reason.. but hey... it works now... thanks again
I was so hoping I could use this video to get mine to work again. Followed to a T. Still takes 10 minutes to refill. May have to get replacement parts. Sux.
I just fixed mine by using this same method, mine doesn't have the pin to pull out, just push-down and turn counter clockwise and clean ed it. My has some sort of white sand or mineral built up which blocked the valve to closed all the way. Thanks for a great video.
This is very helpful. It explains how to release the fill valve plastic very well but I'm still hesitant to push so hard down on the stopper. It feels like it will break. I'll try again but thanks for at least giving me the confidence to try to fix my leaky fill valve seal on my Glacier Bay dual flush toilet.
I didn't. It was very difficult to turn at first but once you put enough pressure on it, it turns. After doing it the first time and understanding how much force to use, it was much easier doing it a second time (I purchased an incorrect replacement valve the 1st time).
B T I have a toilet just like this one and it's not filling up with water that well.... would this fix it or should I buy a new part? What was wrong with yours?
Good detailed directions, a couple more steps may be needed: @ 02:10 use a q-tip to clean out the center hole of the fill tube, I removed a bunch of gunk from that hole, and at 02:52 pull out the float connected to the float arm and clean the float and the inside of the float bowl, mine was full of crud causing it to stick.
Thanks much, this helped me. Mine didn't have debris, but I flushed it out and it no longer occasionally leaks. I also removed the main flapper and hosed and wiped it down. Also I removed it from the toilet, because I felt it would be easier to work on the outside.
Excellent video. But next video get someone to hold the camera. In any case, followed your instructions and totally eliminated the slow filling and prolonged water shutoff problems. Thanks a bunch, Mr. Jones.
Way to go in be in depth for those that maybe doing their first or are new to tools! Much respect for the info I had no clue about that diaphragm which I'm betting is my issue!!! Liked and subscribed! (Only positive fueled critique wld be less camera movement, cam stand/holder, or a second person/camera man, (but I'm sure you've heard it😏 already lol I get motion sickness so easy it's stupidly rediculous) but really liked how in depth n informative you are with the repair!!!! 👏🏻Nice job!!👍🏻
thank youuuuuu soooo much! Omfg I am renting this place and we just could not figure out why big chunks of mold keep on showing up. I did some searching and I found that the mold is coming from this piece and getting set into the bowl after being flushed.
Excellent. Otherwise I might have pulled the whole WC out to replace the flush assembly. Smallest amount of debris there, but that was the cause of the problem. Good advice. thanks.
I have no water flowing out of the tube when the valve opens to fill the tank after flushing, it's all leaking out from under the top blue cap. I'm going to disassemble it as shown, and hopefully figure out what is blocking the water to flow out of the flexible tube. Thanks very much.
Hi, In my case this didn't solve the problem of making the tank fill faster. Instead I paid $7 for the "400A Universal Toilet Fill Valve" at the hardware store and that worked wonderfully. Now my tank fills in about 15 seconds. and took 10 minutes to replace.
Your product introduction is very detailed. Thank you for your video.We provide a variety of brands of toilet inlet valve, if you need to contact us in the future, thank you.
Edit: resolved I just wanted to let you know I resolved my problem. I had used a regular pair of pliers to open the top of the valve. Accidentally I managed to deform the top valve opening which is a pressure release. What happens when I first fill the tank with the new seal the tank fill fast and works properly. When the tank reached the fill line the arm would engage and the valve stopped the flow. Then at the next flush with the water now above the seal keeps the seal down and does not let the flow into the fill tank. What I had to do was replace the whole fill valve with a fluidmaster one. I have since repaired the opening using acrylic to open and reform the top but am not sure if it will be ‘flush’ (pun intended) with the arm. Will report back later on that. Btw: fluidmaster 242h seal will also replace the Niagara seal for the glacier bay. That comes from Amazon for $4. Niagara will send a new seal for no cost but it takes about a week. My fill valve was corroded. Replacing this allowed an initial fill but not a subsequent one. The internal pressure is not being released in the new valve. If the pressure release hole is blocked would the valve ever fill?
Seems so easy, I tried and for the life of me I could not remove that top pir=ece under the blue cap. Just went a bought a new fill valve $14.00. Seems to be working better.
