Push Button Toilet - Constantly refilling

[cookiecsr]

Hello. I have a push button toilet with a float chamber. The toilet drips/trickles from the cistern in to the bowl constantly. This causes the water level in the cistern to drop and so the water refills again from the supply. The water level is a good 3/4 inch from the overflow so it isn't over-filling. Can anyone suggest what might be wrong? Are there gaskets in there that could have worn out? Is it an easy fix?
Any help would be appreciated because I'm getting fed up of listening to the toilet refill at 3am!!
Many thanks

[alavahalf]

The water is more than likely leaking past the flapper valve....its located at the base of your flush valve.The rubber seal becomes perished after time. Some are replaceable, and some are not.
Unless you can identify which one you have...I think it will need to be replaced.
By the way... there are dozens of different makes.
Have a look in Screwfix...they have good prices....and make sure you get one that you can buy spares for.

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[grasscarp]

We have one of these and it keeps going sometimes and needs stopping by pressing the button again. Like you I sometimes have to go downstairs in the middle of the night if I hear it gurgling away.

[mjwman]

This is caused by dirt or limescale in the mechanism inside the cistern.
On my downstairs loo I can easily remove the works for cleaning and I had to do this for the reasons you describe. Its been fine ever since.

[WILLWONKER]

Yes these fancy buttons with there flapper valves were suposed to save water full /half flush, like hell they do, what they are doing is making the manufactures a fortune and we are getting ripped off, plus the fact there's millions of gallons of water being wasted as it trickles down the toilet 24/7 and its the same in every home i go into, i remember the days when a toilet siphon lasted years with no problems

[GEEMAC]

Oh for the happy days of quality toilet siphons eh, WILLWONKA! : )

[GEEMAC]

WONKER ( sorry!)

[buildersmate]

Really! There's no need to be abusive towards the punters.

[WILLWONKER]

Well it really does make me sick to see the rubbish that we put up with these days, no wonder young people find it hard the money they have to keep shelling out, sorry in a bad mood tonight