Toilet repair woes..

[Amkeer]

I stick with the OEM replacement parts for the toilets and do a complete replacement when required. The frequency of change directly coincides with water quality.

 

[stockrex]

Originally Posted By: JTK
The commode in our downstairs lav had a slight trickle-by for awhile. The flapper valve was bad. I had to run into town anyway, so I picked up a new flapper. Had it swapped out in no time. When I turned the water supply back on to the toilet (mercifully that valve worked leak free), a seal blew on the fill valve, spraying water way up and out of the toilet tank. Great. Back to the store that evening for a fill valve. Got that swapped out no problem. Now today I hear the toilet running on and on.. only to find the stop on the flush handle to be broken off, allowing the flush handle linkage to flop all the way down, preventing the flapper from seating. Plumbers must have patience like none other.

Next time I'll buy everything and return what I don't use.


Amen, that is the only way to do it, unfortunately.

I remember having to drive to Menards 7 times on a Sat day trying to "fix" the venting of my gas dryer,
Arrrrrrrrrrgh.

 

[artificialist]

A while back I had to replace a toilet at mom's house, and I used this Mansfield Cascade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmZINctQYgw The original toilet was some 1.6 GPF Eljer contractor special.

I am extremely pleased. It might not be as good as the absolutely newest Toto, but it works far better than most toilets.

As others have stated, having 3.5 gallons per flush does not mean the toilet will be more trouble free. At mom's old house, I would often have to plunge the contractor special toilets. Installing 1.6 GPF premium Kohler toilets solved that problem completely.

I learned to repair toilets at a young age because my father showed me how. He used Fluidmaster parts, so I did too.