This project is continued from Part 4. The Fluidmaster Fill Valve kit includes a new flapper (top item in the photo below), but I couldn’t use it because the mounting ears on the overflow pipe appeared to be permanent attached and didn’t fit the Fluidmaster flapper. I therefore chose to keep the Korky® Toilet Flapper [...]
This project is continued from Part 3. A new Brasscraft® Speedi Plumb® PLUS toilet connector hose replaces the old PVC hose. The Brasscraft hose is 9 inches in length with a 7/8 inch fill valve fitting and a 3/8 inch compression nut for the water supply valve. The Brasscraft hose is pre-assembled with the cone [...]
This project is continued from Part 2. The Brasscraft® Toilet Connector hose (left) comes pre-assembled with the cone washer. The Fluidmaster® Fill Valve kit provides the shank washer and cone washer (right) as a single casting. I don’t need the Fluidmaster cone washer, but I do need the shank washer. Separate the cone washer from [...]
This project is continued from Part 1. Unscrew the coupling nut that attaches the water supply hose to the toilet fill valve. This is located under the tank on the left side of the toilet. The nut usually has large “wings” to unscrew by hand. If the nut is stuck, use a large adjustable wrench [...]
This project explains how to replace an old style toilet ballcock valve with a new Fluidmaster® Whisper Fill Valve. The toilet ballcock valve started making a loud humming noise as the tank was nearly full and the valve closed. The low hum could be heard throughout the house like a ghostly moan. The toilet tank [...]
“Dad! The toilet handle is broken and it won’t flush!” Probably an easy fix I thought to myself. Better check it out to be sure. I removed the cover from the toilet tank and saw that the lift chain connecting the handle to the flapper valve had broken. It was 5 years old and not [...]
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