Dale, I de-slimed the thing as best I could, but we have hard water, and the flapper I'm having trouble with is at least four and a half yhears old, so it's probably time for a new one.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens <dleav...@puc.net> Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009 8:56 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in toiletry > Try adjusting the chain so it pulls the flapper up a little > higher. This causes water to tip out of the flapper so it takes a > little longer to settle down onto the seat. > > You might try wiping around the surface of the flapper seat with a > rag too. Sometimes it collects slime and such which interferes > with a good seal. Similarly, old rubber on those flappers > sometimes gets hard or stiff or otherwise deforms and that can > interfere with the seal. > > Hope this helps. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wstep...@everestkc.net > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:27 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in toiletry > > > Well folks, as the subject line indicates I've been trying to > fix a leaking or running toilet today. So far the lads at the > hardware store, you know, the one that's a mile from my house on > foot and a mile bac, have sold me two flappers, one which I broke > because the ears wouldn't fit my toilet, and one that fits so > poorly the toilet refills every 30 seconds or so. > I'm usually pretty easy to get along with when it comes to > people making mistakes, but I was a little unhappy, so called the > manager of the place after the second flapper didn't work. I was > explaining my unhappiness to her, and she said she was truly sorry > but that the place had just been held up at gunpoint and they were > dealing with the police and could I come in tomorrow. So what > could I say. > > Anyway, then I started switching flappers and have two out of > three toilets working, however, when I press the flush handle, the > flapper wants to seat itself before the tank empties. Can some of > you folks give me some pointers? Do I need to put some kind of > small floats on the chains close to the flappers? The old one that > I replaced did have a chunk of cork or something similar on the > chain, but the replacement flappers don't have anything like that > on the chains that came with them. The flappers are hollow rubber > if that helps the diagnosis. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > Bill Stephan > Kansas Citty MO > Email: wstep...@everestkc.net > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
