Thanks Betsy, I'm hoping you're very very right. It's amazing how some of these really simple tasks take on lives of their own.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [email protected] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Betsy Whitney <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:06 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in toiletry > Aloha Bill, > The two toilets that I have are different in the way that the > chain > or plastic strip that goes from the flapper to the handle connect. > However, on both of them, it is possible to adjust the length of > the > chain. Mine has a little hook that goes through the chain, so if > it > is too long, you just move the little hook to the link in the > chain > that is closer to the flapper. It may take a couple of tries, but > I > think you'll get it soon. > Betsy > At 03:27 PM 10/24/2009, you wrote: > > > > > >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: <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net>[email protected] > >Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
