Bill why you have that tank cover clear why not for a couple of nights flush but quickly pour in a gallon of store brand white vinegar. would that not help clean some of that up/? Lee
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:58:24AM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > 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: [email protected] > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens <[email protected]> > 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: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] > > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > -- Operator, please trace this call and tell me where I am. .
