no problem with the rubber and plastics , using the vinegar. If I think about it we do it once a month. it is not perfect but helps keep down the grime. Lee
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 03:35:29PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > Lee, hadn't tought of that. How does it get along with rubber? > > > Bill Stephan > Kansas Citty MO > Email: [email protected] > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee A. Stone" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 11:16 am > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Adventures in toiletry > > > > 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. > > . > > -- Operator, please trace this call and tell me where I am. .
