If you're performing repairs to your toilet or need to remove the tank from the bowl for any reason, it's always a good idea to change your gaskets and bolts (especially if you haven't in a while) to make sure everything is still leak-proof. It's an inexpensive and easy way to ...
Other repairs include an epoxy add-on new flush valve seat that glues atop the existing one, or else disassembly of the toilet tank to replace the entire assembly. If your toilet uses a tank ball flush valve, be sure that the lift rods move freely and are not bent or binding. The open...
but the guts inside the tank of the toilet aren’t super high-end. The Drake we’ve reviewed above is one exception, but this toilet definitely isn’t constructed as well. We did see some reports online of buyers needing to replace internal system components after a year or so. Still, ...
Crapper made sure his name was visible on all his products — which eventually became standard in houses in wealthy countries all over the world. He also patented the floating ballcock inside water tanks and the U-bend plumbing trap, an improvement over the earlier S-bend, as it didn't ...
The H2Option releases 1 gallon per liquid waste flush, and 1.6 gallons for the solid waste optoon. The dual flush function is controlled by two silver buttons on top of the tank. It uses American Standard’s patent-pending siphonic technology to add an extra boost to the limited amount of...
Flapperless flush systems eliminate the flapper entirely. These toilets have a bucket or trough inside the tank. The trough fills with water. When the toilet is flushed, it overturns, sending a cascade of water into the bowl to continue the flushing process. It is a simple system, but for...
inside cover has cracked; a damaged flushometer internal cover or a flushometer diaphragm that has been installed upside down can also cause chattering noises during flushing of the fixture; use a repair parts kit Improper prior repairs installing the wrong parts inside the flushometer, such as...
If you're performing repairs to your toilet or need to remove the tank from the bowl for any reason, it's always a good idea to change your gaskets and bolts (especially if you haven't in a while) to make sure everything is still leak-proof. It's an inexpensive and easy way to ...
1. Check that the tank fills just to the FILL LINE marked inside the tank cistern/reservoir. 2. With water into the toilet shut off, flush it and lift the flapper valve and look into the bowl passage for blockage 3. Try replacing the flapper valve and check that the pull chain is pro...