fruhead
join:2002-01-29
Montclair, NJ
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Re: Help with toilet needed (not enough water in bowl)
Don't get the Home Depot/Lowe's plastic assembly - they're pretty much designed to fail. Spend the extra few bucks and get a brass assembly. It'll outlast the toilet and you won't have to change anything for years. Any plumbing supply store will carry them - just make sure you get the manufacturer of the toilet and model (if accessible). Take off the tank lid and turn it upside down - the information should be there. |
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Tzale
Proud Libertarian Conservative
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join:2004-01-06
Sweden
1 edit | reply to artisticcheese
Looks like you have a problem with an explosive bowel movement too. |
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lujohnson
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join:2002-08-08
Agoura Hills, CA
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2 edits | reply to artisticcheese
Get one of these!
Out with the OLD and in with new technology that works MUCH better for longer than any of that FluidMaster (I HATE FLUIDMASTER!!!!!) crap or other cheap float-ball type valves. The new diaphragm type valves simply work GREAT! You'll never go back.
I also like how quickly the tank fills with these.
They are much quieter too. Some float-ball designs can shudder or whistle when filling.
Seriously, if you install one, you wont have to fuss with your tank fill valve again for a very long time. I've put in 8 or 10 for friends and family and at different properties, and I've never had to replace or service a single one
Link:
»www.shopwiki.com/detail/?q=fill+···ll+Valve
edit: grammar correction
edit: redundant 'seriouslys' |
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Goober
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join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL | reply to Tzale
Reminds me of that horror movie "Rest Stop."
I've watched this toilet video in horrified fascination at least 4 times. |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
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1 edit | said by Goober  :Reminds me of that horror movie "Rest Stop." I've watched this toilet video in horrified fascination at least 4 times. With all due respect to all of you, that top part of the toilet gets discolored from the iron and other minerals in the water. Yes, occasionally you could shut off the supply valve, flush the toilet and throw some bleach in the tank top to clean out any bacteria but that is clean water in the top tank. The bottom part is simply disgraceful....
Also when the rubber seals wear out, the water could turn black from the seals dissolving.
Normal behavior and appearance.
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jack b
Gone Fishing
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join:2000-09-08
Cape Cod
clubs: | I don't think anyone's comments were directed at the discoloration inside the top part of the tank... |
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dcurrey
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join:2004-06-29
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I have been using Korky Quiet fills. »www.korky.com/FillValve528.html Oldest one is 5 years no problems.
When they do go bad you just replace a small part of the unit. Cost like 2 or 3 bucks. Cap assembly or something.
Now as far as them being quieter never really noticed but then toilet filling never bothered me. |
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Goober
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join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL | reply to jack b
Yeah. I think NY Tel missed the appealing portions of the video showing the underside of the seat and the rim of the bowl . |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
·VOIPo
| said by Goober :Yeah. I think NY Tel missed the appealing portions of the video showing the underside of the seat and the rim of the bowl . lol...I did at first because I have replaced many of these and figured "what's the big deal?", then I looked at the entire thing. One word came to mind when I saw the bottom part of the toilet........
Sunoco  |
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Pacrat
Old and Cranky
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join:2001-03-10
Cortland, OH | Sunoco my ass! That's Good Gulf if I ever saw one! |
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Barbara Ann
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join:2000-10-17 | reply to dcurrey
I second dcurrey for Korky Quiet Fill. |
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