Replace Toilet Fill Valve And Flapper

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Replace toilet fill valve and flapper.

It s best to replace the flapper at the same time you replace the fill valve. It will easily pay for itself in water savings. Buy replacement flush valves flappers and other tank to bowl related oem toilet parts from american standard. The most common cause of a leaky toilet is a toilet flapper valve that isn t quite seating properly at the bottom of the tank.

The valve is secured with a lock nut under the tank and a flexible tube connects the tank s overflow pipe. A flapper a k a flush valve seal refers to a plug found at the bottom of your toilet tank. When a toilet continues to run after a flush cycle it s usually because the flapper fails to seat itself properly back over the flush valve opening allowing water to continue to flow down into the bowl. This unit connects to the flushing handle through a chain.

Place the valve shank onto the fill valve then insert the fill valve base into the tank opening. Is your toilet running. Start by shutting off the water to the toilet and draining the tank to access the flushing mechanism. If the fill valve is malfunctioning on an older 3 5 gallon 13 25 liter flush toilet consider replacing the toilet with a 1 5 gallon 5 67 liter model.

Next install the new fill valve making sure the new one matches the same model as the old valve. Push down on the valve shank and tighten the locknut as much as possible to seal the valve. Replace the tank on the bowl and secure it in place with the existing bolts. That s why it s so important to replace your toilet s flapper as soon as it fails.

A complete fill and flush toilet repair kit that includes the trusted fluidmaster 400a toilet fill valve and the fluidmaster 501 2 in. The below installation directions are for replacing a fill valve if you have a specific toilet fill valve kit follow those instructions accordingly. Its role is to hold the water in the tank before and after flushing by sealing the drain hole. American standard has the toilet replacement part you need for your residential or commercial project.

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