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Posted by john246 on September 3, 2006, 10:43 am
Can anyone help me..I have just replaced a new toilet flapper on our toilet
(tried this for the first time,40 yr old female),,and I have to hold the
handle down until all the waste goes down,,someone at work told me to
tighten the chain in the tank, there is also a type of rubber weight on the
chain (the old one had this also & it worked fine),,Please help..thanks
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Posted by Eric in North TX on September 3, 2006, 11:37 am
With out knowing which flapper you used "generally" there is a method
to keep the flapper up till most of the water in the tank has exited.
some use a hollow chamber in the flapper to trap an air bubble so it
will float until the lowered water lets the bubble escape, some higher
end ones have a pocket on the back side that holds water and lets it
out through a pin hole in the bottom. There may be others that I
haven't seen, I'd try removing the rubber weight and see how that
effects it, or your friend may be right and the chain may be too long.
these are contrary devices, and most have to be fiddled with to operate
properly, but once you hit the code, you should get years of service.
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