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Posted by J on April 21, 2008, 9:57 am
It does indeed solve the problem. But I'm pretty sure the stop valves are
not designed to restrict flow and wear out much faster when used for that
purpose.
>i would think the simplest solution may be to shut off your service valve,
>then open it just a tad. It'll fill slower, and quieter, and the lack of
>turbulance will probably solve your flapper dropping problem.
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>> After flushing the toilet, it tends to continue to run. When it is
>> flushed, the flapper is pulled up which allows the water to escape from
>> the tank, while at the same time the float falls which opens the valve to
>> fill the tank with water. All is well to this point.
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>> The problem is the flapper generally doesn't go back down to the bottom
>> in a timely fashion to plug the escape hole, and the source water begins
>> to fill the tank again.
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>> The source water apparently causes enough turbulence that it resists the
>> flapper from falling to the bottom. If I were to manually stop the
>> source water by lifting the float, the flapper drops to the bottom. I
>> think it would be fixed if there were some way I could adjust the float
>> to not allow the source valve to open until the flapper were much closer
>> to closing. Yet, I've adjusted the float as far as it will go and that
>> doesn't do it. I also think that if it were a slower flow of incoming
>> water, it might work.
>>
>> Could it be that someone has used the wrong replacement parts? Someone
>> has added a 'weight' to the top of the flapper, but that doesn't really
>> help, and I have an objection to relying on pure Kentucky windage to fix
>> things.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
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