Some toilet valves tin be repaired, others must exist replaced; here'southward how.
Repairing a Valve
Normally, if a valve leaks or gets clogged and sluggish, the all-time solution is to supercede information technology, because valves are inexpensive. Notwithstanding, it may be worth your while to repair a valve like the one shown hither, because information technology will relieve you the trouble of draining the tank. You may or may not need to replace the rubber parts. Your valve may not look like this one, but the steps are pretty much the same.
Installing a Fill Valve
Replacing a fill valve is ane of the nearly common toilet repairs, because it takes less than an hour, costs less than $ten, and tin can make your toilet run similar new. Here we show one of the nearly common types of valves, called a float cup, but other types can be installed in much the aforementioned manner.
Other Fill Valves
These fill valves install in much the aforementioned way as shown in the post-obit instructions, with the "critical level" mark 1 in. below the peak of the overflow tube. The white-topped vertical column valve (below left) has a float inside its torso. It can be easily adjusted for meridian after installation. The yellow-and-blackness unit (right) operates much the same manner equally the one shown in the instructions.
Dual-Flush Valve
A dual-flush toilet saves water past offering two flush levels: a small-scale flush of nearly 1 gal. for liquid only and a more forceful affluent of i.two gal. to one.6 gal. for solids. You can replace your existing toilet with one that has a dual-flush feature, or yous can salve money and try by retrofitting your electric current toilet with a dual-affluent valve. These valves are at present widely bachelor at hardware stores and home centers.
TIP:The unit shown here is installed at the overflow tube only. Some kits also include a replacement for your fill valve.
TIP: If the existing flush valve seat is non compatible with the dual-flush valve, you volition need to supervene upon it with one that is uniform.
Excerpted fromPlumbing (The Taunton Press, 2022) by Steve Cory.
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