How Do You Repair Toilet Flush Valves?
You have the blues because your toilet isn’t flushing. Have no fear, replacing a flush valve is easy enough for any handy homeowner to accomplish and doesn’t cost much either. Here’s how to replace that toilet flush valve so you can get going again. Step 1 Take the back off the toilet tank. This is a heavy ceramic piece so don’t lay it across the toilet tank and be sure to have a place to put it before you pick it up. If you lay it across the tank it may fall in and crack the tank making a huge flood in your bathroom. Step 2 Identify the problem. Move the handle, or the flapper valve actuator if you want to get technical, and see if the arm it’s attached to is still connected to the flapper strap or chain. The flapper strap is a rubber strap that runs from the flapper valve at the center of the toilet tank to the handle. In older flapper valves, this might be a small chain. Step 3 Reattach the flapper chain or strap if it has become detached. Hook the flapper strap or chain to one of t
