Thank you! After installing a side-mount handle, flapper was closing way too quickly. Other videos talked about adjusting chain on a front mount handle. Your tip was exactly what I needed. I adjusted the float, and all works perfectly. -wannabe repair lady
Dude, I lived with this issue for years of holding handle down to allow enough water to flow. But when I adjusted the float lower, it resolved the problem!!!! Thank you! You saved us a plumbing call.
Thank you so much! I have been trying to find the answer to this for 2 days! Yours is the first video I've found with a reasonable and clear explanation.
Variation: *My flapper's float has plastic disks:* one at the top of the float and one at the bottom of the float. Also, *the chain for my flapper is a ball chain* and not a link chain as see in the video. While trying to slide the plastic disks long , I discovered that my plastic disks have a slit cut in them to allow the disks to be twisted and then completely slid off the ball chain and then be repositioned. So, *if you have a ball chain with plastic disks, locate the split cut in the disks and then slide them off the ball chain so that you can reposition the float.* Thank you for your video!!!
Life saver! You are totally correct that no one else mentions this. Everyone talking abt the slack on the flapper, but like that's so obvious and (in my case) didn't solve the problem. Your advice here worked perfectly - thanks!
Thank you - I just installed a Kohler flapper with a float and the instruction did not describe how to move the float. The Kohler flapper had a chain. This video saved me time and saved me from frustration and rage. Appreciate your posting these instructions.
Thank you SOOOO much for this video! I was driving myself nuts as to why the flapper slowed too soon! Can’t believe it was as easy as behind that floating thing closer to the flapper! Thanks again!
excellent video. this helped me as well. i too switched out the old flapper. the old one had that almost impossible plastic clip. My problem before i switched it out was i adjusted the chain but didn't solve the problem. Had to hold the handle to do a complete flush. Solution: exactly what this video showed. Get an adjustable float with the rubber washers not the stupid plastic clips then adjust it so that it drains the tank properly without holding the handle down.
Thank you for the video! Finally it makes sense, been having huge problems with two upstairs toilets with leaking flappers but no issue at all with a downstairs toilet installed at the same time, thanks again, now I understand how to set them up properly.
Something else that you might find interesting and I just saw this myself in a video is the little hole in the front of the rubber cone part of the flapper, the smaller hole, is what allows the air that enters the cone through the bottom hole (bigger hole) to escape and fill with water which weighs the flapper down and causes it to shut. On adjustable type flappers you can turn the cone which changes the position of the small hole more to the side which allows the air to escape slower and therefore the flap closes later allowing more water to flush. With the adjustment to maximum it puts the small hole all the way to the side of the cone and allows it to stay open the longest amount of time for the best possible flush. Another way to do this is to plug the small hole in the front or put a rubber patch over it and add a new hole somewhere between the front to the side depending on how long you want the flapper to stay open during a flush. One way to add a new hole is with a soldering iron.
Flappers often have a built in "float", but often it's not adjustable. IDC about "saving water", but toilets that drain too far can "sweat" and cause water damage. That adjustable float lets you choose how much water to leave in the tank. Also, first time I ever saw one too.
Thanks so much!! Just installed new flapper and directions don’t talk about the float! My float is all the way up towards the top! I think I need to move it down toward the flapper.
Thank you! You are right... the instructions did not say where to adjust the float if the flap was closing too fast, nor did any of the first videos I found. I know how to connect a chain to the handle and even the flapper. I just couldn't figure out how to adjust it. The other videos just didn't go far enough.
You are correct that the instructions don't tell you to adjust those two black disks, just shows the yellow float going up or down. Got my toilet going again, Thanks!
How does no one else mention this little floatie?! I wondered what the point of it was. You saved me having to call the plumber (again) to fix this same problem! Many thanks!!!
I had been holding the handle down to flush forever, After the chain in my toilet finally broke I replaced the chain and couldn't figure out which direction to place the float...thank you, thank you, thank you for saying it has to be lower for the flapper to stay open longer...I now have a properly operational toilet 😊
I just came up with this solution. There is no float on the chain. I thought of a counter balance for the chain but settled for a fishing bobber clipped to the chain.
Great video, but I'm trying to determine the correct height. A float too high will not provide a sufficient flush, and a float too low will waste water. I'm guessing the correct answer for my 1.6 gallon toilet is the height which will flush 1.6 gallons.
I have a lower end sterling made by Koehler. I’ve bought new flapper,adjusted chain tight,loose in all 3 handle holes and moved cork almost touching the rubber. Still closes quickly. 2nd toilet just started doing same thing.
We have the same model and nothing seems to help. The flap continues to close faster than it should. After trying all the things offered by YT videos it seems these toilets are an inferior product, plain and simple.🤨
When is the float actually supposed to close in a 1.6gpf American Standard? Mine closes when the flush is almost complete but a little bit before the flush is complete. Is the float supposed to close at the VERY end of the flush, or slightly before, or somewhere in the middle of the flush? I can hear when it closes, but just wonder where it is "offically" supposed to close to get 1.6gpf and still get a good flush.
When I flush my toilet the water goes down then back up in the bowl then down again and then refills the tank. Therefor I’m using almost double the water everytime. Any clue if this can be the float and if so what direction should I move the float to? Thank you
Your float adjust guidance seems to make perfect sense but is actually opposite to what Kohler says in their flapper instructions. They say that if the water level remaining in the tank with the new flapper is above the old flapper water level (meaning less water left the tank into the bowl) then "raise the float", and conversely if the new water level in the tank is below the old level (meaning more water drained into the bowl) then "lower the float". To me this seems backwards given my understanding of buoyency but it's what Kohler states in their flapper directions.
My float is getting caught under the flap when flushing and is preventing the creation of the tight seal. I have it down the chain with no slack and it’s still getting lodged. Open to suggestions
Been watching these videos and it's not helping my issue. First I have to say that the floater I have has clips, the floater can not be adjusted unless these clips are removed. I have lived here for 12 years and this issue started about a couple months ago, now unless maintenance snuck into my apt, no one has messed with it. I adjusted it myself, to the lowest it can go, and I still have the same issue.
I adjusted the the float as close as I could towards the flapper and the flapper still closes too fast, guess my one-piece old toilet is the exception to the rule.
@@robinfretheim848 thanks, fixed it by bending the flush control rod downward and inward towards the flapper, it was originally angled too high and toward the front of the tank, all better now.