How to repair and buy the right flapper valve. 

Your video covered every issue I am having with my toilets and you explained them so even a retired phone man like myself could easily understand them. Great job, Thanx!

Thank you, Greg. This helped me immensely. I was able to fix a toilet that I needed to hold down to flush, by changing the flapper and lever, and adjusting the chain just right as you demonstrated.

Thanks for the extra bit of advice Greg. My work was done in less than 5 minutes thanks to you. Sam in Mississauga Ontario

Thank you sir for your flapper expertise. I needed to replace the flapper in the toilet because it was leaking. My girlfriend got me one but just opened it and no directions. I installed it but it closed too fast. After watching many videos nothing worked until I came across yours. I had the Frankenstein ears but didn’t cut off the ring til you told me to. It works perfectly now. Thank you so much!!!!

Good warnings, I watched this before hitting Home Depot to get a replacement flapper, now I can avoid going back to get the right part a second or third time.

Greg - you're awesome! I moved into my place in January and had a leaky flapper with ghost flushing every 5 minutes. It was driving me crazy. I replaced the old flapper with a spare one - but the replacement flapper had a ring and the holes for the Frankenstein posts - my mistake - I used both the ring and the holes. After watching your video - it worked perfectly. You had also made a quick comment on chain length - that also made a huge difference. Before, I had to hold down the lever to get a whole flush - now it's just a push of the handle. My next step was to call plumber if this didn't work. No need to now (thanks to you) You saved me time and money - Thanks for educating me on this. Much appreciated. (Oh - and sorry about the lengthy note)

This is terrific! Great information delivered in a clear and concise manner. Thank you.

Thank you for this comprehensive view of toilet flappers. I thought there was one basic type, and I realize now there’s quite of few differences between them. Most products are deceptive as they advertise “will fit most toilets” and my Toto ended up being non-standard.

This was a big help. First time I ever saw the flapper (American Standard) that is in my toilet. I am much better informed now.

Just fixed my own toilet in NYC apartment! Awesome youtube! Thanks for helping!!!

Thanx soo much. Even 2 veteran guys at the hardware store did not know all this great detail. It was all trial and error, trying and bringing back 4 different flaps. Mine still leaks a tiny bit like I can hear the toilet make little burps. 3 weeks ago I awoke to 1" of water in my little house and only bath, it was a disaster. Had to rip out the vinyl floor tiles and dry it out for a week, so now those little burps make me paranoid. Thanx again to all.

this was very helpful i now understand how to stop the leak and how to buy the right flapper valve

Thanks for the helpful video! Working great now with no leaks!

Very useful. I was able to use your advise to address a running-water issue by replacing a flapper valve gasket. Thanks!

Knowledge is power!, thanks for watching. Greg

Awesome video. Thanks for your help. At first I thought....12 minute video?? Come on! But it was worth it.

Glad I watched this. I would have bought the wrong flapper for sure if I hadn't Thanks so much.

The cutting of the rubber ring on the flapper to make it work: very helpful! Convinced my new wife I'm a handy man. ;)

Thank you, all the other videos, guides don't show the one I was looking for and didn't know the name of, American standard. thanks, didnt know how to take it off but now I do. Thank you for this video. :)

Thank you, Greg, for the very detail ALL OTHERS do not film. Since "the devil is in the details"; you've exposed the devil very clearly. NOW I feel informed enuf to pick up a correct "drain seal"/'flapper'. Man after my own heart. Ten thumbs up!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 😎

Great video! Thanks for showing all the different types!I watched 4 this was by far the best!

Thanks!!! You helped me do it myself. Very clear information.

This is a great video, and it solved my problem at 11:00. Thanks so much!

Thanks for the video. the part I always trouble with is the length of the chain. Thx for the info.

Thank you. You are very easy to understand.

@FreeUSA1776 I do not teach people to do my job, I teach them to do their job. Their job is to maintain their home and conserve water. Someone searching to DIY is not calling a Plumber. I have had to fix too many poorly done jobs. If they want to do it themselves they will and have a right to. Just do it right. I teach Plumbers too. Many jobs are far more involved than people think, they see what is required and call a pro. (sometimes). I do not teach homeowners to do Gas lines.

Thank you sooo much for sharing your knowledge and advices with us..

Thanks for the tips. Very helpful!

My Flap was old and it wouldn't lift up and was breaking my toilet handles, cause they weren't strong enough to lift it, well bacteria broke down the Flap material and it wasn't lifting so.... I grabbed some good old Pumice Stone and filed around and under the lip of the flap and whala, it now works fine, some time in the future i'll replace it, but for a quick fix it worked beautifully !

Thanks for the big help!

I have one of the old style flapper, I think you called it American Standard. I was pulling on the rubber seal, there was no screw ... It didn't want to come off. I haven't broken it. What happens if I do break it? Is the whole assembly still available?

Many thanks for the super useful info!

Thank you for the video, I have a question why filling has to be through filling tube, and not just pouring into the tank?

great and helpful video. IDID IT ALL BY MYSELF!!!!! thanks.

Any questions please ask, Home owners need to save water by maintaining the toilets proper workings.

Duffy, The slack needs to be short for the flush lever to fully lift the flapper completely. Too much slack will allow the flapper to pull back down on flush valve seat closing the flapper and limiting the flush volume of water. When excess slack is present, the flush handle needs to be held down longer to let the flapper become buoyant and float up for full timing and volume of water to fall into bowl, thus causing siphon to evacuate the bowl waste.

Thanks for sharing

good video. Thank you

I have changed several, but I moved into a new place, and the flapper doesn't snap on, it has tight loops that the tabs go through, I can't get it off, tried prying it with pliers, can't get it off, do I need to change the whole valve?

Thank you!

Great, let me know if you need anything else, and tell a friend, and mention me on FB if you have a page.

Know wonder the last year my water bill has been going up. Flapper plastic is slightly curved and causing leakage and water filling constantly.

I have a 3" "Frankenstein" red rubber flapper. It's seen about 8 years of service. For whatever reason, the flapper now wants to re-seat too quickly. As you recommend here, I have about one link of chain slack (ie: It's fairly tight and allows for a complete and full flapper lift). I imagine that the rubber Frankenstein attachment is torquing too much and not allowing a period of buoyancy.. Is this typical? The remedy is to hold the flush five seconds, but my wife is tired of it ;-)

my flapper is a large cylinder so when flushed the whole cylinder comes up, there is a washer beneath it that seems loose so I think its leaking so the tank wont fill up and keeps running but not sure im confused

Hi, can I replace the 2.5 inches with 3 inches because I can't find the 2.5 in the market? Thx

Thanks Man --- Good video !!!

Thank you. Very good information

Very informative..Thanks

Stewsons, Thanks, I know more exists to a flush than people would think or desire to exist. Our culture wants to minimize the forbidden "poo-po talk", but even as long or short I make these videos, more is needed to be explained ... see the hundreds of questions following my videos...many are thanks, and I really value that, but many are questions because I was not complete in my presentation... Thanks for watching and ask me any thing you ever need to know on plumbing...

Hi Ramon, I have a older Fluidmaster toilet fill valve. The water is barely filling the tank. I checked the water shut off valve, it is open. Can you help? Thank you Stan

I have two toilets leaking. A plumber came out and said its my flapper. Which I had already replaced on those toilets with a 'universal' one. Didn't want to pay him $75 to change my flapper. I do have one with the original flapper so I took that to Lowes to try and find one similar. I bought two and neither kept the water from coming into the bowl. What should I be looking for when I go back? The same size bottom piece (cone)? Sooo frustrated.

Rachelle, Changing out flappers is not as easy as it seems, sometimes...The $75 for a flapper changeout is very competitive and might be needed. The flapper needs to be on the flush valve correctly and the flush lever and flapper chain slack and position need to be optimum. The flapper seat needs to be free of debris and perfectly smooth. The flapper should be factory made, not a china mfgr. spin off... "made to fit" If you take a picture of the toilet tank insides w/o water in it.

Just get a flapper that is adjustable that does not use a float or a plug at the bottom the best kind of a adjustable flapper is a dial

I bought new flapper installed it thank you. But now flapper appears to be settling of center and still allows it to leak is there anyway to keep flapper on center?

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Now shut yer yapper and fix your crapper! Lol

thank you.

Good video.

There is a other timer adjustable flapper that you just turn a dial aka the ribber

There is sound only in the left channel.

Yes , i can - thx much

Still did not show my flapper, which is attached to the refill valve and comes up when you flush, the whole thing moves... its nothing but problems,,, it sucks

@FreeUSA1776 Should I be old school, or new school ? More Plumbing exists than I can do, if all I was concerned about is myself. I care about my profession, that is why I am a Certified Trainer for IAPMO. The Plumbers that want work in repair service calls can get it if they want to. I turn down calls almost everyday. I have so much, I cant do it all. Just call the other Plumbers in Ramona and ask them if I send them work? I do. AAA, Jim H., Jerry, and so on.

Replace the washer in the ballcock.

Cool name!

Hi

That's working Chick. Thanks

My, my you have an economy with words...

Flapper with styro foam must be replaced with same.

Coast Foundry makes the best toilet valves.

Thank you for all the info, but tell me, why teach people how to do your job?

But you didn't show us how to put it back on. Ugh

All these variations in toilet bowls just keep plumbers employed and poor people's toilets broken. Just another way accidentally buy the wrong parts when they all do the same thing.

Yea, there are lots of details, so many I could go on for hours... the task for me however is to be fast, quick, simple, complete, so on and still solve the complex possibilities.... "Just a simple flapper" right? wrong, the devil is in the details, I love the devil, I guess I will just have to wait till they give the devil his due.... or you could just use the tip jar on home page of DIY....plbg. advice... dot .... com....

Its less trouble, and cheaper, to crap in a bucket and dump it in your least favorite neighbor’s yard.

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