How to Install a Toilet Kit
Residential toilets have been around as long as the Romans. They supply a mode of comfort for a homeowner that few of us have ever done without. Sometimes our toilets continue to run into the night as we lie in our sleepy stillness trying to get used to the constant on and off of the water-filling tank. When this becomes a problem, we must repair the toilet with a new toilet kit. It is not a difficult task and can be completed in less than one hour. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Turn off the water supply to the toilet. The shutoff valve is located on the left side of the toilet and in between the bottom of the tank and the floor.
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Remove the tank lid and flush the toilet with the water supply off, allowing the tank to empty. Use a rag to push the remaining water out of the tank drain located in the center of the tank and just beneath the rubber floating flapper.
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Remove the components from inside the tank. You will need to remove the tank from the seat for a complete renovation because one component, a rubber seal, is located between the tank and seat. There are two components inside the toilet tank as well. Remove both before proceeding.
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Identify the cock valve and float for installation. About 16 inches long and 1 inch in diameter, it has a float that pivots up and down on one end and a rubber washer and white, threaded nut on the other. Unscrew the nut, remove the washer and insert the threaded end through the 1-inch hole on the far left of the tank. Reapply the black, rubber washer and tighten the threaded nut against the tank.
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Install the remaining component. This is the drain tube/overflow tube. It has a rubber flapper at one end of a 12-inch tube. Just beneath the flapper, it flares out to 2 1/2 inches and has a large, white threaded nut. A black, rubber washer is seated on top of the nut and serves as the seal between the tank and the seat. Remove the rubber washer and threaded nut from the drain pipe. Insert the pipe through the hole located in the center of the tank, and, using your other hand, reach around and tighten the nut. Give it another 1 1/2 turns with a wrench. Reapply the rubber seal over the nut.
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Install the two brass bolts into the small holes on each side of the center drain hole in which you installed the drain flapper in step 5. Gently replace the tank onto the seat, making sure the brass bolts insert into the corresponding holes on the toilet seat. Reach under the seat with your other hand and apply the brass nuts to the protruding bolts and hand-tighten. Continue tightening with the wrench until the tank is secured onto the seat. There will be a little movement still in the tank, but this is normal.
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Reattach the water supply line located between the left corner of the tank, where the float and cock valve are attached, and the floor. Turn the water valve on and allow the tank to refill. Check for leaks in the water supply connection and at the connection between the tank and the seat. If the seat seal is leaking, retighten the brass bolts and nuts that attach the tank to the seat.
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Tips & Warnings
Always be careful when working with toilets. They break very easily.
