hello hello thanks for tuning in today we're going to look at a common problem that happens in houses
especially older ones and older bathrooms the leaking toilet whether it's leaking on the floor
or it's constantly running you'll hear the water moving in there and it's going to be wasteful so
we'll take a look at what we need a couple of simple tools we're going to need a adjustable
wrench slip joint flat head's pretty good to have a half inch and 7 16 are common ones too
you're gonna have to have the hardware kit the fill valve and the flush valve
and that's basically all you really need because if it's an older system you just want to go ahead
and replace all of it and if it's anything prior to like oh five it's a two inch style
uh flapper assembly after that it could be a three inch but not very common mostly two inch so
get yourself some paper towel or rag down by the shut off which is usually located right
below the handle straight down and get a little bucket because it's going to drain some water
go ahead and shut that valve off right there and flush and hold your toilet until all the water
is out and then you're gonna go ahead and remove the top cover on the back all right with the top
cover removed you can see inside the back it's all drained usually they are nasty like this so we'll
clean it up and get everything looking okay we're gonna have to go ahead and start disconnecting
things we want to go ahead and disconnect the fill line from the neck down there and it's gonna
drain some water and then we're gonna go ahead and loosen up the entire stock and take it out
all right after you remove the old fill valve and make a mess you'll see a hole down there
get the new fill valve and go ahead and drop it in make sure the gasket is down there
a little rubber gasket okay we got the fill valve back in and just screwed up in there nice and
tight you're gonna have some nuts and bolts right here usually two to three of them i had three of
them take it off and then you can lift this entire tank off and set it down so we can work on it
all right as you can see the toilet's off now you can see where they didn't paint
and it's right here so we're gonna knock those three screws out go ahead and pull that gasket
off and take this assembly out all right after you knock the three bolts out and knock the old
flush valve assembly out you're gonna put the new one down through there make sure you have a gasket
around the edge up here put it down and you're going to put that nut on there hand tight
okay once you drop the new flush valve assembly in you want to go ahead and get it just rotate
in the position that you wanted it and go ahead and tighten this down you want it snug but you
don't have to go crazy because it's plastic and then you're going to go ahead and take the rubber
o-ring gasket whatever you want to call it the tank the toilet connector
and set it just like that now you're going to take the whole toilet and set it back
on top i'm sorry the whole tank and set it back on top of the toilet
okay when you set the tank back down to the toilet you're going to line up the gasket down there
and you're going to go ahead and tighten these three bolts down
and tighten them pretty good they ain't going to be crazy but you want them nice and snug
reconnect your water supply go ahead and put your tank fill tube in that comes from your
fill valve that goes down into the tank here
go ahead and turn the water back on and check for leaks and adjust the height
so we'll let it fill make sure there's no leaks
looks good
get everything cleaned up
okay once you have the tank tightened down to the bowl
everything cleaned up and tightened down we're gonna go ahead and look underneath here and make
sure we don't have any leaks which we don't and the easiest way you're going to be able to tell
is if you have one of those toilet buddies or something the blue
tidy bowl things or some food coloring put it in the back of the toilet bowl or the toilet
tank area and go ahead and leave it for about 10 minutes and you would see blue or whatever color
it is down in the bowl you see we don't see any here so we'll flush it and you'll see it come in
and there it is the toilet is 100 repair and will not leak anymore
so i hope this helps thanks for watching please subscribe