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Fixed my leaky toilet with a rubber band and a zip tie instead of buying a $40 fill valve
The flapper arm snapped on a Tuesday and I wrapped a rubber band around the float rod and hooked it to a zip tie through the overflow tube - it held for three months until I finally bought the right part, has anyone else jury-rigged a toilet fix that lasted way longer than it should have?
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hart.mark3mo ago
Whoa, that's a clever fix but just a heads up the flapper arm and float rod are different parts - the flapper arm connects to the flapper at the bottom, not the float. Still impressive it held that long though.
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betty_palmer3mo ago
Yeah you're right about that, I read a plumbing article last week that went into the whole difference between flapper arms and float rods. The flapper arm is a separate piece that connects to the toilet flapper at the bottom of the tank, while the float rod runs from the fill valve to the float ball. What you did was still smart though, rigging it that way - most people woulda just called a plumber and spent 150 bucks. I remember reading that a guy on another forum used a zip tie on his flapper arm once and it ran for two years without a problem.
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