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DIY & Home Improvement

Pobeka

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13. I wouldn't call him back.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #10)

Thu Feb 23, 2023, 05:26 PM

Feb 2023

You can replace all the parts in a toilet for about $50, and that's retail not wholesale. All there is, is a flapper and shutoff valve assembly.

$200 - $300 seems a fair price to show up and replace the parts. It's actually very easy to do, I've done it myself multiple times, and I am no handyman.

$500 seems extremely high.

Just my 2 cents.

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Every 40 seconds my toilet "fills". I have opened the back and manually straightened the flapper, [View all] CTyankee Feb 2023 OP

A couple of things perhaps. One, your flapper inside the tank is not closing securely enough SWBTATTReg Feb 2023 #1

Fix this quick. A bad toilet can lose hundreds of dollars of water if you ignore it. Beakybird Feb 2023 #2

Thanks, I was going to say the same thing. I called a plumber who fixed something. 5 minutes after h True Blue American Feb 2023 #7

Disconnect the chain and see if it still does it sunflowerseed Feb 2023 #3

a couple of things.... getagrip_already Feb 2023 #4

Tons of links flapper fixes IA8IT Feb 2023 #5

It could be a sign that your sewer line is blocked. OilemFirchen Feb 2023 #6

It's just not sealing between the flapper and it's seat. mobeau69 Feb 2023 #8

The plumber is here now. I should know something soon. CTyankee Feb 2023 #9

Plumber just left. He replaced all the parts in the back of the toilet. Works fine now. CTyankee Feb 2023 #10

Damn $500, I should have been a plumber. nt doc03 Feb 2023 #12

I wouldn't call him back. Pobeka Feb 2023 #13

I was just about to... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #11