help me fix my toilet

[rm]

It won't flush. According to the diagram here (http://www.hometips.com/hyhw/plumbing/88toilet.html) and our inspection of the thing the line from the trip lever to the flapper or seat ball, which in this diagram is shown as two things hooked together in our toilet was just a long plastic strip that has now snapped off.

I don't trust the management company to deal with this in a timely way, and I clearly need to get more than just the line as I need a new flapper since the line broke off the flapper. But I can't figure out how many parts I need to buy or how to unconnect and connect things.

Um, so what do I buy? How do I do this? Should I just call a plummber? I don't need a new toilet do I?

ETA: if I pull up the flapper manually, it does work.

Comments

[lllvis.livejournal.com]

a kit will also probably, but not necessarily, require you to have maybe a couple of pliers.

However, from what you describe, possible a long zip tie (also plastic) will do in a pinch. Sometimes those units also use a little snap chain. You might inspect the lever and the flapper to insure the mounts are still intact, sometimes they wear and break which would require a new kit.

Kits are not expensive either. Taking a pic of what you have to a hardware store is a great suggestion for that. Ultimately, they are fairly simple devices but sometimes you don't have a lot of room to work, that will likely be the biggest obstacle.

good luck! and no, you shouldn't have to call a plumber for this unless you just really don't want to get really up close and personal with your toilet.

[rm.livejournal.com]

sometimes they wear and break which would require a new kit.

bing bing bing

[melebeth]

It's not a hard fix but just to second what someone said above... BRING THE BROKEN PART WITH YOU. Having relied on my brain in the past to get "something that matches,"I know it's very easy to end up with the wrong part when you get home... leaving you even more frustrated than you began with.