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

[ekatarina.livejournal.com]

This happened to me a while back. I got a new flapper and string thing and installed it myself. Turn off the water at the base and all that.

Note: Be prepared to adjust the string length. I had it too long and it wouldn't hold the flapper up long enough. I slowly shortened it until it was just about perfect.

Also warning, no matter what time of year it is, that water will likely be very very cold.

Best of luck, I have great faith in you.

Ekatarina