Heating & Cooling Contractors
Michigan's premier residential, commercial and industrial "original hot water specialists". Servicing hot water heaters, pool heaters, boilers, and now plumbing, furnaces and air conditioners.
Hardware Stores
With 4,600 stores in all 50 states and 60 countries, ACE Hardware has been known as the helpful hardware store for more than eight decades. More information can be found at www.acehardware.com
Painting Supplies
Find the best paints and stains for your projects at one of our local Benjamin Moore retailers.
Deck Care Fast & Easy book
Glenn Haege's Deck Care Fast & Easy explains what to do and what to buy for that four letter word that lives in your backyard; your deck! This book walks you though selecting between woods and man made decking, deck maintenance, brightening, stripping, sealing and staining. It’s free!
Toilet won't flush? Hold on, repair is easy to do Overflowing toilets are one thing. It's a mess, but you know why.        The problem is that the flapper ball in the water closet has not been lifted when you pressed down on the handle. First thing to do is to find out what's wrong. Fixing a non-flushing toiletMaterials: Flapper ball replacement kit Tools: None 1. Remove the lid from the water closet and take a look at the problem. 2. The problem has to be either the flapper or chain. Be sure to check the seal. Occasionally that also has to be removed and replaced. 3. In this case, the little plastic bracket that attaches the flapper ball to the chain snapped off. A new flapper ball is needed. 4. Get a new flapper ball. The red composites are a little more expensive, but last longer. 5. Turn off the water supply to the toilet. 6. Since all that is needed in this repair is the flapper ball, remove it from the holding bracket. 7. Replace the flapper ball. 8. Flush the toilet to see that it is working properly. 9. If it doesn't flush properly, you probably either made the chain too long or too short. Readjust the chain and retest. 10. When you finally get the chain length right and the flapper works perfectly, replace the water closet lid. You're done. |
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