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Old 03-03-2025, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Sportster View Post
Purchased the home new in 2021 (south of 44). One of our toilets runs for about 30 seconds every 5 minutes or so. I took a look in the water tank and I do not see what I expected. Where is the flapper valve? It's got some one piece assembly in there that I dont recognize or know what to do with.

Has anyone replaced one of these? Whad do I need to replace or adjust?

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Sounds like hard water buildup. You could try soaking the flush valve with CLR.
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