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My $5 fix for a leaky toilet that everyone told me would fail
Everyone on this forum says to replace the whole flush valve assembly when a toilet runs intermittently, but I spent $5 on a new flapper and cleaned the sealing surface with a scouring pad instead. It has been 8 months since I did that in my rental in Austin and the tenant hasn't complained once. Has anyone else had luck with just cleaning instead of replacing the whole valve?
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elizabethg183mo ago
Tbh that’s how most things are, people just jump to replacing stuff without trying the cheap simple fix first.
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the_hugo3mo ago
My wife's car started making this weird grinding noise last spring. I took it to three different shops and they all told me I needed a whole new transmission, wanted like four grand for the job. Turned out it was just a loose heat shield rattling against the driveshaft, took me twenty minutes with a screwdriver and a zip tie to fix it. Sometimes you just have to poke around a bit before you throw money at the biggest repair.
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the_patricia3mo ago
Wish it was always that simple though, right?
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