View Full Version : worlds oldest flapper....
Racer814
02-06-2007, 03:06 AM
and was still working
the old man who lived there said it was 35 y/o....I don't believe that but I have never seen one in this bad of shape that was still working....:eek:
I don't believe the age either, but have seen others that were fuzzy like that and still worked.
Norcal
02-06-2007, 08:26 AM
I see lots of them in that condition...must be the water plus age. But, I don't think they made that style flapper 35 years ago.
Those little flappers will stain the heck out of your hands if you're not wearing gloves...that much I know.
dubldare
02-06-2007, 05:25 PM
I've seen some old-skool flush valves in cabins. I mean old, with leather gaskets.
But then again, the flush tanks were wood, with copper linings...
Dunbar Plumbing
02-06-2007, 06:00 PM
Curtain flush valves, those still exist in a great deal of uppity old money homes in Cincinnati.
Looks like someone put a soup can in the toilet. :p
plumber1
02-06-2007, 06:02 PM
I can believe the old man, but by the looks of that Korkey, it wasn't working good enough to hold water..........
dubldare
02-06-2007, 06:35 PM
Curtain flush valves, those still exist in a great deal of uppity old money homes in Cincinnati.
Looks like someone put a soup can in the toilet. :p
Have an old (AmStd low-boy one piece) at a cabin I winterize, has the old brass soup can. I have yet to need to get at the flapper, but I'm guessing its a douglas tank ball under there.
That particular toilet also has a petcock in the bottom of the tank for draining.
Racer814
02-06-2007, 07:10 PM
^ you old farts:p
Racer814
02-06-2007, 07:15 PM
^ you old farts:phaaaa
calling y'all ..."old farts"
and I'm going to bed cause "I got a busy day tommorrow".....haaa
"night:D