flush-valve

I’ve done this or similar repairs at least 15 times (home owner for 30 years and own rental properties) I believe this is a 15 year old American Standard. Just says Vitromex on the inside of the tank. I’ve replaced the 2” flush valve 2x’s now with both HD & Lowe’s kits. The Loews kit is the...

When replacing a flush valve, the replacement flush valve instructions say: before removing the old flush valve, mark the existing water level in the tank after the flush valve closes, before the tank refills. But in my case, the old flush valve is broken -- that's why I'm replacing it! :) The...

I have a broken flush valve that looks like this (the whitish cylinder in the center of the tank): The guy at Lowe's had never seen the like. Searching online, I see a lot of info about Kohler-style flush valves, but this is not quite that, and the instructions for removing a Kohler-style...