abfab
New Member
I recently replaced my ball cock fill valve with a fluidmaster 400a and also replaced the flapper. Since then I've noticed two things:
1) When I flush, I have to hold the toilet handle down for a few seconds, otherwise the flapper mechanism doesn't completely open. I didn't touch the chain length and the flapper is identical to the old one.
2) The bowl now fills with more water and takes longer to refill. The refill tube continues to add water into the tube until the tank reaches the proper water level.
I moved the refill tube so that it fills completely into the tank. This gives me the proper bowl level and the tank refills faster. However, I am wondering why this is? Did I do something wrong during the installation?
1) When I flush, I have to hold the toilet handle down for a few seconds, otherwise the flapper mechanism doesn't completely open. I didn't touch the chain length and the flapper is identical to the old one.
2) The bowl now fills with more water and takes longer to refill. The refill tube continues to add water into the tube until the tank reaches the proper water level.
I moved the refill tube so that it fills completely into the tank. This gives me the proper bowl level and the tank refills faster. However, I am wondering why this is? Did I do something wrong during the installation?