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Toilet Flapper - How To Replace A Toilet Flapper

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Install The New Flapper
New toilet flapper Aaron Stickley
Put the new flapper into place and hook each ear onto the flush valve.

Connect the flapper chain onto the toilet handle rod. Make any necessary adjustments to the chain. It needs to be long enough to allow the flapper to sit firmly in place but not so long that it gets caught under the flapper as the water rushes out.

Turn the water back on and test by flushing a couple of times.

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