How to Repair & Install New Fluidmaster Toilet Fill Valve
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2019
- In this video we show you how to How to Repair & Install New Fluidmaster Toilet Fill Valve. If you flush your toilet but you see a toilet valve not filling the toilet tank back up with water afterwards, then you can try to repair the Fluidmaster toilet valve first, as we show you in this video. You'll try to unclog the Fluidmaster toilet valve by opening the top and flushing with high pressure water. If this toilet valve repair fails, then you likely need to escalate your toilet valve fix into an outright toilet valve replace job. You first get the Fluidmaster toilet valve replacement kit, then proceed with your new toilet valve installation as shown i this video. this is all because you have a toilet not filling up with water fast enough.
Plumbing parts shown in this video
✅ Fluidmaster PerforMAX Universal Toilet Fill Valve Repair Kit: amzn.to/2YgtRqc
✅ RIDGID One Stop Wrench Kit : amzn.to/2ClCbNa
✅ Channellock 12-Inch Pliers: amzn.to/2MdcnGR
Toilet fill valve repair
If have that old toilet fill valve not filling tank issue and you determine that you need to replace your Fluidmaster fill valve because your toilet is not filling with water, these are the steps to take: You must shut off water to the toilet, then unscrew the toilet hose from the bottom of the old Fluidmaster fill valve.
How to install toilet fill valve
Then you loosen the nut on the bottom of the toilet tank underneath, where it secures the the threaded pipe of the Fluidmaster fill valve. then you pull out the old Fluidmaster fill valve, and begin the new Fluidmaster installation.
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Plumbing parts shown in this video
✅ Fluidmaster PerforMAX Universal Toilet Fill Valve Repair Kit: amzn.to/2YgtRqc
✅ RIDGID One Stop Wrench Kit : amzn.to/2ClCbNa
✅ Channellock 12-Inch Pliers: amzn.to/2MdcnGR
jeffostroff does Milwaukee make a Laser Level?
@@Aquatic_Amigo No, not that I have seen. They do have a laser plumb, but all it does is project the dot on the the top of a door frame when you are trying to make plumb doors.
@@Aquatic_Amigo I almost forgot to tell you, don't get a red laser, get a green laser, they are much more visible. I have a Bosch floor tile laser and it's red, and most times I can't see the laser without darkening the room, and sometimes darkening the room is not possible at 2 PM in the afternoon!
jeffostroff wow great advice thanks buddy
Doing it now thanks 👍
Thank u so very much for this video. My flush tank was not filling in for days during the Christmas time and no plumbers were available in my area during the holidays.
I just googled for some quick easy fixes and came across your video. Just blindly followed for 3 minutes and it solved my problem.
I was so embarrassed to have my friends come over to a faulty toilet.
But thanks to your simple solution, it got fixed for free !!
You're welcome!
Thanks Jeff my toilet has a slow leak on the top of fill valve. Maybe able to use this video to either repair the leak or totally replace it.
Kudos for ur vid. Looking forward to more of ur DIY home repair tips.
Good job Jeff!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Super clear instructions, and great presentation. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
@@jeffostroff And your deadpan intro is hilarious! Loved it. "Oh no...!"
Excellent detailed information.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You !!!
Thank you so much 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Glad to help out, thanks for watching Moses
For the people that believe he's a pro at repairing toilet valves
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Great detailed video.
Just one thing you forgot to put back the white plastic ring/round plate that goes on the water supply line on the wall.
You are wrong Tola! You can see at 15:10 I replaced that old ugly white flange with a new plastic chrome flange, nice and shiny and silver.
Don't be a jerk
I was saying u could replace the seal on the fluid master fillvalue.and I've been doing plumbing sence 1974
Yes you could indeed just replace the gasket. Most of the Fluidmasters I have encountered are 15 years or older, so I figure that's a good time to re do it for such a small cost, and now you have every part on it brand new.
Removing the flow restrictor results in significantly faster refills.
I don't really care about faster refills I care about saving the water which is more important to me. But it only takes 60 seconds with the newer toilets if you're using a 1.28 gallon per flush toilet which you should be, it takes a minute to refill.
You can save a step by using a shut off valve (either shark bite or quick connect) that connects directly to the poly pipe. I used a shark bite and has not leaked after 2 years.
As longs as the Shark Bite is visible so you can check for leaks, should be OK
Jeff...My water level in my toilet is rising to the top of the overflow tube. My fill valve is the works the same way as the Fluidmaster and is working fine, but i need to LOWER the at rest water level to stop the continuous overflow. I found info saying i need to lower the water level control gizmo by turning it counterclockwise. I started to do that with a screwdriver but it is resisting me. Wondering if that is normal and i should just apply more force to the screwdriver. The gizmo is plastic so im hesitant to do that. I dont want to break the water adjustment gizmo .Question is should the water level adjustment gizmo be that hard to screw in either direction? Thanks. Great video!!!
It is supposed to be easy to turn. Is it covered with junk or rust or anything clogged around it that would prevent form spinning? Depending on age might be time for a new fluidmaster.
@@jeffostroff Thank you. i fixed it and solved my water level in the tank problem.
@@whocares0316 So you just applied a little more force to adjust the screw and it worked?
Jeff, what is the blue object on the little black hose ?
Norm, that is a supposed water-saving feature called a roller clamp. I left it untouched on this setup. For it's proper usage the instructions tell you this:
Flush toilet - if bowl appears full, but continues to fill, valve
may be overfilling bowl. Adjust water level as follows:
A. Fill bowl with gallon of water & wait for it to recede and stop.
B. Mark water level with pencil and flush toilet. If the water refills
above line, water level is too high, if water stops filling below pencil
line, water is too low.
C.Adjust water by pushing down and rolling the dial with thumb on
roller clamp. “0” means no refill.
@@jeffostroff i did a fill-valve change 2 weeks ago with
a Fluidmaster kit, but no roller clamp in the package.
i will check with Lowe's next time i'm there.
@@normhodgkinson6965 It could be dependent on the kit you buy. Some people buy just the fill valve only, in this case we bought the entire kit with the flapper, and it seemed to be a premium kit with this added roller clamp part.
@@jeffostroff i got the whole kit because the flapper was corroded badly.
i'll look into it. and BTW, two thumbs on your repair.
@@normhodgkinson6965 Thanks Norm! Also remember, don't use any bleach tablets or any of they blue nonsense in your toilet tank. Cities hate it, and it adds too much Chlorine to your air, and the blue stuff collects on the flapper and makes it leak, and you can void toilet warranties too.
They sell new seal washers for fluid master fill value
Yes, they do, but this fill valve was 13 years old, who knows what else could be wrong, so for only $14, I thought it best to start fresh with a clean slate.
U can replace the seal or washer
Yes you can. Most people have a hard time finding the seal and washer kit, but the Fluidmaster entire new valve kit can be bought for $10.
Can you please help me my toilet runs every once in a while I put a new flapper on and it still runs
Whenever I install a new flapper I try to feel around in the bottom of the tank for how the top of the whole feels with the flapper sits if it's slimy it might need to be cleaned and it might be allowing water to leak out of it.
You might have to stand there and wait and watch it as it happens and see if the water level is going down what I've done before is I'll make a mark on the back of the tank and see if the water level is dropping over 1015 minutes and see how much you are losing. If you hear any noise at all coming from that tank it should be completely silent but if you hear any noise it means there is a leak. The toilet should sit there and not make a single sound no matter how minute.
Can you replace these from the top?
Yes, that is how I replace them.
@@jeffostroff You should show an example
Aloha, the water keeps running in my tank. I think I'm just going to change it unless, you think it's something else. please let me know. Mahalo, Barbs
It's usually either the flapper or the Fluidmaster.
Mahalo for your reply. I replaced the valve and it had a crack in it. It works now and stopped running.
Changing the seal would fix it
A flush valve and a fill valve are two different things. It’s confusing when you use the names interchangeably.
That need the air gap on the bowl tube.
My flapper closes too soon so I'm going to put a float in.
Yes I have seen some people do that as well
Do you like shark bites over compression fittings?
I have played with shark bites a few times and I will only use them as an emergency or temporary connection while I go and get the real parts, or if it must be used for example on old illegal Poly butylene piping, I will only use them outside the wall so you could see if there was ever a leak. In my opinion both the snap in fitting and the shark bites are likely the same amount of quality. But I have always preferred the compression fitting the best because they are pretty perfect as long as you install them correctly and tighten them up properly
The shutoff valve itself isnt illegal however the polybutylene pipe is. If it wasnt leaking, theres no real reason for you to change the shutoff valve without changing the pipe. Just my opinion as a red seal journeyman plumber from canada. Info on fill valve was good though. Just mentioning most brass valves like that can be left alone as long as they arent the acetyl type. Not sure of the codes in your area though. Nonetheless, good video
Mark: I changed the old shutoff gate valve because it was dripping. Sometimes these old valves once you shut them off and turn them back off they leak at old plastic fitting inside. I hate gate valves. You'll also notice I changed it to a much better ball valve right angle stop, any excuse I get to change out a 27 year builder's special garbage water shut valve off, I will do it. I also plan one day to remove all the polyethylene piping in our house and replace with copper.
@@jeffostroff yes, the ball valves are better than the globe valves that builders usually use. Another trick you can use is shutting off the water to the house and using a retrofit shutoff valve temporarily to isolate the one fixture.
Wrong about the valve that was removed, it is not a gate valve it is a 1/2" x 3/8 o.d. angle compression stop , evidently he doesn't know what a gate valve is or looks like!
@@johnkrim8377 Our favorite OCD troll is back, again, your point is moot because no one cares. Brasscraft actually calls it a "Multi-Turn Valve" Many of us down here in Florida loosely refer to it as gate valve, because you have to keep spinning the valve handle to make the water shut off, just like a gate valve, so this operates exactly like a gate valve operates. I realize you have a problem understanding the similarities, but go study op on the operation of gate valves, and you'll see the spinning action of the compression multi-turn handle is strikingly similar to the gate valve, hence that's why many people have nicknamed them gate valves.. So with all our compression valve change outs done here most people either refer to them as gate valve or 1/4 turn ball valve. Yes, we know it's compression, because duh, we install them. Yes we know it's 1/2" x 3/8 OD, but no one here calls them like you did, it's a mouthful. If I tell someone switch out that gate valve with a ball valve, they know exactly what to do. Are you going to harp all over someone who applies a Curad on their finger cut, but calls it a Band-Aid? You forgot to take your OCD medicine today. Why don't go troll Kim Kardashian's channel, I'm sure you'll find a lot of legit errors over there that you can point out.
@@jeffostroff he does have a point but because there are a quadrillion different types of valves in the industry many operate with similar principals terms often get interchanged. Also terminology changes based on where you work. Technically here where im at we would classify a multi turn shutoff as a globe valve of sorts, or a compression valve.
Totally confused. What does replacing the shut off valve have to do with toilet fill valve? My shut off valve is fine. These should be two separate videos. 🙄
I showed it after the Fluidmaster repair, because quite often people end up having to change their water shut off valve due to age and leaking once they exercise the old valve to shut it off. In this case, the stub out pipe from the wall was not copper, it was the now-banned polybutylene piping which many houses have, so this was valuable extra video for someone in that situation.
Yout hand covered what you were doing in a few areas, otherwise good job.
Very hard in a tiny cramped bathroom to show 100, but still should be enough for you to see what is going on
The red 3 inch flapper will last 5 years
No flapper has ever lasted more than a year in our house, on all 3 toilets. They make them too thin, and so they get too floppy, not rigid enough. Also our water looks nice and clear, but sometimes deposits just collect on the flapper, if they feel slimy, you take them out, wash them off with soap, put them back, they do OK a few months longer, then problem comes back.
What are y'all doing to flappers in your house? As a repairman myself and just someone who has lived in houses for years at a time without flapper issues, that makes no sense to me. Sounds like you just like replacing flappers.
Channel locks scratch the value adjustable Would be better
Even better than the adjustable is the Rigid One Stop wrench that I linked to above, you use the stem of the smaller wrench to stick into the 1/4" valve, I just did not show it like this in the video, because most people might have channel locks but not this wrench. But you can see I held it relatively steady without major scratches. I don't let the channel lock move, that's the key to success. Keep those teeth still so that they grip, not scratch.
As the title of the video says your going to repair or replace the fill valve. So after flushing it out with no difference you used the excuse that it's 13 years old so your going to change it only because you had no idea that installing a new seal would have returned it to full flow. I see your still using toothed channel locks to grab finished chrome .
I realize your OCD has gotten the better of you and you want to try to nit pick everything someone does to satisfy some internal desire of yours, but you could not be more wrong. Everyone knows you can replace seals and rings, but there's still no guarantee the problem will be fixed. Since you'r not an engineer, let me clue yo in to a phenomenon we engineers have to deal with called plastic flow and micro cracks. A molded plastic piece can change its shape over time, the plastic is actually flowing although you don't see it. The handyman fix is always to rebuild something, take it apart and rebuild it. Then it still fails. My policy is don't rebuild, replace with new. Jut like many auto mechanics won't use rebuilt parts, because they are likely to fail.
Not nit picking Jeff , just trying to explain to you that it could have been repaired with one rubber seal in under 5 min .The only rubber part on the inside of a fluid master ball clock. All the rest of it is plastic and stainless steel.