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Thursday, January 15, 2015

How to Review Bathroom Duo Toilet Guts Kit

Fig.1 Old bowl
By Gary Boutin 

Supplies and Tools: 
Crescent wrench
Channellock® pliers
Duo Toilet Repair Kit
Needle nose pliers 
Scissors
Towel (pick up water from the flush valve)

Mr. Strata live in a condominium complex in Highland, California. His home was over 40 years old and all of his toilets were 1.6 gal low flow toilets. He wanted to try to install in the master bathroom a duo toilet flush. 

This post shows the eight steps how to install the duo toilet system. This post is a review of this product. 

Step 1: Fig.1 above right shows that this is the toilet bowl before the Duo flush system was installed. Fig.2 below has the water flapper removed.
Fig.2 Flapper removed

Step 2: Fig.3 shows the new Duo Toilet Repair Kit.
Fig.3 Duo Kit
Step 3: Fig.4 shows that the toilet stop valve must be turned off. Use Channellock® pliers to remove the plastic nut underneath the toilet bowl. 
Fig.4 Stop valve
Step 4: Fig.5 and Fig.6 shows the removed the parts from the box and separate each part for installation.
Fig.5 Duo new box kit
Fig.6 Flush valve kit plus lever

Step 5: Fig.7 shows scissors cutting the tape cut from flush valve lines.
Fig.7 Tape removed
Step 6: Fig.8 and Fig.9 shows the flush valve all ready to install in the toilet bowl.
Fig.8 Flush valve
Fig.9 Adjusting the water level
Step 7: Fig.10 Water tube goes directly to flush valve system. Now this system if fully functional. Mr. Strata had the system for three months before he decided to purchase new toilet from Sam's club. Did it work, Mr. Strata said it did but he wanted even more water flush than the system installed. 
Fig.10 Flush valve 
tube assembly to 
vacuum system

Step 8: Fig.11 shows the new system has been updated. The flush valve is very powerful. There are some warning that the system could overpower your toilet system. There are always warnings, if your concerned the best thing to do is to look it up on the Internet. You may have to go through 20 pages before the answer comes but it might be worth your time. What I do know is Mr. Strata is happy with the system that he received from Sam's club and so far there has been no complaints. But there is considerable differences the kit cost $30 the new toilet cost $200.

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

How to Replace Rusted Faucet on a Bathroom Vanity - Part 2 of 5 - Drain and Vanity Removed

Fig.1 Basin Wrench and 
Channellock Pliers®
By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Basin Wrench
Channellock® Pliers 
Phillips-Tip offset screwdrivers, KLEIN®

Willie has little time to work on his century old studio cottage in downtown Chino, California since he lives on the road. Willie wanted to solve a simple plumbing solution in his bathroom. The aging bathroom faucet needed to be replaced. The problem was there is very little room to get the job done. The faucet and plumbing parts were purchased at The Home Depot.

This post shows nine steps to removing the drain pipes and vanity cabinet.

Step 1: Fig.1 shows the tools required for this job, a sink basin wrench and channel lock pliers®.
Step 2: Fig.2 shows the sink drain lines being taken apart and are still leaking through the stop valve and water is dripping off the stop valve.

Fig.2 ABS 
piping removed
Step 3: Fig.3 shows the old grey plastic sink plunger cover removed and the plunger rod is exposed after years of service.
Fig.3 Sink plunger 
cover removed
Step 4: Fig.4 shows the old rusted plunger rod being pulled out of the sink drain.
Fig.4 Plunger rod
 Step 5: Fig.5 shows the sink basket was badly corroded and the plastic plunger is still in the sink. This will be the next item to be removed.
Fig.5 Corroded 
sink basket nut
Step 6: Fig.6 shows the sink plunger has been removed and the brass nut is fused to the bottom of the sink basket metal washer.
Fig.6 Corroded 
sink nut
Step 7: It was decided that since the faucet and its drain parts could not be removed it might be easier to remove the vanity top. Fig.7 shows a Phillips-tip offset screwdrivers removing the vanity top screws.
Fig.7 Top 
screws removed
Step 8: Fig.8 shows the bottom vanity screws being removed.
Fig.8 Bottom screws removed
Step 9: Fig.9 the vanity top has been removed from the wall. Now all that needed to be done is turned upside down so the plumbing parts can be easily removed. Please read my next post on how the sink parts and faucet were removed for the new faucet for this vanity unit.

Fig.9 Vanity top removed


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