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  • Toilet Flush Valve Re-chaining

    I don’t think I flushed the pot any more vigorously than usual, but the plastic chain snapped off at the flush valve:

    Flush valve chain - broken plastic
    Flush valve chain – broken plastic

    Some rummaging in the Chain Locker produced a steel chain from a long-ago flush valve that snapped into place:

    Flush valve chain - steel
    Flush valve chain – steel

    Despite what you may think, I do not enjoy fiddling with this stuff, so I locked the link in place with a dab of hot melt glue:

    Flush valve chain - steel glued
    Flush valve chain – steel glued

    Having recently repaired the other pot in the house, perhaps they’ll stay fixed for a while. It could happen!