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Toilet repair is an everyday part of life for me. Today I ran what I consider a very easy repair. The toilet handle wasn't working. This usually means that either the handle is so loose that it won't lift the flapper to allow the water into the bowl, or the flapper has become disconnected from the handle. Either way, it is a 30 second fix.
If you go to flush the toilet and the handle nearly falls out of the tank, lift the lid off of the tank and set it aside. The handle is held in place by a nut that you can tighten by hand. If the chain is laying at the bottom of the tank and disconnected from the handle, simply reach into the water (this water is clean) and reconnect it to the handle. You may have to estimate which hole in the handle to hook it into, but try one a flush the toilet...if it's not the right hole try another one until you get a good flush.
It may be that the handle is loose because the nut that holds it to the tank is corroded and broken. For under $10.00 you can buy a new handle. Feed it through the hole in the tank and tighten it down. Then just adjust the chain to the toilet flapper to get a good flush.
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