It does indeed solve the problem. But I'm pretty sure the stop valves are
not designed to restrict flow and wear out much faster when used for that
purpose.

"S. Barker" wrote in message
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i would think the simplest solution may be to shut off your service valve,
then open it just a tad. It'll fill slower, and quieter, and the lack of
turbulance will probably solve your flapper dropping problem.

s


"J" wrote in message
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After flushing the toilet, it tends to continue to run. When it is
flushed, the flapper is pulled up which allows the water to escape from
the tank, while at the same time the float falls which opens the valve to
fill the tank with water. All is well to this point.

The problem is the flapper generally doesn't go back down to the bottom
in a timely fashion to plug the escape hole, and the source water begins
to fill the tank again.

The source water apparently causes enough turbulence that it resists the
flapper from falling to the bottom. If I were to manually stop the
source water by lifting the float, the flapper drops to the bottom. I
think it would be fixed if there were some way I could adjust the float
to not allow the source valve to open until the flapper were much closer
to closing. Yet, I've adjusted the float as far as it will go and that
doesn't do it. I also think that if it were a slower flow of incoming
water, it might work.

Could it be that someone has used the wrong replacement parts? Someone
has added a 'weight' to the top of the flapper, but that doesn't really
help, and I have an objection to relying on pure Kentucky windage to fix
things.

Any help appreciated.