Volume 1 / Part 7 — Repairing a Washer on a Flush Valve

When the rubber washer on the copper flush valve of a soil-basin tank becomes loose it can be set by pouring a small quantity of paraffin between the rubber and the copper while the valve is inverted, care being taken to have the rubber ring centered. This makes a repair that will not allow a drop of water to leak out of the tank.

Contributed by Frank Jermin, Alpena, Michigan.