JpNH
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HI everyone,
If you have a spare moment I would appreciate any help you could provide! I just bought my first house. It came with two Gerber Aqua Saver toilets W28-790. Probably the worst toilet, I have ever used, but I digress. I hope to replace them with Toto Drakes towards the end of the summer.
One of the toilets developed a leaky fill valve and a leaky tank to bowl gasket. The problem I am having is figuring out exactly what tank to bowl gasket it uses. I went to Lowe's and purchased a Gerber T to B gasket. It is the: Plumb Pak Gasket for Gerber Toilets. Like this:
The gasket that was on the toilet when I opened it up looked like this:
It is listed as a Closet Spud Gasket F/Am. There was a white plastic hex nut in the recessed portion. The tank sat directly on it. There were two plastec nuts on each screw, but they were both end to end below the toilet.
Anyway, I decided to replace the fill and flush valves with Korky's. Kind of wish I would have chose FluidMasters after doing some research here. Oh well just needs to get me through the summer.
My question is are either of these the correct gasket for the tank to bowl? Am I supposed to use the big thick one from Lowe's, and use one of the white plastic bolts as a spacer between the tank and the bowl, and the other one underneath the bowl tightened? Was the Closet Spud Gasket, above, not the correct Gerber gasket? Or does the Gerber for the 28-790 look similar.
Sorry for all these confused newbie questions! I would like to try to find one locally, instead of ordering online, and it would be great if I could use the one I already bought at Lowe's.
Thanks for any and all help you can provide. Since I bought this house, I have been learning so much about everything from plumbing, carpentry, electrical etc. And I can't wait to learn more!
EDIT: Did a little more research. I am thinking that the closet spud gasket on the Gerber was possibly an American Standard tank to bowl gasket. Does that maybe sound right?
If you have a spare moment I would appreciate any help you could provide! I just bought my first house. It came with two Gerber Aqua Saver toilets W28-790. Probably the worst toilet, I have ever used, but I digress. I hope to replace them with Toto Drakes towards the end of the summer.
One of the toilets developed a leaky fill valve and a leaky tank to bowl gasket. The problem I am having is figuring out exactly what tank to bowl gasket it uses. I went to Lowe's and purchased a Gerber T to B gasket. It is the: Plumb Pak Gasket for Gerber Toilets. Like this:
The gasket that was on the toilet when I opened it up looked like this:
It is listed as a Closet Spud Gasket F/Am. There was a white plastic hex nut in the recessed portion. The tank sat directly on it. There were two plastec nuts on each screw, but they were both end to end below the toilet.
Anyway, I decided to replace the fill and flush valves with Korky's. Kind of wish I would have chose FluidMasters after doing some research here. Oh well just needs to get me through the summer.
My question is are either of these the correct gasket for the tank to bowl? Am I supposed to use the big thick one from Lowe's, and use one of the white plastic bolts as a spacer between the tank and the bowl, and the other one underneath the bowl tightened? Was the Closet Spud Gasket, above, not the correct Gerber gasket? Or does the Gerber for the 28-790 look similar.
Sorry for all these confused newbie questions! I would like to try to find one locally, instead of ordering online, and it would be great if I could use the one I already bought at Lowe's.
Thanks for any and all help you can provide. Since I bought this house, I have been learning so much about everything from plumbing, carpentry, electrical etc. And I can't wait to learn more!
EDIT: Did a little more research. I am thinking that the closet spud gasket on the Gerber was possibly an American Standard tank to bowl gasket. Does that maybe sound right?
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