Our toilet referenced in the previous post was suffering from the water running constantly. My initial guess was the fill valve went out, but that seemed odd since I replaced it when we moved in. I bought a new valve and a dual flush converter to install to make our toilet eco friendly and attempt to save water.

When I pulled the old flapper to install the new flush mechanism, it turns out the overflow tube was broken and that was causing water from the tank to leak into the bowl which in turn made the fill valve run to fill the tank. Now I needed a new overflow tube. Turns out I only needed that part and the fill valve was still functional. As I already had all three parts I went ahead and installed the flush converter.

This is a pretty slick piece of technology. It has a two-button mechanism to control the level of flush: top button for liquids and paper and bottom button for solids. The mechanism activates a separate flapper built into the converter unit that attaches to the overflow tube and is seated in the flush base. Reading on Amazon I saw that many users had issues with installation and getting the converter to operate correctly. Fortunately several reviewers posted insight into the setup to get me up and running.

After making a few adjustments to the various float levels, I can say without a doubt that this is a great flusher! (I just laugh to myself even making this post.) It is fairly cheap in price so as time goes on I may install this on the three other toilets. It comes with a five year warranty which I hope not to have to use, but it is reassuring that the vendor stands behind their product. Twenty dollars is much cheaper than replacing the entire toilet just to get this functionality.