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Those are the only toilets I’m familiar with, at least with regards to maintenance and troubleshooting.

I’ve cleared a lot of clogged shitters, not once have I had to ensure the flapper is down in the reservoir. That’s “why won’t it stop running” not “why won’t it flush”.

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Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
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- deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Right, I am aware of all this.
  
  Why would step one be to manually close the flapper? The water level will do this automatically in a couple seconds, unless there’s a hidden step 0, shut off the water supply. This also makes adjusting the flapper pointless.
  
  I just don’t get it. There’s no point.
  
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  - themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Turning off the water will stop the tank from refilling. Closing the flapper stops the water in the tank from going into the bowl.
    
    I would imagine most people aren’t fast enough on the draw to think about doing this first step.
    
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    deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    Closing the flapper stops the water in the tank from going into the bowl.
    
    This is completely unnecessary IMO. You stop the water in the tank from going into the bowl by not continuing to flush a clearly clogged toilet. There’s no issue with the flapper in this scenario and it will automatically seal in a few seconds from water pressure.
    
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  - Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    That’s another option. Sometimes there is no valve immediately beside the toilet, sometimes it’s crusty af and won’t turn or seal. This can be quicker.
    
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