FLUIDMASTER Concealed Trap Toilet Fill Valve Replace in 5 MIN!

Skirted or Concealed trapway toilet? Standard toilet? In this video I will show you a quick and effective way to change a problematic fluidmaster fill valve!

[@St.AnthonyofPaduaGreenvilleSC]

Unbelieveably helpful!! Can't thank you enough. ... And like Andrew said, looking like a reasonably handy guy to my wife never hurts, either! Hope I don't need your videos again too soon, but it's really nice to know they're there.

[@JENSENDIY]

Glad the video helped! thanks for watching

[@jeffbuszmann5752]

Thank you, gotta love Canadians on KZbin

[@JENSENDIY]

@@jeffbuszmann5752 Glad it helped eh👍

[@davidhyde6503]

Very good idea. I'll try this since I can't hardly reach the back of the toilet with this "Concealed Trapway" thing.

[@JENSENDIY]

@@davidhyde6503 As long as you have an exact replacement part it works great.

[@dannypalmer742]

You just saved me time, money and boatload of frustration. Thank you so much! I had no idea those came apart. I actually had an old one in my garage. It took me under 5 minutes and no money! Thanks again.

[@JENSENDIY]

That’s what l like to hear! Glad it helped and thanks for watching.

[@andrewmansmann7867]

Thank you Jenson - another award-winning helpful video. Continue to make me look like a rockstar in front of my wife. Keep up the good work. 🎉😂

[@JENSENDIY]

Glad to help!🙂

[@jonathanroberts3563]

Thank you soooooo much Jenson for this hack! Took me the time to switch water off and back on to replace this. Thank you so much

[@JENSENDIY]

Glad it helped!

[@OneGun454]

Great video, and thank you for the reminder about the water haha I will be replacing my fill valve today! Also thank you for not making this video unreasonably lengthy!

[@JENSENDIY]

Thanks for watching, I hope your fill valve change went as smoothly as mine did!

[@OneGun454]

@JENSEN DIY Well, it didn't haha but it's all good now! That locking ring WOULD NOT lift up. I used channelocks to lift up on it even and the damn thing wouldn't budge! So, I ended up using a small hacksaw to cut it off. But after that it went great! No hissing and the toilet fills up well! Thanks again!

[@michaelcondon5047]

That’s a pretty handy trick for replacing those ! Great find

[@JENSENDIY]

Thanks! I haven’t had to change many this way and never had a problem with the bottom part breaking. It’s better to change the whole valve if you can but this method sure helps if you’re not able to get the old one undone.

[@coppergalaustin]

I have been putting off fixing the toilet valve for months! I have a skirted toilet and didn’t want to deal with it. I did all the flushes, I would tap it, I did everything I could to keep from replacing it. I finally got to the point where I had to do something, so before I got started, I watched your video. Are you kidding me?! This is so stupid easy to do. I’m already done. 🎉 It literally took 5 minutes. 😂. Many thanks for posting this. 💖

[@JENSENDIY]

Glad the video helped! thanks for watching!🙂

[@marianm7748]

I wish I would have watched this video before I managed to disconnect the water line. But thank you for preventing me from having to remove the flush valve nut or removing the entire tank! Your method worked like a charm. And I did manage to get the water line connected again after some fussing about.

[@JENSENDIY]

Glad you got it working again! Skirted toilets look nice but they sure make the fill valve difficult to work on.

[@michaelcondon5047]

What if the jet on the bottom of the post of the fill valve is weak? Removing the top portion of the fill valve like you did won’t fix it will it?

[@richmorris1129]

Thank you for the video! Will the Fluidmaster 400A Universal Toilet Tank Repair Valve work the same? It’s cheaper that’s why I ask. Thank you!

[@JENSENDIY]

Yes l believe it will. Thanks for watching!

[@dramani100]

Amazing..helped me a lot Thsnks

[@JENSENDIY]

Glad it helped! thanks for watching!

[@en2oh]

I have a toilet built under an overhang. Getting the black cap off is easy… is there any way to replace a seal (like some of the other fluidmaster valves) to fix a leaking fil valve?

[@JENSENDIY]

That’s a good question, I’ve had to remove the whole toilet tank before to service the parts when the toilet tank is under an overhanging counter. Nice to have the extra counter but not ideal for working on the toilet. There really is no easy way to do it so if you can’t get to the parts you need to remove the tank or the overhang.Good luck!

[@julymonkey04]

I tried to do the same but the lock ring was stuck so hard on the old valve. It would not budge at all. Any advice on how to remove it?

[@JENSENDIY]

If you can get a flat head screwdriver under the ring and twist that may get it or a piece of wire wrapped around under ring and pull upward. I haven’t had that issue before so if you cannot get it you may have to replace the whole valve. Good luck!

[@alericc1889]

I watch in case I have this problem in the future

[@JENSENDIY]

Well hopefully you don't have this problem in the future but if you do it sure is handy not having to remove the whole fill valve. Thanks for watching!

[@alericc1889]

@@JENSENDIY My shut off valve was so old in my bathroom I couldnt turn the water off to make some of the repairs you have shown so I paid professionals like yourself to come in and relace it and the feed to the toilet. It wasnt too expensive.

[@JENSENDIY]

@@alericc1889 Good call, always a good idea to have your shut offs working properly.