In our experience, the majority of our customers are completely unaware of the amount of water that can be saved or lost because of a rubber flapper.  These small, inexpensive components located inside your toilet tank can become costly when they begin to fail as hundreds of gallons of water are wasted down the drain.

This is why we recommend changing out all the flappers in your home once a year.  It is also why every level of our Membership Program begins with changing out the flappers.

The flapper in your toilet tank is the small, round, rubber “stopper” that lifts and falls as you flush the toilet, regulating the flow of water from the tank to the bowl.  They can be red, black, blue or white and are attached to the arm of the tank’s flush lever by a thin chain or rubber strap.

The quality of your home’s water is the biggest determinant to the life of your flapper.  Chlorine is notorious for eating away at the rubber and causing the seal that the flapper creates to deteriorate and eventually fail.  This is why you should never use in tank cleaning tablets.  They speed up the process of deterioration and often will void the warranty of the flapper.

When is the last time you changed out your flapper?