My neighbor laughed at my $8 toilet flapper replacement trick

Told my neighbor about swapping out the rubber flapper every 2 years to stop a running toilet. He said he just uses a zip tie to hold the chain tight and saves money. Tried it and yeah, it works way longer than I thought. Been 6 months still no issues. Makes me wonder what other cheap hacks im missing on basic stuff. Anyone else got a weird fix that beats the "right way"?

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bell.emma3d ago

Wait wait wait... a zip tie on the toilet chain? That's wild. I've been swapping out rubber flappers every year like a chump. Does the zip tie mess with the water level in the bowl at all? My old landlord taught me to use a piece of fishing line to hold the float cup steady on old toilets, saved me from buying a whole new fill valve once.