Product Review: Fluidmaster Fill Valve and American Standard Tub Spout

Is your toilet broken? When you turn on the shower does the tub spout still leak?
In this economic cry-sis, do-it-yourself plumbing is not only financially savvy, but can provide endless hours of entertainment WITH a pipe wrench in hand.
Let me recommend the following item (my favorite Christmas gift this year!!!) for your future toilet repair needs:
The Fluidmaster!!!!


This product will charm your pants off (but wait until the toilet is fixed!) with it's steel gray and shiny black components. The Fluidmaster is really easy to install! It only took me two hours to read the fourteen steps, find the appropriate tools in our tool-jumble-puzzle-pile, take a few smoke breaks, and clean up all the toilet water off the floor. This is a great product with clear instructions.


If you would like to conserve a little more water, fix your leaky tub spout for around 15 dollars. I used the American Standard Tub Spout. Before you attempt this, make sure and decipher what kind of tub spout you have there are many models out there. This video will show you how to do this:
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/22903_leaky-faucet-removel-spout.htm

DO NOT BE FOOLED!!! It usually requires much more torque to get the spout off then "John the Plumber" at Expert Village would have you believe. Wail on that thing. Just do not rip the pipe out of the wall.