How many of these parts can you name? Let’s find out!

Below, you’ll find an image of a common toilet part. Once you’ve made your guess (since we grade on the honor system here), scroll down to see whether you got it right! Ready to give it a go?

Can you identify these toilet parts?

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Need a second look? In the middle of taking apart your own commode for reference? Or are you ready to find out the answers?

Keep scrolling to see how many you named correctly!

1.) Rubber Flapper

Essentially all flush mechanisms in Red Oak consist of a handle and handle arm, which activate a flapper that allows water to escape into your bowl via the flush valve. These flappers come in various types, however. This is a rubber flapper, which attaches directly to a toilet’s overflow tube, and acts as a sort of dam. The flush mechanism’s chain lifts the flapper to let water out; when the flushing is finished, the chain simply drops the flapper back into place.

2.) Seat Disk Flapper

This is another common type of flapper, a seat disk, which actually requires a reservoir of water to work. The weight of the water helps open the flapper when you flush and expose the flush valve; the flapper then lowers back into place as the reservoir drains out.

3.) Tank Ball

This is a tank ball or ballcock, the third most common type of flush system in Red Oak toilets. In a toilet with a tank ball system, a large ball sits directly atop the toilet’s flush valve. When the flushing mechanism is engaged, the chain lifts the ball straight up and off of the valve, allowing water to flow through.

4.) Toilet Tank Bolt

This little unassuming bolt does a big job, securing your toilet tank to the bowl below with help from a washer, typically rubber.

5.) Dual Flush Button

While most of us are accustomed to a toilet handle, buttons are becoming more and more common – particularly dual flush buttons like this one, which allow users to use different amounts of water for liquid or solid waste.

6.) Toilet Trap

You have this trap to thank for so many things! First and foremost, the curved design of your trap helps prevent sewer gases from escaping upward and making your house smell foul. What’s more, this trap will help stop important items – keys, earrings, toys – from getting flushed all the way down your system should you accidentally drop them down your toilet.

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