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Oct. 24th, 2007
help me fix my toilet
Oct. 24th, 2007 08:06 amIt won't flush. According to the diagram here (http://www.hometips.com/hyhw/plumbing/88toilet.html) and our inspection of the thing the line from the trip lever to the flapper or seat ball, which in this diagram is shown as two things hooked together in our toilet was just a long plastic strip that has now snapped off.
I don't trust the management company to deal with this in a timely way, and I clearly need to get more than just the line as I need a new flapper since the line broke off the flapper. But I can't figure out how many parts I need to buy or how to unconnect and connect things.
Um, so what do I buy? How do I do this? Should I just call a plummber? I don't need a new toilet do I?
ETA: if I pull up the flapper manually, it does work.
I don't trust the management company to deal with this in a timely way, and I clearly need to get more than just the line as I need a new flapper since the line broke off the flapper. But I can't figure out how many parts I need to buy or how to unconnect and connect things.
Um, so what do I buy? How do I do this? Should I just call a plummber? I don't need a new toilet do I?
ETA: if I pull up the flapper manually, it does work.
- I woke up to a broken toilet.
- Then I stepped in cat spit.
- It seems like I will be on Philcon programming (more tonight).
- I am using the following as a stock answer to HP homophobes now: JKR describes her books as a prolonged plea for tolerance. While I don't always think she went about that in the best way on several fronts, and could probably happily argue many political/social nuances with her, so many reactions in this forum and others make it clear just how necessary that plea for tolerance regrettably remains.
- We're going to see Les Mis a week from tomorrow.
- My uncle flies in today and we're supposed to have lunch
- Mom had her drains out yesterday and we shoudl get teh pathology report tomorrow.
- My toe bends again, but it hurts like hell each night after limping on it all day, so I'm off fencing until Monday.
- Then I stepped in cat spit.
- It seems like I will be on Philcon programming (more tonight).
- I am using the following as a stock answer to HP homophobes now: JKR describes her books as a prolonged plea for tolerance. While I don't always think she went about that in the best way on several fronts, and could probably happily argue many political/social nuances with her, so many reactions in this forum and others make it clear just how necessary that plea for tolerance regrettably remains.
- We're going to see Les Mis a week from tomorrow.
- My uncle flies in today and we're supposed to have lunch
- Mom had her drains out yesterday and we shoudl get teh pathology report tomorrow.
- My toe bends again, but it hurts like hell each night after limping on it all day, so I'm off fencing until Monday.
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Oct. 24th, 2007 05:41 pmMercury Retrograde, please be to ending soon.
Today I have dealt with more mechanical failures, corporate incompetences and the like than I can possibly describe. It would be funny, except for the part where it's a big pain in my ass. There's also more family medical drama going on, but not with my mom.
Today I have dealt with more mechanical failures, corporate incompetences and the like than I can possibly describe. It would be funny, except for the part where it's a big pain in my ass. There's also more family medical drama going on, but not with my mom.