Toilets

[Trans_23]

I read an article a year or so ago the people are going up to Canada and bring home with them non-low flow toilets. My main culprit, being on well and septic, is the high iron content. All my plumbing fixtures need monthly maintenance.

 

[n4gix]

I should clarify that the issue I'm having is the insides leaking, which is the same thing as leaving your water running. The tank continually attempts to fill the bowl.

Um, that's precisely the problem I have (had, since I immediately shut off the tank's fill valve)...

For the past few months I've simply been pouring a large pot of water (about three gallons) into the bowl to "flush" the toilet.

I did remember to buy some heavy duty rubber gloves yesterday when I was out to the grocery store, so maybe I'll hunt down the tools later today and finally get around to fixing the darn thing...

...or, maybe not. :ernae:

 

[Henry]

Just get ya a shovel, lumber, hammer, and nails, head out to the back yard and build one that don't need water or flushing!

that would be an outhouse then there are plusses to be an invalid, i dont have to fix things no more i could see mefalling head first:ernae:





































H

 

[Terry]

that would be an outhouse then there are plusses to be an invalid, i dont have to fix things no more i could see mefalling head first:ernae:





































H

An outhouse is all we had until I was about 5. I was always worried about falling through the hole which was rather large for a little kid.

 

[JoeW]

Chris ....... go to a plumbers supply, not Lowe's or that other place and get the most expensive flush valve they have and put that in. This is one case that you want the Heavy Duty valve in there.
Those little $2.50 jobs at Lowe's just don't cut it.
:salute:

 

[HouseHobbit]

I am grateful in the apartment building I care for, we have older toilets that could flush a horse down them..
I manage to keep them working in spite of the Fools that have been here..
It is a challenge to keep them in operation at times but well worth the efforts..
I have several re-claim ( recycle) sites I have gotten parts from older toilets here in Dayton town

 

[Odie]

I am grateful in the apartment building I care for, we have older toilets that could flush a horse down them..
I manage to keep them working in spite of the Fools that have been here..
It is a challenge to keep them in operation at times but well worth the efforts..
I have several re-claim ( recycle) sites I have gotten parts from older toilets here in Dayton town

Flush a horse? Now yer talkin'!!!! Any toilet that doesn't cause you to have to free yourself after a flush with an audible "pop" off of the seat just isn't a toilet!!!

 

[Terry]

I am grateful in the apartment building I care for, we have older toilets that could flush a horse down them..
I manage to keep them working in spite of the Fools that have been here..
It is a challenge to keep them in operation at times but well worth the efforts..
I have several re-claim ( recycle) sites I have gotten parts from older toilets here in Dayton town

Reminds me of an old Mythbusters episode where they used an enhanced airplane toilet and nearly pulled someones intestines out!

 

[johnh_049]

Chris ....... go to a plumbers supply, not Lowe's or that other place and get the most expensive flush valve they have and put that in. This is one case that you want the Heavy Duty valve in there.
Those little $2.50 jobs at Lowe's just don't cut it.
:salute:

$2.50??? your Lowes is cheaper than in this area..

 

[limjack]

Fixed two toilets this last month and today of all things the washer goes out! Stuck on the spin cycle and tank full of water. So took machine apart (thanks to online forums and tube videos ) to find my future grandsons sock stuck right at the pump house.....how it got there I have no idea but there it was. Removed it and hooked everything back up and we are back in business without a handyman bill. Whoooohoooo!

Jim

 

[TeaSea]

Well it's fixed....for now. It's not a particularly hard job, just amazes me that every few years I have to do this.....like I said, I don't remember any of this when I was a kid.

Now, why is Mr. Hobbit trying to flush a horse down the toilet?

 

[Astoroth]

... just amazes me that every few years I have to do this.....

Oh man, I wish! Our water here is so bad, I have to replace the flush valves and flappers about every six months or so, and the seal on the tank at least once a year....can do it in my sleep now...think I have.....

 

[TeaSea]

Bigger question.....


How did Mr. Hobbit get the horse into his apartment without his neighbors noticing?