I guess experience does pay off in the long run. A few years ago, my downstairs toilet broke and needed new innards. It took me several hours, some pulling my hair out, and three trips to the hardware store to finish the project. This time, it took just under an hour (not including the few minutes I spent at Aco picking out the parts). Here's how it went:
1. Stop at Aco on the way home from work to pick up new toilet innards
2. Eat dinner, feed critters, talk to Maggie about not eating kittens
3. Change into grubby clothes, pull hair back
5. Gather bucket, rags, tools, parts and head to the bathroom
6. Remove disintegrating parts - gross - and broke a few of them on the way out ... and did end up with some gushing of water onto the floor, but all pretty smooth otherwise
7. Read instructions again
8. Install new innards (while reading and re-reading the instructions)
10. Clean up
11. Tada!! New toilet innards! and a great sense of accomplishment in just under an hour (and the ability to flush the toilet again).
Summarized:
11.99 at Aco for parts
11.99 at Aco for parts
1 hour of my evening
toilet that works... priceless
2 comments:
Disintegrated toilet parts are NOT among my favorite things in the world. Good work.
Did you wear the appropriate plumber-pants while fixing the toilet? I can imagine they wouldn't be too hard to come by with show-your-crack, er, I mean low-rise jeans still all too available.
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