I Hate Plumbing

[ABM]

Yesterday, bought/installed a new toilet fill valve from Home Depot.

No harm, no foul.

That is, until this morning...when it wouldn't properly shut off.

Yet, again, another return trip to Home Depot, and undue time spent, because of a plumbing project gone awry.

 

[julius]

Yesterday, bought/installed a new toilet fill valve from Home Depot.

No harm, no foul.

That is, until this morning...when it wouldn't properly shut off.

Yet, again, another return trip to Home Depot, and undue time spent, because of a plumbing project gone awry.

I think it depends on what style you got, and how much $$ you spent on it. I wouldn't go to Home Depot for plumbing parts, they don't exactly have high quality parts.

What is annoying is the flappers that don't seal properly after you flush. You'd think in the what, 100 years since the system was designed, they'd come up with a better set-up.

 

[ABM]

I think it depends on what style you got, and how much $$ you spent on it. I wouldn't go to Home Depot for plumbing parts, they don't exactly have high quality parts.

What is annoying is the flappers that don't seal properly after you flush. You'd think in the what, 100 years since the system was designed, they'd come up with a better set-up.

Good point. I think I'll upgrade. I mean, it's not like we really use the thing, right?

I'm just glad the service hose doesn't leak. I usually have to replace those, as well. Rental home, though. Doing as little as I can get away with. I'm a nice renter and don't want to bother the owner.

 

[julius]

Good point. I think I'll upgrade. I mean, it's not like we really use the thing, right?

I'm just glad the service hose doesn't leak. I usually have to replace those, as well. Rental home, though. Doing as little as I can get away with. I'm a nice renter and don't want to bother the owner.

I once had a toilet that was from the 1930's, and had the tank bolted to the wall and had a pipe connecting the tank to the bowl. The pipe, after 70+ years, finally gave out. And finding parts for that toilet? All but impossible (in the sense it wasn't worth it). So I had to replace the whole thing with a modern toilet.

First thing that happened after I replaced the plumbing, wax ring, and insides of the new toilet (putting it all together I mean), the flapper that came with the toilet wouldn't work. It wouldn't seal properly. It was cheaply made, but I didn't have much choice. At the time, it was a 50 mile round trip to the nearest hardware store. So I went back to the store, bought the flapper that they sold separately which was a much higher quality one.

Go back home, put the new flapper in and it has worked fine ever since. The extra money was worth it.

 

[ABM]

...I didn't have much choice. At the time, it was a 50 mile round trip to the nearest hardware store. So I went back to the store, bought the flapper that they sold separately which was a much higher quality one.

Go back home, put the new flapper in and it has worked fine ever since. The extra money was worth it.

Good job. You've always seemed like the unflappable type to me.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Yesterday, bought/installed a new toilet fill valve from Home Depot.

No harm, no foul.

That is, until this morning...when it wouldn't properly shut off.

Yet, again, another return trip to Home Depot, and undue time spent, because of a plumbing project gone awry.

Just can't find good laborers these days.

 

[ABM]

Just can't find good laborers these days.

No doubt. The assembly kit came from China.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I taught myself a lot of plumbing. I can sweat copper like Da' Vinci can paint.

 

[ABM]

I taught myself a lot of plumbing. I can sweat copper like Da' Vinci can paint.

Yeah, but could you install to Da' Vinci code?