donheff
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Plumbers, electricians, auto mechanics et al love a clutzy DIYer. We used to joke about them (fondly) when I worked at a VW service center decades ago. Well, I have always been among the clutziest and I proved it once again this morning. A toilet stopped filling so I picked up a new fill valve mechanism. As I finished disconnecting the old one I realized this was the toilet with the shutoff valve that doesn't shut off all the way. I vaguely remembered having problems the last time I repaired this one. Sooo, I struggle to get it installed - the spot where the feed connects to the fill valve is in a corner almost inaccessible and impossible to see when my hands are in there with the wrench. First effort leaks a little -- oh yeah, I needed plumber's tape last time. Second effort with the plumber's tape is better but still leaks a little. The final effort with sufficient cursing to make it fun results in a cross thread and a lot of leaking, even with the shut off as tight as I can get it.
Waiting for the pros now. Maybe I should protect my masculinity by hiding somewhere and having DW say she did it
Waiting for the pros now. Maybe I should protect my masculinity by hiding somewhere and having DW say she did it