Potty Mouth
filed in Nonsensical Ramblings on Apr.22, 2006
You know you’ve got a chemical imbalance when…
…you overcome your plumbing-phobia by fixing a toilet in your house, learning about how toilets actually work, and topping it off with a pure enjoyment of the process… All before lunch!
Since I can tell already that you’re as excited about this as I am, let me share with you how I learned that my upstairs toilet uses a Float-Cup mechanism (as seen in the diagram), instead of the more popular Float-Ball mechanism or the rare Tilt-Cup mechanism.
INTERESTING, RIGHT?!?!
But that’s not all! I also figured out how to stop the toilet from constantly running (always useful), and – my personal favorite toilet discovery from today – how to adjust the water level in the tank to sit RIGHT ON THE ‘WATER LEVEL’ LINE! LIKE. EXACTLY. ON. THE. LINE.
It’s all terribly exciting.
Thanks Mom and Dad. Those “How To Fix Anything & Everything In Your House” books are really paying off!
Here’s a fun link to the website of the official Toilet Seat Art Museum of Alamo Heights, Texas. To think, one state alone holds such a priceless national treasure! Be sure to click through to page 3 to see the Montel Williams toilet seat. It alone is worth the price of admission.
April 24th, 2006 on 9:50 am
I cannot comment on this blog segment…
April 24th, 2006 on 11:02 am
Ah yes, i’m very familiar with the tilt-cup mechanism. When I was a home-owner back in my bachelorette days, I had an issue with the chain always detaching from the rusty trip arm. I made a new chain out of paper clips and attached it with a key-chain ring and that baby worked like a charm! Since it was my friend who bought my condo from me, I told her i’d replace the mechanism if it ever broke. Six years later, it’s still working! Since we’re both tooting our own toilet horns, I will say that it took me about 20 minutes and ZERO dollars to fix.
You can also fill a one-liter bottle with water and place that in your tank so you use less water with each flush and help save the earth and conserve natural resources. Wooo!
Flush away, my friend!
April 25th, 2006 on 5:08 pm
Float-Cup ROCKS. Replaced both my toilets’ guts in March. Also detached the tank to replace the rrrrrrubber gaaaaaas-ket (think Blues Brothers). Had to cut the brass bolt because the nut was rusted tight.
Hit the water line. Exactly.
No leaks. No running toilets. No problem.