i am aching. why? did i go to the gym?
no.
the toilet's been leaking from the tank of the toilet and i have been trying to get the farking nut unscrewed from the one side of it (i've done this before)
anyway.
the flapper thingger thing has been being a bitch for the past year and i've been having to flip the flipper so it stops running. so i had planned on fixing that as well.
anywhooooo...
the goddamned screw thing on the back of the tank was giving me guff (don't mind me, i am sort of being incoherent as i type this) and the wrenches i was using along with the screwdriver were not cutting it.
i headed over to my uncle frankie's and he lent me a bunch of vice grips
which sort of worked.
apparently i have brute strength and when i held the screwdriver down on the screw, and held the vice grip on the nut, the thing turned slightly and then a huge chip on the bottom of the frigging toilet tank happened.
my forearms are killing me.
i've gotta get a new toilet ---- which was also being bantered around recently, so i think i've gotta go do that today...
of course, gigglemom doesn't want me to install a toilet on my own. whatever. something about the wax seal and not wanting me to fuck things up.
whatever.
anyway... at the moment... no toilet in the house.
yay!!!
looking for local decent plumber and into buying terlet.
Whatchoosayin'?? (8 yapped)
i've replaced my flapper thingadoohickey. it's pretty easy, but it sounds like you've got an old potty that has some parts with some gunkification (perfectly acceptable plumbing word according to my dad) or your stuff is stripped out. i'd look for replacement parts and a patch kit for that chip rather than replace it, but i guess that depends on how much you love your crapper. and by crapper i don't mean your butt.
Posted by furiousball | March 13, 2008 1:25 PM
furiousball: thanks yeah i've replaced the flapper and also the screws on the bottom of the tank before too this time the toilet is fucked (it's 18 years old at least ayway) so no love lost. we need a new one anyway. gigglemom is on the horn trying to find a plumber to install a new one
Posted by gigglechick | March 13, 2008 1:29 PM
Reeeeaallly hoping you didn't eat any of that YO yogurt recently, what with not having a throne at the moment.
Posted by Milissa | March 13, 2008 2:34 PM
No toilet in the house!
Based on your prior post, I sincerely hope you haven't had any Yo+ in the last 48 hours 8^}
Posted by dana michelle | March 13, 2008 2:53 PM
milissa: haha! i made sure that i didn't eat that Yogurt!!
dana michelle: ditto on the answer above... expect i did have it yesterday (not today) although, thanks to gigglemom having the handicap commode on hand, it's not like i'll need to drive to the local starbucks for the potty :}
Posted by gigglechick | March 13, 2008 2:57 PM
Good luck with the toilet. They actually aren't that hard to put in. You do have to buy a new wax seal too but those are only a few bucks. It's a pain to line it up yourself though.
Calling a plumber or doing it yourself.... Either one should make a good story! Can't wait to read it!
Posted by Julie | March 13, 2008 4:22 PM
talk about a mother, daughter bonding...
the same bedside commode...your a better girl than I, and I loved my mother dearly...but I'm impressed mom knew about the toilet seal...go gigglemom..
Posted by catherine banker | March 13, 2008 4:55 PM
when you get it replaced you should turn the old toilet in to a planter in the front yard.
Posted by Shumpy | March 13, 2008 5:17 PM