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Three hours to swap a toilet flapper in my Grant Park rental
I went to replace a $8 flapper in a 1990s Toto toilet last Saturday and somehow ended up fighting with a seized supply line for 45 minutes. The shutoff valve under the tank stripped out and started spraying water everywhere, so I had to run to Ace Hardware on Memorial Drive for a new one. $12 and a second trip later, the whole job took 3 hours for something that should have been 15 minutes. Has anyone else dealt with those old brass valves that just crumble when you touch them?
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anthony8835d ago
Man, that brings me back to changing a flapper at my old place in Decatur and the shutoff valve just snapped clean off in my hand. Water went everywhere and I had to call my landlord at 9pm on a Sunday.
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johnson.adam4d ago
That snapped clean off in my hand" - oh man, that gave me chills just reading it. I've had shutoff valves stick before but never had one actually break off like that. Can't imagine watching water spray everywhere while holding the broken piece. An emergency landlord call on a Sunday night at 9pm too, that's the worst. Bet that landlord wasn't too thrilled but hey, what else were you supposed to do, just let the bathroom flood?
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