got annoyed at my toilet tank leaking

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe) 06/09/2020 at 14:58 • Filed to: None

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so i fixed it..

just gotta tighten this one nut..(heh...toilethumor....)

well....fuck

just gotta turn off the water main ...spend 30 minutes mopping...then tighten that one nut....

easy....lol

i am half expecting the damn thing to explode now its stopped leaking......this house is like that...

Chariotoflove > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 15:11

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You have a large bathroom there. I like the tile.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Chariotoflove 06/09/2020 at 15:13

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lol stole the gif..

im still of the slightly older generation so my first response to my toilet suddenly turning into a geyser was not grabbing my phone to take pictures :p

Chariotoflove > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 15:16

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Oh, I see. I better cancel the urinal cakes I was getting you for Secret Senna then. brb...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 15:19

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I went to repair a small water drip in my bathroom sink, by the end of the day I had purchased a new sink, new vanity, and a new fixture. I had also dumped 15 gallons of water on the floor and broken and isolation valve that requi red me to put a hole in the wall to repair.

Needless to say I burned that vanity in my fire pit. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/09/2020 at 15:23

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yikes... but tbh...thats pretty much what i expected to happen here too...figured something would go wrong... tho...ill admit i wasnt expecting the nut to just sort of fall off the moment i touched it with a wrench..... but still...all...things considered...could be worse

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 15:34

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So you’re saying you got pissed at your toilet?

Irony. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 06/09/2020 at 15:44

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I did.....and then my toilet pissed at me

ClassicDatsunDebate > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 15:51

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I kept having to replace toilet valves, like every 6 months. Finally figured out that the incoming pressure relief valve was fucked. Those poor valves were seeing 70 p si. i’m lucky nothing else failed.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 16:02

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Maybe the problem is that your toilet is shit...

:-p

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Chariotoflove 06/09/2020 at 16:22

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What flavor cakes were you planning?  Asking for a friend.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 16:24

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Working on older plumbing is always a crap shoot.....you never know when you’re going to hit snake-eyes.

Sometimes is best to hedge your bet and get someone at the master shutoff, just in case.

Chariotoflove > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 06/09/2020 at 16:42

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Please tell your friend that these are not a viable way to sanitize your insides from COVID.

RacinBob > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 16:47

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If it is the nut on the water supply to the tank, be very careful. The line the nut threads into is probably plastic. Overtighten it and some time years from now the plastic may shear giving you the result of your picture. It happened to a friend. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 06/09/2020 at 16:50

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Yeah lucky for me the master shut off was nearby or that would have made an even bigger mess

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > RacinBob 06/09/2020 at 16:54

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Metal nut on either side of the tank but yeah looks to be threading plastic in tank stuff to metal piping out of the tank

Ill be keeping an eye on it cheers

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 17:37

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That is nice. Ours is not convenient.

RacinBob > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/09/2020 at 19:32

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Let the O rings (or seals) do the work. If they are leaking and old, consider replacing them. I had a brass compression fitting I once overtightened and a bout 5 years later the nut split.

Plastic, brass and aluminum don’t like to be overstressed. Fortunately it was still while I had high frequency hearing otherwise it might of shot water across the basement for days.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > RacinBob 06/09/2020 at 23:16

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welp...i got O rings and seals and whatnot galore at work...pretty sure ill have the right size too

coffee machines....toilets...all waterwork :p

sounds like a jobby for the weekend :)