Stormin 9,981 #1 Posted September 1, 2022 The toilet cistern mechanism decided to not function properly. A plastic washer type thingy that secured the flush push button in place, decided to break up. So yesterday morning off to Carlisle to see if I could get a replacement. No luck of course so bought a complete new mechanism. Back home and I had to remove the cistern to fit the replacement. FYI the cistern is one of those fitted to the toilet bowl. So I got everything back together and turned the water back on. OOPS! ONE. Forgot to connect the water pipe to the cistern. and lets try again. Filled the cistern and OOPS! Two. Forgot to fit the seal between cistern and bowl. A gallon or so of water gushed out. More Off with the cistern, fitted the seal, cistern back in place, test and all was well. Tidied up and informed SWMBO, who was in her studio and unaware of my tribulations, all was done. " About time", she said and disappeared to use the facilities. She did comment that the floor was a bit damp. I didn't enlighten her to much. Just to say I had a little leak. 1 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,444 #2 Posted September 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, Stormin said: little leak. It's all about the comparisons of size. So you dump a couple gallons on your bathroom floor. You wipe it up with a towel or six and presto! No problem... Even if your gallons are a little bit different size than our gallons over here I don't think it really makes that much difference. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,544 #3 Posted September 1, 2022 That us precisely how 99.98% of plumbing jobs go. The other 0.02% are due to rounding errors and missing data… 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,076 #4 Posted September 1, 2022 Few month's ago I did the exact same job. For some reason the flapper would not seal off the water. Went to Lowes bought a brandy new flapper made by the "leading manufacturer of flapper s" 5 minute job. New one sealed worse than the old one. Inspected the seat it's "supposed" to seal on. Could find nothing wrong with it. So I decide I'm putting in a new seat . Back to Lowes. They don't sell the seat 's separate. You have to buy a complete set of Toilet guts. And this isn't your std. Fluidmaster flusher, These are the prototypes for the commode used on Artemis 1. Big instruction sheet and all these settings. But actually pretty cool once you figure out what the instructions are trying to tell you. and because of the 2 hours kneeling I could not walk the next day. Also I turned the water on with out connecting the hose! 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 9,739 #5 Posted September 2, 2022 Y’all are making me feel good. I thought only my plumbing jobs went like that! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 7,305 #6 Posted September 2, 2022 No wonder you guys have problems, whenever you go for plumbing parts it is required that you visit a minimum of five stores and then come home with things that won’t work. You then need to make at least one more run. There is no shortcut, the requirement is absolute. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,998 #7 Posted September 2, 2022 I've got a whole box full of spare plumbing parts that don't seem to fit anything in my plumbing system. 4 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
