Toilet fixed. One trip to Ace. The only thing I can't figure out is how my dog removed the tank top, removed the flapper, chewed the crap out of it, replaced it and put the top back on.

Larry

PS: This modest success story will not go to my head. Plumbing remains the blackest of the black arts.

On 11/16/2013 9:31 AM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Toilet fixed. One trip to Ace. The only thing I can't figure out is how my dog removed the tank top, removed the flapper, chewed the crap out of it, replaced it and put the top back on.

Larry

PS: This modest success story will not go to my head. Plumbing remains the blackest of the black arts.




Always remember this golden rule to plumbing,

Never under tighten and never over tighten a fitting. How do you know
if you did it correctly? You don't have water damage months later.

On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 07:31:34 -0800, Gramps' shop wrote:

Toilet fixed. One trip to Ace. The only thing I can't figure out is
how my dog removed the tank top, removed the flapper, chewed the crap
out of it, replaced it and put the top back on.

Hmmmm. Must have been your dog that chewed off the end of the down pipe
from our bathroom sink. Looked like the drain monster had been gnawing
on it.

BTW, this was 57 year old plumbing and every time I fixed one leak
another sprung up. I gave up and called the plumber. He said that
wasn't unusual on stuff that old. Plumbing just isn't one of my talents.

--
This message was for rec.woodworking - if it appears in homeownershub
they ripped it off.

Hey, I had success also!
Not only did it take me 7 hrs, the plumber was there for 6 hrs. and together
we wrestled a fiberglass tub into an existing tile platform.
The plumbing was all wrong, drain at one end and supply at other.
We had to remove a cabinet to access drain end, and then go outside to cut a
hole and access other end where supply line was.....
Needless to say after 7 bags of mortar mix, and setting the tub into place
on the concrete floor with mortar mix for bedding, it was done!
The concrete floor was 7 inches below tub base!
It was a recently purchased owner built home with this left for the new
owner..
Or should I say left for me to figure.
The darn faucets would barely work right for the tub since the tile was
installed prior to faucet install....so, the space was negligible. I had to
relieve the tile area so that the faucet assembly would fit tight to the
tile top......
I could go on...I am already boring you...
john
"Gramps' shop" wrote in message
...

Toilet fixed. One trip to Ace. The only thing I can't figure out is how my
dog removed the tank top, removed the flapper, chewed the crap out of it,
replaced it and put the top back on.

Larry

PS: This modest success story will not go to my head. Plumbing remains the
blackest of the black arts.

"Gramps' shop" wrote:

Toilet fixed. One trip to Ace. The only thing I can't figure out
is how my dog removed the tank top, removed the flapper, chewed the
crap out of it, replaced it and put the top back on.

Larry

PS: This modest success story will not go to my head. Plumbing
remains the blackest of the black arts.
--------------------------------------------------------
Among cruising sailors, there is an old adage:

"There are no hardware stores at sea."

IOW, if you have a device on board, you also have a full set of spares
for the device.

Same applies to your abode.

Saves lots of extra trips to the hardware store.

Lew

Gramps' shop wrote:
Toilet fixed. One trip to Ace. The only thing I can't figure out is
how my dog removed the tank top, removed the flapper, chewed the crap
out of it, replaced it and put the top back on.

Larry

PS: This modest success story will not go to my head. Plumbing
remains the blackest of the black arts.

This is the great deceptive art of the very devil himself. He's cleverly
sucking you into a false sense of security and believing that plumbing is a
normal, do-able event. Be very careful of the deciever - he's just looking
for converts... Pretty soon you'll be joining a plumbing newsgroup.

--

-Mike-

jloomis wrote:
Hey, I had success also!
Not only did it take me 7 hrs, the plumber was there for 6 hrs. and
together we wrestled a fiberglass tub into an existing tile platform.
The plumbing was all wrong, drain at one end and supply at other.
We had to remove a cabinet to access drain end, and then go outside
to cut a hole and access other end where supply line was.....
Needless to say after 7 bags of mortar mix, and setting the tub into
place on the concrete floor with mortar mix for bedding, it was done!
The concrete floor was 7 inches below tub base!
It was a recently purchased owner built home with this left for the
new owner..
Or should I say left for me to figure.
The darn faucets would barely work right for the tub since the tile
was installed prior to faucet install....so, the space was
negligible. I had to relieve the tile area so that the faucet
assembly would fit tight to the tile top......
I could go on...I am already boring you...
john

Argh! Reminds me of the issues with the last bathroom remodel I did about a
month ago. Same sort of issues but different reasons and details. I did
all of the new sheetrock and tile work (second worst task in the world -
after plumbing), so I had the advantage of making things work to my
advantage a bit, as I built, but I still had to contend with the existing
stuff. In hindsight - I should have just tore out the existing tub/shower
plumbing, and sweated in new. But - I've already talked about that kind of
work in this thread...

--

-Mike-

Lew Hodgett wrote:

Among cruising sailors, there is an old adage:

"There are no hardware stores at sea."

IOW, if you have a device on board, you also have a full set of spares
for the device.

Same applies to your abode.

Saves lots of extra trips to the hardware store.


It's kind of funny, because I sorta live by that very adage. There are lots
of things in my home that are spared. Including plumbing stuff. Just never
seems to fail that that one piece...

--

-Mike-

Lew Hodgett wrote:

Among cruising sailors, there is an old adage:

"There are no hardware stores at sea."

IOW, if you have a device on board, you also have a full set of
spares
for the device.

Same applies to your abode.

Saves lots of extra trips to the hardware store.

-----------------------------------------------------------
"Mike Marlow" wrote:

It's kind of funny, because I sorta live by that very adage. There
are lots of things in my home that are spared. Including plumbing
stuff. Just never seems to fail that that one piece...
------------------------------------------------
There are times when a spare is a fully assembled and tested
replacement device in addition to the individual replacement parts.

An example on a boat is a head pump.

Repairing a head on a boat makes changing out a toilet on land feel
like a form of fun entertainment.



Lew

On 11/16/2013 7:52 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote:

Among cruising sailors, there is an old adage:

"There are no hardware stores at sea."

IOW, if you have a device on board, you also have a full set of
spares
for the device.

Same applies to your abode.

Saves lots of extra trips to the hardware store.

-----------------------------------------------------------
"Mike Marlow" wrote:

It's kind of funny, because I sorta live by that very adage. There
are lots of things in my home that are spared. Including plumbing
stuff. Just never seems to fail that that one piece...
------------------------------------------------
There are times when a spare is a fully assembled and tested
replacement device in addition to the individual replacement parts.

An example on a boat is a head pump.

Repairing a head on a boat makes changing out a toilet on land feel
like a form of fun entertainment.



Lew

A-Men, Brudder!

Mike Marlow wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote:

Among cruising sailors, there is an old adage:

"There are no hardware stores at sea."

IOW, if you have a device on board, you also have a full set of spares
for the device.

Same applies to your abode.

Saves lots of extra trips to the hardware store.


It's kind of funny, because I sorta live by that very adage. There are lots
of things in my home that are spared. Including plumbing stuff. Just never
seems to fail that that one piece...


When I have to go and buy a washer or an elbow, I always get two. But
the washers are accumulating and I never seem to have the right one
when something goes out.

--
 GW Ross 

 I started at the top and worked 
 myself down - Orson Welles 

My garage is full of spares.....
I still end up at the hardware looing for that special fit......
I guess that is why they have life boats?
john

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
eb.com...


"Gramps' shop" wrote:

Toilet fixed. One trip to Ace. The only thing I can't figure out is how
my dog removed the tank top, removed the flapper, chewed the crap out of
it, replaced it and put the top back on.

Larry

PS: This modest success story will not go to my head. Plumbing remains
the blackest of the black arts.
--------------------------------------------------------
Among cruising sailors, there is an old adage:

"There are no hardware stores at sea."

IOW, if you have a device on board, you also have a full set of spares
for the device.

Same applies to your abode.

Saves lots of extra trips to the hardware store.

Lew

Is that why a "Real Plumber" usually looks like a mad scientist, and mumbles
to himself?
john

"Mike Marlow" wrote in message ...

Gramps' shop wrote:
Toilet fixed. One trip to Ace. The only thing I can't figure out is
how my dog removed the tank top, removed the flapper, chewed the crap
out of it, replaced it and put the top back on.

Larry

PS: This modest success story will not go to my head. Plumbing
remains the blackest of the black arts.

This is the great deceptive art of the very devil himself. He's cleverly
sucking you into a false sense of security and believing that plumbing is a
normal, do-able event. Be very careful of the deciever - he's just looking
for converts... Pretty soon you'll be joining a plumbing newsgroup.

--

-Mike-

"G. Ross" wrote in
:


When I have to go and buy a washer or an elbow, I always get two. But
the washers are accumulating and I never seem to have the right one
when something goes out.


I bought big bags of each size of washer and nuts several years ago. It
was worth it to have the right size handy. It's not like they spoil or
anything...

I also bought a selection of CPVC caps and couplings (90% of the supply
lines in the house are CPVC), but they haven't come in handy yet
(thankfully.)

What we really need is some sort of backup for the well pump. No power,
no water. (A tornado was way too close. The storm blew off a downspout
support, but half a mile away it knocked out several walls and a roof.)

Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.