Pretty Flowers

I grew up and lived in Horsforth until I was 18. I was in London for the eight years prior to moving to Canada.

Souvenir

How in the name of god do you break a cistern? What were you doing in there?

Pretty Flowers

It's a long story... do you really want to hear it?

Souvenir

Go for it!

Any pics?

Pretty Flowers

No pictures unfortunately. But it was rather an episode.

Canadian toilets aren't wired exactly the same way that UK ones are, and I noticed that mine kept leaking water into the pan for some reason. In my hamfisted attempt to stop the water leaking from the clapper, I broke off the extension pipe.

This meant that I had to replace the whole clapper system (all that had happened was that the cord had got twisted.

So, some time later I got a new clapper system for it from Canadian Tire, and set too fitting the new one in my Cistern.

All was well and good until after I had put everything back together. I then realised that the cistern was leaking where I had rescrewed everything back together.

Rather than taking the sensible approach and applying some plumbers flux or the like over the screws, I elected to tighten them further, causing one of them to produce a large and very leaky crack that extended all the way up the cistern.

Thusly does a simple fault of a twisted cord lead to needing to replace the whole toilet unit. By a plumber naturally...

Now my doorbell isn't working either, and I'm loathed to take it apart to find out what's going wrong....

Souvenir

Overtightening. You know, I'd have put money on your saying that. It's pretty much the only way there is to knacker a Canadian lav. The same applies to the bolts holding down the pedestal, by the way.

You sound like an ideal candidate for the Black & Decker home repair manual (available at Home Depot). Very useful book.

crosswire

Patsy, videos should be done soon, im just transferring them to HD then to DVD, let me know if you still want them

Souvenir

crosswire

I know I know......I should have made myself clear...

Either the DVD of Oakville or.......

Souvenir

Still utterly confused. Your message was aimed at Patsy.

crosswire

I know..Solly and all that..Just me being lazy!..I should have pm'ed her, that would have been easier eh!

Pretty Flowers

And there I was thinking this was evidence of a secret toilet fetish

crosswire

Ooo Sarah, what are you implying..