18th May 2022
I eventually got round to doing a job I should have done a couple of years ago. In the bathroom the cistern was a bit dodgy, and every so often it kept running, which was annoying, and a waste of water. So armed with a replacement kit that I already had bought, I set about the task.
I’ve replaced cisterns before in England, but the was the first American bog that I had worked on.
Turning the water supply off was easy, there is always a tap at the entry point. Things went south from there. With most plastic fittings they are hand tightened, but the lock nut holding the float column in place was rock solid. I tried every type of adjustable spanner to loosen it to no avail. I had to resort to drastic measures, the hacksaw. It was difficult to cut because of restricted space, but finally I used a chisel and a hammer to crack it.
I followed the instructions carefully, and slowly each old part was removed and replaced with a brand new one.
After about an hour the job was finished, the careful adjustments to the input flow and the flush were made and all that was left was the inaugural turn of the handle to check there were no leaks.
A good job done.
Kelli had a doctors appointment this morning, but before that we had to go shopping for a new DVD player an Best Buy. We pulled into the car park and the place was deserted, we checked the opening time, it was 11.00am.
What stores open at that time? We now had to kill three quarters of an hour. First stop was Goodwill, usually a good place to start time wasting, but there was nothing worth spending our money on there.
Returning to Best Buy we selected a new player and headed back for her appointment.
It had been a rainy day which put paid to any paint spraying so I worked in the bathroom instead.
Another Lifetime to go 