25th November 2023
I finally got around to changing the cistern on the laundry room toilet. I had exhausted all excuses, and rather than antagonise Kelli any more, I rolled up my sleeves and set about the job.
I laid the instruction sheet out and followed it to the letter, even though I thought I didn’t need it.
At least over here there is alway a tap on the water supply line which makes maintenance very easy. I proceeded to take the old bits apart, getting covered in a black substance that stained my fingers.
It took about an hour to do the job, including the adjustments to optimise the water flow.
Triumphantly I carried the old cistern parts out to the rubbish bin and threw them in.
Once that was done I lightly sanded the chairs ready for another finish coat. These were originally from Asia so the timber was a strange combination of grains and colours, but once the seat pads are recovered from the brown vinyl they will look wonderful.
I collected all the drawer parts from the dresser we found on the street in Grand Rapids.
It had one complete drawer, two without fronts and one drawer missing, so this one will take some time to finish.
I also had some veneer repairs to a drawer front from the mid century piece to work on.
Another Lifetime to go 