Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Details

 not mine:  ”The Devil Is In The Details” (the difficult part is in the many small details...)  The plumber came this morning because we are expecting house guests and wanted the toilet we have been babying along for a couple of years to be in tip top shape for our visitors.  We could flush the brown stuff with a bucket of water.  When we flushed normally it just swirled around and stayed in the bowl until you used a bucket of water to flush it on out.  So, we adpated and used the good flushing toilets downstairs.  But we could’nt expect guests to do that so I called the plumber listed in the yellow pages.  He arrived promptly this morning and surveyed the toilet and flushed it a couple of times, then tested the other toilets and asked several questions about water, toilet bowl cleaners etc.  He believed he could fix the toilet.  I accompanied him downstairs to go to his truck.  It was then I noticed his assistant (read: the REAL plumber) waiting in the truck.  He got his tools and went into the bathroom and knelt over the toilet. I too was praying it could be fixed without removing the toilet and breaking up tile and replacing pipes (worst case scenario).  He searched in his tool box for just the right tool and drew out a wire coat hanger.  He trimmed it to the correct size and began gouging into the holes around the inside part of the bowl.  After several minitues of gouging he flushed and waited.  Better but now for the big auger tool to make it look official I guess.  He and the supervisor inserted the auger and twisted and turned the tool and sure enough after some more gouging and turning the toilet was flushing fine.  Then Lynn noticed a leak from the toilet tank. Minor detail and easily fixed with the turn of a nut and screw.  Paid the supervisor the requested $20 and accepted his card for future reference and was glad to have the job fixed by a professional.  I now have to go buy one of those special tools to make sure the holes don’t clog up on the other toilets.  Details, gotta love em.
Posted by Stan in 00:42:34
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