What was I thinking!

Sammy · 09-08-2010, 09:47 AM

I am usually pretty good around the house Mr. Fix-it. Well this weekend that failed horribly! It was a simple running toilet. Went and bought a new pump then back to store for seals and screws and then back then back for the wax seal. So 4 trips to the store and 4 hours later I am almost finished and I am tightening the tank to the base...and crack! I broke the base of the porcelain toilet! Needless to say I then had to buy a whole new toilet! It is the simple things sometimes. Careful when tightening!

iMav · 09-08-2010, 10:27 AM

Hopefully the new toilet is now installed and working properly.

I put in a new garbage disposal this past weekend. Fortunately for me, it was uneventful. (although, did require some running back and forth to the hardware store for some miscellaneous items)

Necktie · 09-08-2010, 05:15 PM

Do not worry too much about it; I have done the same thing before. You really have to be careful when tightening. Now whenever I do the toilet I make it a two man job.

JohnnyZ · 09-08-2010, 06:16 PM

Sounds like my adventure the last time we had a leak in the toilet. Only when I was changing the gasket I broke the pipe and of course the people that put the toilet in before us did NOT have a water shut off valve on the toilet. We had water shooting everywhere until we got to the basement to turn the water off throughout the house.

Sammy · 09-09-2010, 06:59 AM

Thanks guys I feel a little better now, JohnnyZ oh no that isn't good either! I still had 3 more trips to the store and it is leaking between the base and tank just a little. So today after work I will play with it some more. I also have to buy caulk, you would of thought I would have picked that up by now! Luckily for us we have 2 bathrooms.

09-08-2010, 09:47 AM	#1
Sammy Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 50 Lodge:	What was I thinking! I am usually pretty good around the house Mr. Fix-it. Well this weekend that failed horribly! It was a simple running toilet. Went and bought a new pump then back to store for seals and screws and then back then back for the wax seal. So 4 trips to the store and 4 hours later I am almost finished and I am tightening the tank to the base...and crack! I broke the base of the porcelain toilet! Needless to say I then had to buy a whole new toilet! It is the simple things sometimes. Careful when tightening!

09-08-2010, 10:27 AM	#2
iMav -==- Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Columbus, WI Posts: 75 Lodge: Columbus #75	Hopefully the new toilet is now installed and working properly. I put in a new garbage disposal this past weekend. Fortunately for me, it was uneventful. (although, did require some running back and forth to the hardware store for some miscellaneous items) __________________ -=iMav=- Initiated - 25 Oct 2010 Passed - 22 Nov 2010 Raised - 29 Dec 2010 http://www.columbus75.org

09-08-2010, 05:15 PM	#3
Necktie Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 50 Lodge:	Oh my Do not worry too much about it; I have done the same thing before. You really have to be careful when tightening. Now whenever I do the toilet I make it a two man job.

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09-08-2010, 06:16 PM	#4
JohnnyZ Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 25 Lodge: 75	Sounds like my adventure the last time we had a leak in the toilet. Only when I was changing the gasket I broke the pipe and of course the people that put the toilet in before us did NOT have a water shut off valve on the toilet. We had water shooting everywhere until we got to the basement to turn the water off throughout the house.

09-09-2010, 06:59 AM	#5
Sammy Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 50 Lodge:	Thanks guys I feel a little better now, JohnnyZ oh no that isn't good either! I still had 3 more trips to the store and it is leaking between the base and tank just a little. So today after work I will play with it some more. I also have to buy caulk, you would of thought I would have picked that up by now! Luckily for us we have 2 bathrooms.