My Ocean of Problems: #3 Toilet From Hell

My next rant is about the stupid toilet in the Blue House. I’m convinced it is straight from the depths of hell.

I have satan’s used toilet.

Since Day 1, that thing has never worked correctly. Besides being a year-long petrie dish for The Plague until the landlords were forced to clean it, it would run constantly. At first, I thought the chain on the thingy-bob inside the tank needed to be shortened because it seemed to get stuck under the stopper thingy. That helped for about 6 minutes.

Bird – 1

Toilet – 0

Then, the tiny extra pressure on the rusted out chain caused it to break. I next rigged it so the chain was McGyver-ish but dependable and sturdy…..

Bird – 1

Toilet – 1

And then the plastic part that actually held the chain broke off, not an hour later.

I.Kid.You.Not.

Bird – 1

Toilet – 2

We started to turn the water off completely at the floor to keep the water from running constantly, and that worked for about a week and a half. Then the seals broke, and all the turning on the knob in the world doesn’t stop the water.

Bird – 1

Toilet – 3

I bought a kit to replace the whole thing, but now, I can’t turn the water off to replace it. The landlord obviously has no intention of addressing this.

Bird – Not even in the game anymore

Toilet – Laughing its Tank Off

This has been going on so long now, the sound of running toilet water instantly pisses me right off. 😦

Dad is on his way up from Austin, and he says he can fix it for me. Poor Dad. I have a pretty long list of stuff I need help with.

~ Bird