Mark the Plumber -- A Photo Story
Oct. 27th, 2005 06:47 pmI love my house. It's one main drawback is that it only has ONE bathroom. So the toilet has been making a gulping sound of late when the tank is refilling. The noise scared my mom on her last visit. I told her she had broken the toilet and would now have to go outside in the woods. She replied, "Been there and done that." Mom is of the outhouse generation...
Instead of finding a plumber and paying through the nose, I decided to fix it myself, one of the other joys of homeowning. I stopped off at Home Depot and a cute and helpful guy told me what I needed to fix the noise and I was on my way.
Never one to let a potential disaster go unrecorded, I took pictures along the way of my attempt at manly repair.

The gulping toilet in my house. The noise was disturbing at times.

If you're going to be a plumber it's best to dress the part -- ball cap, sports shirt and jeans -- call it method acting.

The fix is in the box, nice and compact.

So much in here, what to use and what to put back???

The thingee goes where???

Taking things apart from below. Non-Union Butt Crack.

Fill valve removal was successful. I thumped my chest in pride.

After a success, a break is required per Union regulations!

After reassembling the toilet with the new fill valve, I listened for the hopeful absence of the gulping noise. I am the Toilet Whisperer.

The Gulping is Gone! In celebration, I pounded my chest again :)

Like most manly guys, I popped myself another cold one.

GRRRRR! Crush that can with my forehead!!!

OW!

With the hard work done, I now have the evening free to pursue more wholesome activities, like drawing dirty pictures, reading comic books, and/or cruising the internet for porn.
Instead of finding a plumber and paying through the nose, I decided to fix it myself, one of the other joys of homeowning. I stopped off at Home Depot and a cute and helpful guy told me what I needed to fix the noise and I was on my way.
Never one to let a potential disaster go unrecorded, I took pictures along the way of my attempt at manly repair.
The gulping toilet in my house. The noise was disturbing at times.
If you're going to be a plumber it's best to dress the part -- ball cap, sports shirt and jeans -- call it method acting.
The fix is in the box, nice and compact.
So much in here, what to use and what to put back???
The thingee goes where???
Taking things apart from below. Non-Union Butt Crack.
Fill valve removal was successful. I thumped my chest in pride.
After a success, a break is required per Union regulations!
After reassembling the toilet with the new fill valve, I listened for the hopeful absence of the gulping noise. I am the Toilet Whisperer.
The Gulping is Gone! In celebration, I pounded my chest again :)
Like most manly guys, I popped myself another cold one.
GRRRRR! Crush that can with my forehead!!!
OW!
With the hard work done, I now have the evening free to pursue more wholesome activities, like drawing dirty pictures, reading comic books, and/or cruising the internet for porn.
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Date: 2005-10-27 11:38 pm (UTC)JOhn.
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Date: 2005-10-27 11:51 pm (UTC)Your house is soooo gay. ;-)
Nice job on the toilet fixing.
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Date: 2005-10-28 12:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-28 12:28 am (UTC)Thanks for the saga!!
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Date: 2005-10-28 12:35 am (UTC)Gotta say, a certain one of those pictures made my mouth water....
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Date: 2005-10-28 01:43 am (UTC)1. You read the instructions??? What kind of manly man are you, anyways??
2. Plumber's crack usually isn't so hot!
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Date: 2005-10-28 12:36 pm (UTC)2. Awww.. thanks, I'm thinking about going into butt crack modeling.
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Date: 2005-10-28 01:50 am (UTC)Butchest thing I've seen in weeks.
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Date: 2005-10-28 12:37 pm (UTC)Aces
Date: 2005-10-28 02:30 am (UTC)Re: Aces
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Date: 2005-10-28 03:27 am (UTC)And secondly... my goodness cute. :-)
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Date: 2005-10-28 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-28 03:27 am (UTC):-)
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Date: 2005-10-28 04:17 am (UTC)Just some things I wanna point out. Great ass, I knew you had one. My, you can sure open your mouth wide. And that "cold one" looks like a diet coke. Shouldn't it be beer? OMG! I HAVE THOSE SHOWER CURTAINS!
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Date: 2005-10-28 12:42 pm (UTC)This may be all you'll see of my ass without paying for dinner, though. My mouth? Oh, I'm not touching that one.... The cold one is a Diet Coke, you make do with what you have...
.. and I think every single man has these shower curtains :)
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Date: 2005-10-28 06:12 am (UTC)LOL
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Date: 2005-10-28 06:32 am (UTC)Have to remember this when I attempt a home repair!
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Date: 2005-10-28 11:10 am (UTC)Woof. What a man!
Can we hire you out now?
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Date: 2005-10-28 11:45 am (UTC)LOL - and congrats :)
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Date: 2005-10-28 12:07 pm (UTC)Sexy butt crack
The pic of you on lying ont he floor makes me thing evil, horrible, sinful thoughts......do it again.
The fact you showed some skin....is your way too high modesty finally breaking down? Please please please say yes!
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Date: 2005-10-28 12:48 pm (UTC)As for laying on the floor, I do it often.. :)
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