Sunday 29 May 2011

On my knees in front of the loo




So Bank Holiday weekend rolls around and I decide to spend some of my time on my knees in front of the loo.  No, I wasn't 'paying homage to the toilet god' as I think the euphemism goes.  I was doing a bit of DIY plumbing. For some time the cistern has had an intermittent fault where occasionally it fails to fill, instead the water continues running straight through.  I do like things to work properly and it was getting boring, having to keep taking the lid off and filling the cistern manually.  It was time to tackle the problem.  My friend talked me through what I needed to do.  In the end he needed to finish the job for me, tightening the nut and helping ensure the connections weren't leaking afterwards, but I felt a sense of accomplishment nonetheless.