Geoff and The Mcguyvered Toilet

[wolfman_th82]

As most of you know, I moved into a new apartment 2 weeks ago now. I'm still buying furniture for it, but this post is not about THAT. This post is about my toilet, how I first Geoffed it up, and then proceeded to McGuyver it into functionality again

Comments

[aestis1337]

It's amazing the amount of time, effort, and money you will spend just to save a couple bucks on your water bill (if even that much) when you won't be living there more than a year

A++++++ 100% grimes :)

[runchs_lunchbox]

Yea, that really is pretty impressive. I would've just started peeing into the Old Orchard jug and be damned with the rest.

[mattthegreat]

Let's see, you were given a good thing (the rare and sought-after nonlowflow toilet) and decided to make it into a much worse version, almost completely ruining it in the process, and ended up with both a low-flow toilet AND a drip that completely negates any advantage the lower flow would have given you.

Yeah I would say that is practically the definition of "to geoff something up." :D :D

[wolfman_th82]

EDIT: I have been checking it periodically since I "fixed it." The leak appears to have been a one time thing, probably a misaligned flapper valve after a flush. It is currently not leaking, an the water level is close to 1.5 liters less than it was after the adjustments I made to the valve and the two gatorade bottles I put in the tank. The ball valve systems can be adjusted to different levels, which I hadn't realized until I fiddled with it.
I was aware the leak would more than nullify my other modifications. I wasn't going to let it last if it was. I found some really cool plumber's putty at home depot, it's a binary compound extruded as one piece. You mash it together and it sets to hard in 5 minutes, bonding just about any two substances together (so claims the packaging). Kinda like the Mission Impossible explosive chewing gum, with less Tom Cruise.

[aestis1337]

No shit, most people kill for a non-lowflow toilet. The extra water costs you basically nothing and you can actually get turds down

Have fun plunging away when you could have been in pure toilet bliss

Who else wants to guess he had a low-flow all along?

[wolfman_th82]

Works fine so far dude. It's not like your story about having to scrape the shit down the ramp with a brush while you were in Germany or wherever. here's an idea, experiment, see what you can do with half the volume you currently use.

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[emo_love_kitten]

I'm with Stuart and Matt on this one.....you did a good repair job but I bet the cost of water you save on the year is close to the price of the repair parts