Repair Dyke Strikes Again

[valarltd]

So, in a fit of butchness, I decide to repair the toilet.

We have 2 bathrooms. One had been out of commission for...much too long.
We bought the gear to fix it and I was all set, except for a deplorable lack of pliers.

So, today, I bring my pliers home from work. And I'm working away at the nut under the toilet.

Now this bathroom is where the litter box is and I have a candle lit for noxious cat emissions. A different sort of noxiousness permeates and I see the NEW nut is on fire.

I get it extinguished, with a second degree burn to my left thumb. And call it a night.

Repair Dyke is off to bed and will finish destroying the bathroom tomorrow.

Comments

[robertlyon.livejournal.com]

if you run into any problems, let me know what it is and I can help....I'm an expert in such matters.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

An expert at setting things on fire or destroying bathrooms?

Thanks, I seem to be having trouble with the lock-nut on the old one. And now I have to go buy a new nut for the new one.

[robertlyon.livejournal.com]

Sometimes you have to cut the bolts with a reciprocating saw....so you would place the blade between the nut and toilet. If I am understanding you correctly then when you will need a new wax ring and new flange bolts assuming you cut the one bolt.

Well...

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Don't feel too bad. I am a writer ... who has been told unequivocably and at high volume not to be a plumber.

Oh, dear...

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

I am so glad it wasn't worse. And that you didn't burn down the house, which is probably what I would have done. Some day, you'll laugh at this.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

rock on with your bad self!

[(Anonymous)]

The D-Man Checks In: Note to self (and any other interested party)... When repairing things made of plastic in the dark, use a flashlight instead of an open flame to see by. Melted plastic often does not remove itself well from whatever it got fried onto, tends to leave a mark (especially on tender human flesh), and could complicate future repair efforts.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

It wasn't dark

The candle was to clear the impurities in the air from the cats.