Playing the Plumber

On Thursdays I don't have a morning class and this month no Chikudai class because of summer vacation, so I decided to play the plumber. We have one toilet that has been making a lot of noise when the tank fills up after flushing. I know the problem, but to fix it I have to turn off the water for the whole house because there is no shut off valve on the toilet. I decided that today I would put a shut off valve, so I can do repairs on it without shutting off the water for the whole house everytime. I bought the parts that I thought I would need last week and looked up the steps on the internet.

When I was ready I turned off the water for the house and took the pipe off, cut it in two and discovered the pipe sizes were different. Now I had to go back to the store and try to find the right size. They didn't have the right size so I needed to find a pro shop that had a larger assortment. To do that I contacted the contractor who built our house and he got me set up. At first they couldn't find the parts I needed, but after some searching they did come up with them. When I got home it didn't take long to get the valve installed, but it leaks where the pipe connects to the toilet because the seal is worn out. I could at least turn on the water for the house and I bought a new seal before coming to JOY today. I will install it tonight. Hopefully, it will be a good fit and the leak will stop. If it doesn't I will need to do some thinking. I still need to try to fix the noise problem, but that will need to wait until this weekend.

Update: The new seal did the trick and everything is back together. I think I may have even solved the noise problem for now, but I will order some spare parts just in case. The next step is to do the other toilet on the weekend.