His toilet saga is hilarious:
In addition, the downstairs toilet broke and looks like it has all kinds of problems. My mom is an older widow and can’t get up our tall stairs so often. It won’t flush at all. A plumber would likely cost at least $200 for this repair.
As several people on this thread, and even some of the DUmmies, have pointed out, fixing a toilet is one of the simplest home repair jobs. It only takes a few tools, 15-20 bucks in parts and can be done in an hour. In fact, an entire brand new toilet can be bought for less than $200.
And no the toilet has multiple problems. The water company said the water usage doubled and it was because of the toilet always running and then it ran out of water. I am not handy. I’ll need a plumber to look at it. Things are not so easy.
Sounds like the water company had someone come out to find out why their water bill was so high, found that the toilet was running non-stop and shut the cutoff valve to the toilet. But, mvd appears to think that the toilet has "run out of water" like it had a limited supply of water in it when it was installed and that supply has finally been used up.
mvd (64,278 posts)
14. Mom fell tonight going up the steps
It is so important she gets the toilet repaired. She is ok but might have sprained her ankle.
Of course his mother was almost crippled by the toilet situation. He wouldn't be begging if not for his mother's plight. He cares so much about his mother that he's gonna look inside the toilet, familiarize himself with what's inside the tank, watch a few YouTubes to learn how the fix the problem, run up to Home Depot to get the parts and get that toilet working in no time. Ha ha ha, no quit laughing, really he's got this, he'll start working on it just as soon as he finishes updating his beg-a-thon. Be patient, he's gonna being working on it any minute now.
But finally, the toilet is fixed!!!! Yeah!!!!
The dentist was more than expected today ($280) as was the toilet as the plumbing to it was broken. Of course, I am in overdraft again because of everything.
The plumbing to it was broken? The plumbing to it is a pipe coming off the main water supply and a cutoff valve at the toilet. If the pipe was broken it's been leaking behind the wall for a month which means his whole house is flooded (which he hasn't mentioned). If the valve wasn't seating properly, it would be leaking by, which doesn't lineup with his claim that the toilet had no water. If the plumbing on the sewage side had a blockage then the toilet would have been overflowing all the time if it was always running. So I got a funny feeling that maybe his toilet motherboard was shot, his water inlet solenoid was probably worn, the flushing relay needed to be replaced, the toilet tank and seat were out of alignment and, of course, the toilet transmission needed an oil change. That will definitely run you several hundred dollars.
I would like to think that he's just scamming the DUmmies, but I do know of people this pathetic. A friend of mine had an uncle who was working in heavy industry well into his seventies. He could have retired at any time, had a good pension and he couldn't physically do the work any more. But he kept working because he had two kids at home just like mvd. Middle-aged, never worked a day in their lives and totally useless. My friend's uncle didn't think he could support all four of them on his pension and he wouldn't kick the kids out or tell them to get jobs. Of course, he eventually died and his wife and kids had to fend for themselves. Their story is exactly like this DUmmies tale. They couldn't budget what they got from his pension, burned through whatever savings he had and very quickly were behind on every bill and were looking at bankruptcy. And, just like mvd, they mooched money off of every friend and relative they could and then got pissed off when people quit giving. The mother died in a nursing home and the kids are living off of welfare and they resent anyone who has two nickels to rub together.
