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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
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Sunday evening I noticed the toilet in the guest bathroom was filling just super slow, like over an hour to be ready to flush. OK, another project to do, crap. So Monday at 10am or so I made a quick trip to the local Lowe's and got a new fill valve for under 10 bucks. Cheap and easy.
I knew I had to meet some suppliers and some customers for my business and I did not want to face the toilet valve replacement and get my Polo shirt with my company logo on it sweaty, so I procrastinated, it can wait. We have two other toilets that work perfectly.
Today I had just one delivery and client to meet, and some bookkeeping to do, so I waited until this afternoon. I hate any plumbing work. I went to the garage just once, and got my hand pump to drain the water from the tank, and one pair of channel lock pliers, and a old towel to sop up the drips. The valve was out and the new one in within 5 minutes. It was like an edited TV show and everything went as designed.
I am stunned. Normally when I do plumbing jobs it usually involves 5 or more trips to the store, half of my tool box, and a weekend to replace the toilet handle. I will keep a close eye on it but I think it is fixed. Amazing. I expect to see unicorns and rainbows any minute. It must be my lucky day. A 5 minute project that only took 5 minutes. I almost feel cheated, but not really.
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I am quoting my earlier post as background for this:
I must have pissed off the lords of luck, or karma. I will never ever brag about a simple repair going just as is is supposed to. Last Friday in the middle of the day the koi pond pump stopped pumping. Usually that is the GFI circuit popping. I looked at the circuit for the sprinkler and koi pond and it was tripped. OK, simple fix, turn it on, and in two seconds it popped. Insert long string of profanity here.
So I started looking into what happened. Since I put all the stuff in 21 years ago, I have had no below ground issues at all, just the occasional dirty head or mower strike.
Bottom line I discovered a nest of ants had gone done the conduit into the ground to munch on the wires. It did not work out for them or me. Of course, finding the exact spot of the issue meant digging carefully in what is now a garden full of flowers and decorative plants. Our "soil" is clay. The top layer is good soil since my master garner wife likes to fill any area that is not yard with flowering plants. Of course the main area I had to dig up was right next to a Russian Sage and the honeybees were all over it. It sure is fun having bees buzzing around as I try t dig. It took me most of yesterday and until 1:00 PM today to get the system back up and running.
I installed the sprinkler system 21 years ago, and the back yard was just grass to mow. I had to adapt the system to work with the koi pond, and the wife planted stuff right on top of the system.