The Toilet Saga

A few nights after Tanner was born, the toilet in our master bath kept running. It kept me up one night, which is never a good thing when you have a newborn in the house. The next morning, I told Joseph to fix it quickly as I did not want to lose more sleep from a toilet.

He listened and investigated the toilet situation. It needed a new flapper.

Trip #1 to Home Depot: Joseph and Ashton came home with a new flapper and he set out to fix it. Well, the flapper wasn't the broken piece.

Trip #2 to Home Depot to buy the piece that is actually broken. To fix that piece, you need a big wrench that we don't have.

Trip #3 to Home Depot to buy a wrench. Wrench was bought and he set out to fix it again. He tightened the bolt too tight and cracked the tank.

Trip #4 to Home Depot was to purchase a special adhesive/glue to seal the crack. After doing some research online, he decided the crack was too large/on both sides so glue wouldn't work. Decided to buy a new tank at the store.

Trip #5 to Home Depot: Looking for a tank. They don't have one. So he returns home and purchases one online to be shipped to our house.

Tank arrives and he takes it out of the box. One look at it and he thinks it's too big for our toilet. So the tank won't work and will need to be returned to the store.

Trip #6 to Home Depot: The plan was to buy a different tank or an entire new toilet. He comes home empty handed. I was not pleased. Apparently, he decided that maybe the tank he ordered will fit so tries it.

Trip #7: Tries the tank and it definitely does not fit. One more trip to Home Depot to see if they have a different type of glue that will work. Nope!

Trip #8: Ordered a toilet and had to drive an hour to pick it up since our Home Depot doesn't carry it. Ashton and Joseph had a great drive and bonding time going together. I took a nap at home. This whole process took over three weeks. Three weeks without a toilet in our master bath.

Moral of the story: Don't ask your husband to fix a toilet.