The post whore thread.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Don't eat Julio's Freaking Hot tortilla chips late at nite....hot going in....hot coming out

lol


Good morning everyone...

I'm going to bed now.

[Irving]

Looks like it's time for a new one.

[fly boy]

stop chewing on it while you're planting a tree!

[KS63]

Is that part of your toilet? I can't think of the correct name for the part/valve.

[brutal]

Looks like it's time for a new one.

I have a similar issue with a 20 year old sprinkler drain valve. Noticed the front lawn was looking a little parched yesterday evening after returning home from dinner, and since I'm not typically up at 0500 when the watering occurs, I ran it through a cycle. Hrrmm, that's about 50% pressure coming out of the first zone in front. Walk around the side of the house and open the fence gate to see a LAKE. Told the wife she finally got her water feature.

Turns out the old drain valve has a thick rubber washer. Do you think you can find one at any POS big box? hell no. I did find a thick grommet to turn down the OD a bit. Amazing how much water a clay base soil will contain.

[Irving]

Is that part of your toilet? I can't think of the correct name for the part/valve.

Yeah, that's the flapper. Surprisingly Home Depot had the replacement. $8 to fix a problem that has probably wasted more than that in water over the last month or two it was going on.

[Alpha2]

whoa! Time to get your water tested! I've replaced 20 year old flappers that didn't come close to looking like that!

[Irving]

This flapper could easily be that old, or older. I've never seen something degrade like this before. This was actually sticky and pieces of it stuck to the bag I kept it in.

[Monky]

That's bout right for what I've seen old flappers look like on city water round here


Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.

[fly boy]

Flappers also deteriorate a lot faster if people put those little chlorine pills in the tank for cleaning.