I fix people toilets, for free. Just coz.

iamstop

I've done this a bunch of times.
I'm at someone's house for whatever reason; a party, a get together, a friend or whatever. I need to use the jax.
I go in to use it and realize the toilet is continually flowing even though I didn't flush it. I can only imaging the days, months, maybe years this has been going on.
I lift off the cistern lid and place it on the toilet seat.
I flush the toilet and adjust the ballcock (yes, that is what it is called) and wait for it to fill up. 90% of the time the continuous trickle stops and BOOM, I've saved potentially GALLONS of wasted water.
I then replace the lid and casually exit the jax.
Sometimes I even tell the owner.
I've done this at a few restaurants and other 'public' toilets too.

Am I weird? :eek:

Sheep Lover

I block them with ferocious logs, for free

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

This makes you a good person.

I usually try to steal something not immediately noticeable when I am in someone's house.

This makes me a bad person.

Tigger

iamstop wrote: »

I've done this a bunch of times.
I'm at someone's house for whatever reason; a party, a get together, a friend or whatever. I need to use the jax.
I go in to use it and realize the toilet is continually flowing even though I didn't flush it. I can only imaging the days, months, maybe years this has been going on.
I lift off the cistern lid and place it on the toilet seat.
I flush the toilet and adjust the ballcock (yes, that is what it is called) and wait for it to fill up. 90% of the time the continuous trickle stops and BOOM, I've saved potentially GALLONS of wasted water.
I then replace the lid and casually exit the jax.
Sometimes I even tell the owner.
I've done this at a few restaurants and other 'public' toilets too.

Am I weird? :eek:

I do this
I also fix doors
I always tell them I did it in case they think it's angels

endacl

I fart and blame either the butler or the dog. Depending on which is least likely to bite me.

thelad95

Hahaha.... Ballcock

The_Valeyard

iamstop wrote: »

I've done this a bunch of times.
I'm at someone's house for whatever reason; a party, a get together, a friend or whatever. I need to use the jax.
I go in to use it and realize the toilet is continually flowing even though I didn't flush it. I can only imaging the days, months, maybe years this has been going on.
I lift off the cistern lid and place it on the toilet seat.
I flush the toilet and adjust the ballcock (yes, that is what it is called) and wait for it to fill up. 90% of the time the continuous trickle stops and BOOM, I've saved potentially GALLONS of wasted water.
I then replace the lid and casually exit the jax.
Sometimes I even tell the owner.
I've done this at a few restaurants and other 'public' toilets too.

Am I weird? :eek:

Im your nemesis, ive accidentally broken two toilets at house parties!

allthedoyles

Fixing water leaks for free , - I know a few people this will make really happy

johnayo

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Im your nemesis, ive accidentally broken two toilets at house parties!

Did you have company on the both occasions.:rolleyes:

The_Valeyard

johnayo wrote: »

Did you have company on the both occasions.:rolleyes:

First occasion yes, but on the second occasion, I went to flush the fcuking thing and the handle broke right off. then some weird gurgling noise came from the cistern, if I wasnt hammered id be very worried.

pablo128

I was at a house party years ago, and went up to the bathroom to have a sh1te. To my horror, I discovered there was no jacks roll.

But there was a basket of washing..........

dxhound2005

iamstop wrote: »

I've done this a bunch of times.
I'm at someone's house for whatever reason; a party, a get together, a friend or whatever. I need to use the jax.
I go in to use it and realize the toilet is continually flowing even though I didn't flush it. I can only imaging the days, months, maybe years this has been going on.
I lift off the cistern lid and place it on the toilet seat.
I flush the toilet and adjust the ballcock (yes, that is what it is called) and wait for it to fill up. 90% of the time the continuous trickle stops and BOOM, I've saved potentially GALLONS of wasted water.
I then replace the lid and casually exit the jax.
Sometimes I even tell the owner.
I've done this at a few restaurants and other 'public' toilets too.

Am I weird? :eek:

Modern cisterns have a push button flush on which you can select a full flush or a reduced one, usually 6/3 litres. The one in my house is fully enclosed and there is no access to the mechanism inside which I think is not of the ballcock variety.

jimgoose

Live as one of them, Kal-El.

Mozzeltoff

The_Valeyard wrote: »

on the second occasion, I went to flush the fcuking thing and the handle broke right off. then some weird gurgling noise came from the cistern, if I wasnt hammered id be very worried.

So I am not the only person this has happened too :pac:

Desolation Of Smug

iamstop wrote: »

I've done this a bunch of times.
I'm at someone's house for whatever reason; a party, a get together, a friend or whatever. I need to use the jax.
I go in to use it and realize the toilet is continually flowing even though I didn't flush it. I can only imaging the days, months, maybe years this has been going on.
I lift off the cistern lid and place it on the toilet seat.
I flush the toilet and adjust the ballcock (yes, that is what it is called) and wait for it to fill up. 90% of the time the continuous trickle stops and BOOM, I've saved potentially GALLONS of wasted water.
I then replace the lid and casually exit the jax.
Sometimes I even tell the owner.
I've done this at a few restaurants and other 'public' toilets too.

Am I weird? :eek:

I get paid to do it. Ohh, the glamour..

ressem

iamstop wrote: »

I've done this a bunch of times.
I'm at someone's house for whatever reason; a party, a get together, a friend or whatever. I need to use the jax.
I go in to use it and realize the toilet is continually flowing even though I didn't flush it. I can only imaging the days, months, maybe years this has been going on.
I lift off the cistern lid and place it on the toilet seat.
I flush the toilet and adjust the ballcock (yes, that is what it is called) and wait for it to fill up. 90% of the time the continuous trickle stops and BOOM, I've saved potentially GALLONS of wasted water.
I then replace the lid and casually exit the jax.
Sometimes I even tell the owner.
I've done this at a few restaurants and other 'public' toilets too.

Am I weird? :eek:

Not the only one.

A lot more than gallons. A fairly light flow escaping the cistern throughout the day can add up to a cubic meter a day, based on a family meter reading here. What's that? €1k to €1.5k in theory if costed without caps by the countries favourite new utility company.

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Modern cisterns have a push button flush on which you can select a full flush or a reduced one, usually 6/3 litres. The one in my house is fully enclosed and there is no access to the mechanism inside which I think is not of the ballcock variety.

In this case someone had put one of those cistern freshener blocks into the push button cistern which didn't agree with it.

YFlyer

Sheep Lover wrote: »

I block them with ferocious logs, for free

Did you ram it in?

Ronin247

iamstop wrote: »

I've done this a bunch of times.
I'm at someone's house for whatever reason; a party, a get together, a friend or whatever. I need to use the jax.
I go in .......
I lift off the cistern lid and place it on the toilet seat.
Take a dump in the cistern
I then replace the lid and casually exit the jax.
I've done this at a few restaurants and other 'public' toilets too.
Stinks for days

Am I weird? :eek:

FYP

thegreatgonzo

iamstop wrote: »

I lift off the cistern lid and place it on the toilet seat.
I flush the toilet and adjust the ballcock (yes, that is what it is called) and wait for it to fill up.
I've done this at a few restaurants and other 'public' toilets too.

Am I weird? :eek:

No I've done this a few times too. A lot of our water troughs have this problem so I'm used to adjusting them so not much different if it's a toilet. I'm pretty comfortable with my weirdness though:D

Iranoutofideas

I'm at someone's house for whatever reason; a party, a get together, a friend or whatever. I need to use the jax. Or so they think.

Instead I lift off the cistern lid and place it on the toilet seat.
I flush the toilet and adjust the ballcock so that a continuous trickle is constantly pouring.
I then replace the lid and casually exit the jax.

I've done this at a few restaurants and other 'public' toilets too.

And you thought the OP was weird.

WoollyRedHat

NachoBusiness

Years ago I was watching some movie with Al Pacino where he is eating in a cafe and gets up and goes to the toilet. When he is in there I think he can hear that the cistern is blocked or something as he starts feeling in behind it. My VCR eat the tape at that point and so I never did find out if he fixed it or not.

iamstop

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Years ago I was watching some movie with Al Pacino where he is eating in a cafe and gets up and goes to the toilet. When he is in there I think he can hear that the cistern is blocked or something as he starts feeling in behind it. My VCR eat the tape at that point and so I never did find out if he fixed it or not.

Cool story

kneemos

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Years ago I was watching some movie with Al Pacino where he is eating in a cafe and gets up and goes to the toilet. When he is in there I think he can hear that the cistern is blocked or something as he starts feeling in behind it. My VCR eat the tape at that point and so I never did find out if he fixed it or not.

Probably a gun.Number one hiding spot for guns.

Mr.Crinklewood

Would you like to come to a party?

deise08

Hey Iam do you work in reverse?

for toilets that don't fill properly?
you being all nice and that.

kneemos

deise08 wrote: »

Hey Iam do you work in reverse?

for toilets that don't fill properly?
you being all nice and that.

Have you adjusted your ballcock

deise08

kneemos wrote: »

Have you adjusted your ballcock

I wish it were the ball cock.
I've fiddled around with it alright

recyclebin

deise08 wrote: »

I wish it were the ball cock.
I've fiddled around with it alright

If it doesn't fill right then its the rubber seal. They are not too hard to change but you need to turn off the water first and take off the ballcock

RomanKnows

Desolation Of Smug wrote: »

I get paid to do it. Ohh, the glamour..

You get paid to fix toilets? Last week you were implementing the kaizen system in Ireland. Another time you were installing the biggest palleting systems in Ireland for companies like Tesco. Weren't you also dealing with your portfolio of companies across the continent? You can also send a team of your hard-working employees into Dublin at any hour of the night to unblock the sh1tters in a nightclub. Very diverse range of activities.

Must be tough being the CEO of Pottler and Mitty Industries.....

RomanKnows

Desolation Of Smug wrote: »

I get paid to do it. Ohh, the glamour..

You get paid to fix toilets? Last week you were implementing the kaizen system in Ireland. Another time you were installing the biggest palleting systems in Ireland for companies like Tesco. Weren't you also dealing with your portfolio of companies across the continent? You can also send a team of your hard-working employees into Dublin at any hour of the night to unblock the sh1tters in a nightclub. Very diverse range of activities.

Must be tough being the CEO of Pottler and Mitty Industries.....