Water works

I was doing a little catch up with Yarn Harlot’s blog today when I saw the line “There's a lot to be said for being able to flush at will.” And all I can say is that, for very different reasons - a very long, and possibly continuing (fingers crossed that is not and I can finally put the lid back on), battle with my toilet’s flushing ability- I agree! For the longest time flushing my toilet involved shoving my hand in the toilet to push it down then quickly grab the water hose, pull it out and aim it at the bottom of the tank otherwise one, all or any other combination of three things happened: 1) the chain was detached and it appear(s/ed) that it is/was allergic to staying attached thus my need to do the manual (ie wet hand) flush – yuck 2) the hose would pop out of its own volition and spray me, the wall, the ceiling, the toilet paper - anything really that was in its way- with a very cold, high pressure spray of water that lead to me pressing my hand over the nozel and aiming it in the right direction till my hand was numb and it had calmed down enough for me to re attach things and/or 3) if neither of these things happened there was the added annoyance of if both ends of the hose were connected we got an airlock in the pipes which causes a horrible noise and my toilet to shake .. not fun.. rather frightened at the possible outcomes of continuous shaking toilet syndrome. *shudders* This has lead to an annoying need to avoid the flush mostly meaning my having to search out other toilets in the house (much stairs), which by the way at 6am, all bleary eyed and cross legged is not fun. So with the help of some of those trusty zip plastic ties (like those used by police to handcuff in large scale situations quickly) I have firmly secured the hose outside of the offending placement that leads to the noisy shaking toilet syndrome and am, in a reservedly optimistic fashion, doing a dance because I too can possibly now put the lid on my toilet again and once again flush at will.

Yes.. maybe I could call a plumber.. but plumber visits tend to have expensive outcomes and I felt the need to put my crafty (ie cheap) skills to use before employing one. Hopefully it won’t come to that until I’m a little more flush (I couldn’t help myself) and a new toilet will be in my future.