The Wood Chips (cont.)

Sometimes I annoy the Pres. But when something is wrong and needs to be looked at, it needs to be looked at, right? Oh, he loves to build and make things and will jump all over that task or suggestion without batting an eye. But ask him to fix something....YIKES! It's like you're asking for a million bucks!!

Well, I figured that if he was going to get annoyed, I might as well tackle it myself. The downstairs toilet hadn't been flushing right which I told him about. He'd taken off the lid cover and adjusted the float, but it didn't resolve the issue. So....

I shut off the incoming water, got a big bucket and disconnected the flex hose from the tank. Watching it drain slowly into the bucket, I then turned on the incoming water. The toilet had been taking forever to fill after flushing it and I hoped that I could perhaps clear the line.

The water was flowing so slowly, I knew I was on to something. Shutting off the incoming water valve again, I unscrewed the flex line at that joint. However, in removing the hose, I noticed something protruding from the flex hose. Using tweezers to pull it out...first one, then a second, and then a third.  I reattached the flex hose to the incoming valve then to the tank of the toilet and turned on the water.

Hitting the handle to flush, it was like music to my ears...a nice strong, powerful

SWISH

My problem was solved! What was taking three minutes to fill now took less than one!

Here's what was in the line...three stray wood chips!  When I showed and told the Pres, he said, "Honey you were right.  There was something wrong.  They have probably been in the pipe since they built the house...maybe from when they laid the pipe."

Did you guess where I found the strays?


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