{"id":8053,"date":"2021-06-29T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8053"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:34:40","slug":"toilet-repair-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8053","title":{"rendered":"TOILET REPAIR LESSONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today felt like the first real day of my summer break since I have just recovered from a two week sinus infection and my mini-job of monitoring summer school ended last Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

So I was read to tackle a couple of items on my to-do list.<\/p>\n\n\n

I watched a YouTube video on fixing a leak around the base of a toilet. I needed to fix the leaky toilet in the basement before I can get to Melissa’s top priority on my list: Patching the tiling in the downstairs bathroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

The YouTube Guy said that a plumber would charge me $250 to $350 for this job, but I could do it myself for about 20 bucks in supplies and ONLY 20 MINUTES OF MY TIME.<\/p>\n\n\n

As I finished reattaching the toilet around 10 pm, I can now assure you that the YouTube Guy was full of crap.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What I learned on YouTube and what I learned over the proceeding ten hours (off and on) was vastly different. One was lecture and one was hands-on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

The lecture part was easy and I learned theory.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

The hands-on part was gross and smelly but I learned reality.<\/p>\n\n\n

So … at least I learned quite a bit today.<\/p>\n\n\n

(At the end of the day I am TENTATIVELY declaring victory over the leak. It is “tentative” because I know how these things go. I need a few days to confirm.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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