Morning emergency. Toilet tank lid broken

The Dread Pirate · 22 Jan 2013 at 09:38

Rule 2. Double tap!

doodah · 22 Jan 2013 at 09:46

A break.....

This looks like it *could* be a match but need to check when I get home.

Uder £40 too.

antijoke · 22 Jan 2013 at 09:47

Fill the tank.........manually.....................

PiKe · 22 Jan 2013 at 09:47

How did you manage this out of curiosity?

doodah · 22 Jan 2013 at 09:48

Yes by pouring a bucket of water in it, why does that seem so strange

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Theophany · 22 Jan 2013 at 09:52

This is so awesome.

antijoke · 22 Jan 2013 at 09:57

xibinim said:
Yes by pouring a bucket of water in it, why does that seem so strange ?

Do you keep a bucket close at hand for such instances?

Surely if you would have spent more time 'crafting' your item then it would have re-filled.

Crizzy · 22 Jan 2013 at 09:59

xibinim said:
So I went for a quick poo, flushed and nothing happened. As I was in rush I decided to fill the tank manually

Hahaha, oh my, a legend is born this day!

doodah · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:01

anticonscience said:
Do you keep a bucket close at hand for such instances?

Surely if you would have spent more time 'crafting' your item then it would have re-filled.

No we don't

I didn't realise the toilet had been recently flushed or that the tank was filling. If I had realised either of these, I would have brewed it longer for work.

peige · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:05

Should have poured the water down the toilet itself for a "manual" flush, noob

Good luck buying just a lid!

doodah · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:06

I thought I had seen it all......

http://sinkpositive.com/web/

Crizzy · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:06

Could you have not poured the bucket straight into the toilet??

doodah · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:25

In my rush, no I didn't as I have always filled the the tank of a toilet in the past.

PiKe · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:30

xibinim said:
In my rush, no I didn't as I have always filled the the tank of a toilet in the past.

Seems a bit pointless, pouring water into the tank to then flush it, you do realise how toilets work right?

doodah · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:36

No I don't know the intricacies of a toilet flushing mechanism. The few times I have filled one up - done it through the tank, never been a problem before.......until today

PiKe · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:37

Well here's a clue, the force of the water rushing in to the pan takes the waste away, so chucking water down the pan, works exactly the same.

It's not really very 'intricate'.

yhack · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:39

The water goes from the tank into the toilet.

doodah · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:40

Thank you. I always thought you put it in the tank. Any way moving on from my lack of knowledge of toilet flushing.

Crizzy · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:43

PiKe said:
Seems a bit pointless, pouring water into the tank to then flush it, you do realise how toilets work right?

PiKe said:
Well here's a clue, the force of the water rushing in to the pan takes the waste away, so chucking water down the pan, works exactly the same.

It's not really very 'intricate'.

yhack said:
The water goes from the tank into the toilet.

xibinim said:
Thank you. I always thought you put it in the tank. Any way moving on from my lack of knowledge of toilet flushing.

Oh and you'll not get off that easy on here! Don't worry though I'm sure I can think of a mountain of occasions when I've done something of similar daftness!

doodah · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:48

In case of the worst case scenario.....I needed to get the whole toilet replaced. How much time/money will a plumber typically take to fit one in?