{"id":22226,"date":"2024-09-01T14:14:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T13:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=22226"},"modified":"2024-09-01T14:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T13:14:27","slug":"home-diy-toilet-troubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=22226","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Toilet Troubles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I diagnosed the toilet issue; the plastic connector piston in the syphon broke, where the metal that hooked into it, connected to the handle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s broken in such a way that the piston has dropped down, inside the body of the syphon, and can\u2019t be retrieved. Gaah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this bog has many other issues. One of these was this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8240-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-22224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8240-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8240-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8240-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8240.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This has been dodgy for years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So I fixed it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8243-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-22225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8243-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8243-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8243-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_8243.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Much better. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new pipe fits much better. I re-used the old bend-couplings. It seems ok? It\u2019s not leaking as it did before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the main issue &#8211; the cistern isn\u2019t working &#8211; remains unresolved. At least we can flush using a bucket of water. So the bog is usable. Albeit in a labour intensive and annoyingly primitive manner. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I diagnosed the toilet issue; the plastic connector piston in the syphon broke, where the metal that hooked into it, connected to the handle. It\u2019s broken in such a way that the piston has dropped down, inside the body of the syphon, and can\u2019t be retrieved. Gaah! And this bog has many other issues. One &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=22226\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HOME\/DiY: Toilet Troubles&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-5Mu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22226"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}