I got up this morning at 5:00am and went to the bathroom, flushed the toilet, and it proceeded to fill up and overflow, and keep overflowing until I could run upstairs to grab the toilet plunger & run back down to plunge it and get it to stop. It's only a small bathroom, but it took me an hour to get the water cleared out. I poured some sudsy amonia in the water and started to use the mop & bucket to get it cleaned up, I filled that bucket 3 times. Also tossed a couple towels on the floor, and since my pajama bottoms were already wet at the cuffs , I took them off and tossed them on the floor too, anything to try and get the water soaked up quicker. If I had, had a plunger by the toilet, I probably could have kept it from overflowing in the firstplace, grrrrrrrrr, going to hardware store later to get one, ......... grrrrrrrr.
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NikoleK |
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Posts: 1474 06/02/09 11:05:59 |
oh doll that's horrible! but sorry, sorta a funny visual.
does your toilet have a shut-off valve on the side? |
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gypwytch |
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Posts: 981 06/02/09 15:27:01 |
Nope, no valve on the side, it's behind next to the floor. I would have had to kneel on the floor and almost hug the toilet to get to it
 , I think it was probably faster me running upstairs to get the plunger.
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VeganWarrior |
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Posts: 652 06/02/09 19:56:49 |
OH man ... that's the worst!
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gypwytch |
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Posts: 981 06/03/09 04:39:07 |
The other thing for yesterday. Our dryer has been making strange noises for the last month and not working right. We had someone look at it yesterday and found out we need a new one.
Good thing we have the hot sunny weather. I went to the crawlspace and got our old wooden clothes drying rack out, it's the kind that pops up into a tower. I put it on our upstairs deck and dried the laundry yesterday. We'll be using that til we can afford a new dryer. |
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veganfoodie |
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Posts: 744 06/03/09 05:24:05 |
I love those outdoor dryers, the umbrella type. I purchased one a few years ago and when my neighbour was over hubby put the stake in the ground. I was so excited and the two guys looked at each other, wondering what's up with me. Doesn't take much to make me happy. I grew up with the laudnry hanging outside in the summer, in the laundry room in the winter. Never understood the love of dryers. Such an easy way to save money and power.
W My fond memories of Charlie are his gifts to me for life. |
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VeganWino |
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Posts: 375 06/04/09 10:38:08 |
I'm with you foodie - no dryer - don't need it. Although our laundy can be a little crunchy in the winter & not dryer soft but worth the sacrifice I think!!
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