Aloha all, This is a bit of a long story, but I'm venting along the way. Well, my first mistake was telling "he who knows everything" that I was going to replace the supply-line valve on the toilet because it was leaking. Not a big deal, just get the spare one out of the storage room and replace it.
He wanted to be so helpful, so he went to the storage room and said, "Gosh, there doesn't seem to be one. You must have used it on the kitchen sink when you put the new faucet in and forgot to get another. I knew we had purchased two for that job and there was another one, but I had to go to another island the next day, so just shut the water off to the toilet and decided to deal with it later. While I was away, he went to the store and reported that there were so many different ones, he didn't know what to buy. When I got back I found the one we already had and he ran off to the bathroom to be the hero and replace the valve. In the process, he managed to shove hard enough on the tank that it broke the seal between the tank and the bowl. He tried to convince me that it had been leaking from there all the time as the water was running down between the tank and the bowl. Yeah, right!! So, I know nothing about that seal between the tank and the bowl. It is an American Standard. I'm not sure how old it is, but I've been here 12 years, and it was here awhile before I moved in. Any suggestions are much appreciated. Oh, and by the way, he did not manage to get the old valve off and it is soaking with liquid wrench. fortunately, we have two bathrooms. Betsy Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary.
