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Heard a guy at the Marietta Home Depot say he never fixes a running toilet before checking the flapper, and now I feel dumb
I was standing in aisle 12 at the Home Depot off Roswell Road in Marietta last Saturday grabbing a wax ring when I heard this older guy tell a younger couple to always check the flapper chain before buying a whole new fill valve. I laughed to myself because I had just spent $22 on a full rebuild kit for my guest bathroom toilet the week before. Turns out my chain was just too long and getting caught under the flapper, a 30 second fix I completely missed. I have been a homeowner in Smyrna for 6 years and I still get suckered into buying parts I don't need. So I returned the kit, saved the 22 bucks, and used it on a new shutoff valve instead which I actually did need. Anybody else have a cheap fix moment that made them feel silly for going straight to the hardware store?
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blakeallen5d ago
Did you at least make him feel real good about himself by nodding along like he just handed you the keys to the universe? I swear those old guys at Home Depot just hang around aisle 12 waiting to drop free wisdom on us.
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