Located off the main bathroom in our house last night. (Warning: if you have no idea how a toilet, this will have no meaning for you.) He had problems with hot flashes, where you push the handle, and it would not go back flip to flying through. So I shortened the chain between the flapper valve and the handle arm. This solved the problem for about 12 hours. I guess Sis kept being aggressive with the stick, and finally broke the plastic arm. Thus, instead of manually flushing the toilet by pulling the chain on the flapper valve itself, it just left unflushed. EW.When I went to the toilet this morning I saw a sign saying "Warning: Toilet unflushed. I raised the lid and saw that the plastic arm broke at the place where it connects to the outside handle. I pull the string and flushed the toilet. I then went to the toilet and repeated the process. I had to go to the clinic to get my medication, so I'm just going to Lowe's added to my list. I went at Lowe's. I brought the broken arm and manipulate to see the plumbing department guy what I needed. He and I have found a $ 3 replacement handle / arm. Score.The handle was silver, not brass above the toilet, but my vision was: "Who cares whether the toilet handle is in the sink?" I spent a total of $ 4.72 for spare parts. When I got home, however, I could not find the wrench for the nut that holds the handle on the side of the tank off. I ended up having to waking mom (she has a day off for it to go to a prayer meeting tonight, and get brownie points at work for the volunteer work) have to help me find a wrench or pliers to fix the toilet. She has finally found the wrench in the bathroom.I have no idea why he was there. The wee people to move our equipment around us can not easily find....
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