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Toilet's much older than I am, from 1918, according to plumber!! (Original Post) elleng Jun 2024 OP
Why? No Parts? getagrip_already Jun 2024 #1
Dunno about parts, he replaced 'fill valve,' elleng Jun 2024 #3
a new toilet would still need a new supply line.... getagrip_already Jun 2024 #5
Try Ferguson's in NE DC. There's probably a location closer to you than that. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 #2
This local guy handled it, and arrived 1 hour early! elleng Jun 2024 #4
Al Bundy recommends them. Meadowoak Jun 2024 #10
And you're pretty sure it was the toilet he was recommending be replaced? sl8 Jun 2024 #6
SILLY SUMMERTIME, of course! elleng Jun 2024 #8
Me: "Boy, I've seen a lot of chit in my lifetime". 1918 Toilet: "Hold my beer". lol n/t CincyDem Jun 2024 #7
LOLOLOL! ShazzieB Jun 2024 #9

getagrip_already

(17,717 posts)
1. Why? No Parts?
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 11:47 AM
Jun 2024

Have to believe there are still parts for it. I used to have one of those. Water-box above and bowl below. It was a very simple unit plumbing wise. Parts weren't really a problem.

It was kind of retro-cool.

elleng

(139,456 posts)
3. Dunno about parts, he replaced 'fill valve,'
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 11:52 AM
Jun 2024

and ran a snake through toilet; wrote 'new supply line.'

'Retro-cool' might shock it!

getagrip_already

(17,717 posts)
5. a new toilet would still need a new supply line....
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 11:58 AM
Jun 2024

A fill valve is a common replacement part. even new toilets have them. Snaking a drain is also something he would have to do even with a new toilet.

But, maybe he is thinking he is coming by a little too often. r he will make a little extra money selling a new install.

Ohhh, shiny!

lol. yeah, I get it.

sl8

(16,436 posts)
6. And you're pretty sure it was the toilet he was recommending be replaced?
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 12:02 PM
Jun 2024


Sorry, I don't know what prompts me to say these things.

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