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As I have managed to locate energy after two days of muddling through on poor nights' sleeps, I decided to tackle my toilet tank once again. Last week, through a series of events, I converted my tank from a regular to dual-flush. Except that it wasn't flushing properly.

After playing around with different setttings, I still couldn't get it to flush consistently. The tank just didn't like the bowl.

So I decided to switch the tank with the one from my downstairs toilet. It would be back to a regular-flush toilet, but I really just wanted one that worked properly, regular-flush or not.

So after draining, screwing and unscrewing, lifting, transferring, leak-testing, and re-installing, I am happy to announce that not only did I successfully re-install both toilet tanks on their counterpart bowls*, BUT the dual-flush toilet actually works on the bowl downstairs! It is a slightly different shape than the upstairs bowl, and whatever the effect that has, it seems to be enough to make for successful flushes all around!

I tell ya, the satisfaction is immense. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to use the loo...

*Truth be told, there is a very, very, very small leak coming from one of the bolts holding the tank to the bowl. The rubber lost a bit of seal in the transfer, it seems. That being said, it is issuing only a single drop of water every 20 minutes or so. I might have enough water in the morning to water my plant. Thus, I can wait to pick up some new bolts on the weekend and pop them in. No big deal. :)

Toilet Training OR 134/365

So here's the story:

1. My toilet's flapper valve wasn't sealing properly, thus wasting water.
2. In replacing it, the toilet tank got cracked.
3. The old toilet tank got replaced with a new-style, dual-flush tank.
4. Except my dual-flush tank doesn't flush all that great... thus wasting water.

After a bit of research, a website informed me that fancy shmancy dual-flush tanks aren't really meant for regular ol' toilet bowls.

Great.

One of those household lessons learned the hard way, I guess. On the plus side, the flush valve doesn't leak...

I am hesitant to replace the entire toilet, because, well, the dual-flush tank was at no cost to me (as I was not the one who broke it). And it was enough of a process as it was to get it replaced. It was not fun to have to use the basement toilet while the main toilet was in the process of being fixed (especially first thing in the morning--it's chilly down there!!!).

That being said, as I've pondered the basement toilet, I've started to wonder if perhaps I can just switch tanks... The toilet downstairs is used so infrequently that if it takes an extra flush on the rare occasion someone uses it, it will not drain the entire North Saskatchewan River like I feel I've been doing this past week.

I want to research and fiddle bit more, though; sometimes the toilet actually flushes on the first try. And I want to figure out why this is. If I have exhausted my learning and have still come to the conclusion that I can't improve my toilet's flush quality, then I will pull out the big guns once again.

........I can't believe I just blogged about my toilet.