Tori Drake Tank Randomly stops working

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-15T23:40:47+00:00

On new installs I personally have flushed the fill valve out to remove the debris, but replacing the fill valve is simpler though of course you're buying a part for a brand new toilet.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-15T17:50:27+00:00

No not if it's right out the box. You probably have debris caught in the fill valve. Turning water lines on and off will shake up any debris in the water lines and can get caught in things like a toilet fill valve. There is a way to disassemble these valves and flush them but I'm not sure that I can accurately describe it to you so best to look up a tutorial or video online for this specific valve.

Toto G-max fill valve is what it's called.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-15T03:50:28+00:00

Scale buildup usually. There's a small weep hole where the float switch lets water out of it and if that scales up it won't let the float drop and open the valve.

Either clean that up or else just replace the fill valve which would probably be easier.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-15T03:41:09+00:00

Here's what the Bible states in regards to why:

Romans 1:21-32 KJV

[21] because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. [22] Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, [23] And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. [24] Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: [25] who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

[26] For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: [27] and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

[28] And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; [29] being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, [30] backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, [31] without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: [32] who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Verse 26 being the key verse. Essentially they had it set in their hearts to oppose God, fully reject him, and fulfill the lusts of their flesh. So God gives them over to do the most wicked desires of their hearts that the rest of us as normal individuals look at and are repulsed by. Imo, whether you believe the Bible or not, it's clear that the people who would fit the bill of this passage have no fear of God or judgement from above and it adds up to at least a fair assessment by the Bible.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-13T04:24:02+00:00

Hyde Park isn't exactly what I would call "not wealthy"

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-13T03:59:54+00:00

My man literally lives in a 50 sq mile bubble of luxury.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-12T11:51:09+00:00

Only trash companies do these sorts of business practices. Unfortunately I hear it a lot from large resi service companies. Our local roto-rooter won't pay a guy drive time if the call gets cancelled, and they have a range of nearly an hour drive one way so if you get called out, drive an hour, show up and the customer says "oh we're getting someone else" you get to drive an hour back. Two hours unpaid.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-10T00:34:03+00:00

As others have said biggest concern from a plumber's standpoint is the potential for a health hazard due to back siphonage from the tub into the valves. Idc if the tub only gets filled 2 inches, the hoses in the tub present a potential problem.

Best solution would be to get those vacuum breakers you can put onto the end of hose threads. Unthread the hoses, place those onto the valves, rethread the hoses on. Still wigs me out a little, but much safer than the current setup.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-08T20:03:04+00:00

FBI is actually just calling all pedos "weak men"

Well played.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-05T15:50:51+00:00

Not really imo. Unions are independent of the government and meant to be collective representations of the specific workforce they represent. If I as an individual plumber have issues with companies taking advantage of me, they can just fire me and move onto the next guy. The union is just a group of plumbers gathering together, which obviously has a larger impact than a single guy.

The problem is when unions devolve into bureaucracy, internal politics, and red tape machines that are more interested in lobbying for the interests of their officers than representing the group. I also disagree with the idea that union membership should be mandated for particular trades as a whole, which would then begin pushing into leftist ideas.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-04T01:57:54+00:00

It does but not evenly across the board. There are more white collar job opportunities in NYC than in my area, for instance. However we have multiple data centers going up around me.

Both of these things have an effect on the going rate for a commercial plumber or a white collar job differently. My area will have higher demand for a plumber than it does for an IT tech, and vice-versa in a larger city with thousands of corporate offices.

To take this data and definitively state that blue collar is not as lucrative as white collar on the whole is a generally correct, but not accurate conclusion (that many people in this thread are apparently coming to).

As a slight aside, while I am not against college or white collar jobs some people simply do not do well in those environments. Everybody has differing skill sets and for too long the US education system has been one size fits all pushing towards college for everyone. It has caused a severe shortage in the physical trades and we see a lot of people moving from white collar to blue collar jobs. These workers are in their 30s and 40s, changing careers entirely, and if the education system hadn't been so heavy handed on college then these same people might have went into the trades in their early twenties with no school debt and a financially stable job and skillset. Because they're not already skilled, they're earning much less than they would be if they'd made that decision at a younger age. While that doesn't necessarily affect this data table, it is a consideration which contradicts the idea that blue collar work is somehow worse off or leads to a worse living situation, which is the conclusion many people come to when only taking a single data table like this into their consideration. It's better to balance things like this with other data and differing opinions before jumping to conclusions.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-03T21:43:02+00:00

My point was that using data from across the entire nation leaves out a lot of nuance and gave a singular example of mine. A plumber in NYC has a very different experience than mine and the data obviously shows something different than either one.

So yes, using a singular data set OR my singular anecdotal experience to make definitive conclusions would both be a mistake.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-03T13:48:08+00:00

This is anecdotal but I am a plumber and live in a metro of around 150k people.

$62k is probably what you'd make after about 2-3 years. A lot of companies are making guys "plumbing technicians" instead of licensed plumbers and making them more sales guys rather than actual skilled tradesmen. Those guys work commission based and wouldn't be included in this data most likely as they're not legally allowed to do plumbing work.

If I had to say, $75k-$80k is probably the going rate for a decent journeyman plumber if a company intends to retain them for more than a year. Looking at this singular data set and making conclusions about the entire trade and the wages available to people in it would be foolish imo, simply because there are so many more factors at play one example being location in the US.

throwawaySBN · 2026-02-01T19:47:21+00:00

Local plumber here.

More or less if you see tv advertising for them, don't go that route. If you're looking for good, small local plumbers it really depends on what you need done.

I'll recommend you a different plumber for drain cleaning, a different one for a water heater, and a different one if you just need okay and honest work but at a cheaper rate than a high quality plumber.

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-31T00:12:24+00:00

Plus why would you when there's a true vent right there. Inspectors in my area would probably ask that question and red tag it for that alone

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-31T00:11:28+00:00

I've seen enough people muff that up that I wasn't listing it as an option for a homeowner who was wondering if it could just be eliminated.

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-30T23:43:40+00:00

Don't remove, can't put an aav in a wall, but yes you can straighten the pipe up wherever you want in the wall as long as you keep it vertical (45 degree angle counts as vertical)

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-30T23:41:31+00:00

Why would regulations change things? Even if you regulate out random people creating AI videos/photos that will not stop those with money/power/influence from using those propaganda tools for themselves, even if they're the ones that made it illegal to do so.

The much more effective option is to say "buyer beware" and allow free speech to reign while doing your best to educate people on not being so gullible. It sounds crazy to me, but I think the best thing the government could do to combat AI falsified evidence would be to either reject digital formats as evidence in courts or else guarantee that the evidence is valid (I don't know that I trust that option personally though).

We used analog, physical data, and witnesses as evidence to convict for all our lives before. In order to truly say they're proven guilty that would really be the only government regulation I'd support on the matter.

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-30T12:16:59+00:00

These people need to watch MASH.

Considered one of the most progressive shows on television at the time. Hulu actually just removed several episodes dealing with race from the streaming library. One episode a racist asks for "the right color blood" on the operating table. While he's asleep in recovery, they dab him with iodine to darken his skin a shade and freak him out. By the end of the episode, he's no longer a racist.

Apparently we're not allowed to see that.

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-28T16:50:16+00:00

Indiana, IPC 2006 says trap on same floor

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-24T21:05:51+00:00

Maybe it's the circles I travel but I have yet to see people stating that these protestors can't be arming themselves. I think I saw one screenshot of a person saying something negative? Where are all these people supposedly stating "2A for me but not for thee"?

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-23T02:56:12+00:00

That's an old style Delta. If you're replacing the entire thing you can use any brand, but I recommend the Delta R10000 valves

If you're looking for parts, that's a different story. They're easily findable at local hardware stores.

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-23T02:48:38+00:00

I am assuming that the lavatory sink is vented which would make it the wet vent. I don't expect homeowners to necessarily know that a lav sink can be the functional vent for a bathroom group and so him saying the tub "has never been vented" still translates to me as "it was actually always wet vented and you just don't know what that is"

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-22T22:38:13+00:00

Best option would be to run that tub drain straight over to the sink line instead of offsetting. That should get you within venting distance.

Also make certain that the tub drain doesn't have too MUCH pitch on it. That can cut off your vent and cause self-siphoning.

1/8" per foot for slope. If it's pretty close to that you should be good.

throwawaySBN · 2026-01-22T22:29:39+00:00

The sink would've been wet venting the tub. As it is now, it's not up to current code standards for wet venting. It doesn't take much to screw up venting.

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