Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Constants and variables, idiot personal edition
A couple weeks ago I noticed what seemed to be a leak around the toilet. It never happened again, so it wasn't a leak; probably a splashout caused by slow drainage. Liquid Plumr speeded up the drain, which might or might not have helped. The "leak" called my attention to a persistent smell, which turned out to be from the tank, not the bowl. The bowl was emitting a bad smell because it was receiving smelly water, not because the bowl itself was dirtier than usual. The inner wall of the tank is orangish, presumably some kind of mold, and it's the source of the smell.
I got a Lysol deodorizer thing and dropped it in. The immediate smell went away after a few flushes, but the smell seemed to persist around the house. I got worried that maybe there was a leak into the crawl space.
Nope. One good sneeze and nose-blow got rid of the persistent smell, and showed me that the toilet itself was no longer smelly.
The persistent smell was in my idiotic sinuses. The mold or whatever remained there, which made me think the whole house had the smell.
Idiot. Maybe I'll learn something from this. Probably not.
Labels: Constants and Variables
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