One and done?

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 I have Casa Bonita (almost) By The Sea to myself for a few days.  One of the opportunities that affords me is to enjoy Big Comfy Bed 2.0.  I'm camped out in the guest room most of the time.  One thing I've learned is that water is horribly expensive and as I was laying here last night not sleeping, I noticed the repair I tried on the toilet did not work.  I heard it running several times so I decided that today was the day to fix it.

The sign by the toilet repair parts at the ACE hardware suggested that if I bought the universal tank repair kit, I would only have to make one trip.  I causally mentioned to the clerk that I was hoping for a one trip day.  

When I started disassembling the toilet, I noticed that my toilet has three screws that hold the tank to the bowl.  I've never seen that before....  most toilets only have two.  The kit did have three screws in it, so I thought at least I had enough parts to do the job.  The tank came off easily and that's when I knew things were gonna go south in a hurry.

The toilet had this black, triangle shaped gasket on it.  I don't know what this thing was made of but it had started dissolving.  There was black everywhere.  And sure enough, the universal repair kit did not have this thing that I have never EVER seen on a toilet before.

There is a plumbing supply store here in North Bend.  I thought for something like this, I might be better off trying it for the oddball thing than the ACE.  I looked at the ACE website and they had one for $16 but the plumbing store was closer so I went there.  

On the side of the building, they have a big sign that said "Lowest Prices Anywhere".  They did not specify on what.  They did have an aftermarket gasket for $4 more than the ACE. So off to ACE, got the gasket, built by the toilet manufacturer with the right part number on it.  

It was an extra trip but it was worth it because in a quiet moment leaving the parking lot, I think I got an answer to something that is hurting my heart.  Answers to that have been seemingly forthcoming since and the toilet does not leak.

Two trips.  But worth it.

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