Incidental exercise; sneaking it in. And how to track that?
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thats just your NEAT. don't get so fixated on that caloric burn, you'll become obsessed3
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Ping; I'll remember that tho yeah, I'll proly keep using the basement potteh once we get that contractor in to fix the bleeping valve.
You can't fix a toilet when it squirts you in the face like that.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »Are you paying rent? You mentioned a brother taking months to fix things. I don't care if you are paying cheap rent to a family member - taking months to fix a toilet is unacceptable.
While the extra exercise is a good thing, allowing landlords to shirk responsibility because they are family is not.
Or the OP can buy the $15 in parts and not wait for someone else to do a job
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Packer; when said fix involves possibly ripping up the wall...Um no. That's the problem. Didn't know if you saw the "my other brother tried, but the valve's busted, and when he tried to remove the guts, the toilet squirted him in the face." We still have the $15 in stuff he bought, so once the valve's fixed we should have the whole thing fixed in 15 minutes or less.
We still have said parts to fix it up good...IF the valve would shut the potteh off! Which it won't at the moment.0 -
maryadavies4667 wrote: »Packer; when said fix involves possibly ripping up the wall...Um no. That's the problem. Didn't know if you saw the "my other brother tried, but the valve's busted, and when he tried to remove the guts, the toilet squirted him in the face." We still have the $15 in stuff he bought, so once the valve's fixed we should have the whole thing fixed in 15 minutes or less.
We still have said parts to fix it up good...IF the valve would shut the potteh off! Which it won't at the moment.
Turn the water off at the main to repair the toilet if the water valve into the toilet is broken.
Make sure everyone else in the house knows the water is off.
Cheers, h.2 -
I'll think about asking Jon (that's the older brother) to try that if it takes too long for the other brother to call the contractor.
Tho I can understand Jon's attitude here. No one likes to try fixing a toilet when it erm, GETS you like that and you didn't expect it. I mean, it was SUPPOSED to be off, not act like there's a gremlin in there that wants to get whoever tries to repair it wet..0 -
middlehaitch wrote: »maryadavies4667 wrote: »Packer; when said fix involves possibly ripping up the wall...Um no. That's the problem. Didn't know if you saw the "my other brother tried, but the valve's busted, and when he tried to remove the guts, the toilet squirted him in the face." We still have the $15 in stuff he bought, so once the valve's fixed we should have the whole thing fixed in 15 minutes or less.
We still have said parts to fix it up good...IF the valve would shut the potteh off! Which it won't at the moment.
Turn the water off at the main to repair the toilet if the water valve into the toilet is broken.
Make sure everyone else in the house knows the water is off.
Cheers, h.
Yep turn off water. Most home toilets valve is in the tank
YouTube is your friend2 -
Again, I'll ask Jon to do that if it takes the other brother too long to do something about it. Said valve is not in the toilet actually, but near the floor, sticking out of the wall. That's why this is such a pain. There's a chance they might have to rip up that wall a bit, annoyingly enough. My sister, who has major issues, has to use that toilet (she can't go downstairs) so if it starts bothering her as bad as it's bothering me, I'll tell Jon to do that. ^^
If you didn't guess, the boys fix stuff around here; I mean to ask Jon when we get around to it to show me how it goes since I don't know how long this living arrangement will last. ^^ (Heck, Jon's also the resident computer techie; he built all the 'puters in the house but the other brother's. My gaming PC is one he built..)0 -
Eh, it's not really trackable. Little things like that are usually considered in determining your TDEE. A lot of people (myself included) park further away, take the steps instead of an elevator or escalator, etc. but that isn't really significant enough of movements to be tracked.2
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If it's just the flapper (i.e., the old one has deteriorated, cracked, or become misshapen, or the chain connecting the flapper to the flush handle is no longer connected to the flapper), you can just replace the flapper and chain, not the entire mechanism, which won't cause any squirting. The water will just continuously drain from the tank into the bowl during the time that you replace the flapper.
Since you have the whole mechanism (it came with the tube that gets filled with water, that the flapper attaches to, right?), practice first with the replacement mechanism removing and replacing the flapper so that you know what you're doing and can do it smoothly and efficiently. When you're ready, flush the toilet. Start changing the flapper as soon as the tank drains. Water will flow into the tank, but it will drain until the flapper is replaced, so you shouldn't be working under water. If you've practiced, you should be able to do this in 10 or 15 seconds (probably before the tube even fills and water starts to flow out into the tank). Leave it alone until the tank finishes filling and the flapper falls. Check to make sure you've done it properly and the flapper is seating itself correctly.
Note: Replacing toilet tank parts is a valuable life skill. Don't let your brother hog the valuable life skills. You can do this!7 -
I call incidental exercise "bonus points", and don't track them. The 20 extra stairs taking the stairs instead of an escalator isn't going to burn enough calories to log as a workout, but it may compensate for a little bit of food logging errors that happen (how much mustard did I really eat with my fries and so forth).1
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Packerjohn wrote: »middlehaitch wrote: »maryadavies4667 wrote: »Packer; when said fix involves possibly ripping up the wall...Um no. That's the problem. Didn't know if you saw the "my other brother tried, but the valve's busted, and when he tried to remove the guts, the toilet squirted him in the face." We still have the $15 in stuff he bought, so once the valve's fixed we should have the whole thing fixed in 15 minutes or less.
We still have said parts to fix it up good...IF the valve would shut the potteh off! Which it won't at the moment.
Turn the water off at the main to repair the toilet if the water valve into the toilet is broken.
Make sure everyone else in the house knows the water is off.
Cheers, h.
Yep turn off water. Most home toilets valve is in the tank
YouTube is your friend
I was gonna say, YouTube that *kitten*. There's a lot of home jobs you can do for yourself that you don't realise. My shut off valves are below and to the side of my tanks, fwiw. Righty tighty, turns off the supply to the toilet.0
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