TOILETS
Toilets, or "water closets" as they were once called, are actually "miracles"! A miracle that you and I and just about everyone else in developed countries take completely for granted. A world famous "think-tank", basically a group of high level geniuses from every Art, Science, and Philosophy, was asked the question, "What single development during the second millenium contributed most to the advancement of civilization?" What would your answer be? The computer? The internet? Space travel? All would be wrong. Their majority answer was PLUMBING! Boy, did that make this old plumber's chest puff out!
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The logic of this group of geniuses was that without clean and plentiful delivered water and the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of human waste, civilization as we know it could not exist. Cities, if there were any, would be rampant with disease and suffering. The great advances that we've seen, many in our lifetimes, would never have happened. We have actually come to a point in the development of plumbing fixtures, toilets included, where the fixtures themselves are an important part of the overall decor of a kitchen, bar or, in the case of a toilet, a bathroom. To see examples of this go here and see for yourself. The good old "johny", of course, is an important piece of that huge and widespread system known as modern plumbing. The moral of this story? Take care of your toilet! As funny as that sounds, it actually is a simple thing to do. The picture above, on the right, is of devices called "flappers". They are attached to a "flush valve" with an overflow tube rising to near the top of the tank. When you flush the "water closet" the chain pulls the flapper up and the water in the tank rapidly flows into the bowl, causing (hopefully!) whatever is in the bowl to flush up (yes, up!)and over the siphon at the back of the toilet trap and into the sewer.
Then a device called a fill valve causes the tank to refill to a level determined by either a rod and ball float or a cup float and a little tube goes into the overflow to refill the bowl. PRESTO! Ready for another flush! Now that you're knowledgeable of the inner workings of a commode, you can make sure and take care of that most maligned yet necessary device! If, after an attempt or two at repair, your commode still acts up, then just give us a shout and our expert staff will dispatch a Plumber of Quality to you with great haste, and, better yet, they will fix it TODAY!
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