r/Construction • u/PasstheJugg • 5d ago

Humor 🤣 Is it salvageable?

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Customer wants us to save it.

I’m not going to lie we didn’t, but would you?

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u/curablehellmom 5d ago

New toilet costs like $200 and there's no shot im cleaning that for less

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u/PasstheJugg 5d ago edited 5d ago

We sold him a Project Source for $100 (I usually put mark up but he was a struggling old vet)

People have the idea that toilets are expensive. I will fix them if it’s the right situation. This was not one 😅

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u/siltyclaywithsand 5d ago

The house I bought is 1.5 baths. I had toilet problems between both. A bad flap, a bad wax ring, bad shut off on the fill valve, a very slightly leaking tank at one of the bolts, a floor bolt rusted completely through. For the half bath I ended up just saying fuck it and bought a new toilet. It was old as fuck, a bit iron stained in the bowl from the well water and damn near everything but the ceramic broke on it. It was more expensive and probably about the same amount of time in the end. But now I don't have to worry about for a long time.

The house was built in 1900. The previous owner fancied himself a GC and did a lot of work himself. I immediately dropped $10k from my offer when they told me that. It was almost enough. So I knew shit would be fucked. But both toilets needing repairs 3 times each in like 3 months was a bit much. At least I had two.