Perhaps you remember the “terlit” repairmen from earlier entries here and here. Well, to my surprise and yours, this fix didn’t seem to hold up very well. It actually failed after a month or so. And after many many attempts to get the landlords to fix it, the not-so-handymen are back.

It all starts with them entering the front door and immediately bellowing out “HEY!” in an attempt to alert us as to their presence and immediately barging toward the back of our office. Because you know, a polite introduction is out of the question. Then they pull the toilet off, scratch their heads some more, then leave for about an hour. Now they are back. I’m scared to go see what they are doing back there. Lots of clanging and bad noises. I’m sure everything will turn out as good or better than the last time though…

*UPDATE* – 1:38pm
They finished. Interestingly enough, they decided to actually attempt to FIX the problem this time around, instead of just patching it up. Not saying that it will work any better in reality, but in theory they actually did the correct fix this time around.

The really sad thing about this entire escapade, is that I’ve been watching so much Ask This Old House, reading so much about home repairs, and performing many of those repairs, that I actually knew the correct procedure for fixing the problem. Sigh. I remember when my free time was actually free.