Over the last two weeks the toilet in our apartment has been constantly running and then refilling and running and refilling. On top of that, over the last few days the handle has started to crack inside and no longer worked.

While we did fill out a maintainence request to have it fixed I’ve more than learned my lesson with the slumlords that own this building. Basically if they even came and fixed it, it would be a month or two so I decided to take matters into my own hands and fix it myself.

Now anyone who knows me can tell you that I am by far the least handy person there is out there. I mean I’d take my car to the dealership to put new windshield washer fluid in. But in this case I was determined to figure it out to save my own sanity.

I am happy to report that I successfully managed to replace the handle and flapper assembly and our toilet is once again happy.