American Engineering Takes on a French Toilet

So we've had a problem with our toilet since we moved in. Apparently (so I've been told) the float wasn't lifting all the way after a flush and the toilet would continue to run. We used to close the valve at night and while we were at work, but it was getting a bit annoying to hear it run while we were in the apartment.

We told the landlords about it, but they just laughed and blew it off. So David finally decided to tackle it this weekend.

We went to a couple of stores and couldn't find a replacement float, so finally on a side trip to Decathlon, Europe's big sporting goods store, he settled on a bag of ping pong balls.

Needless to say, I was skeptical. But I kept quiet while he toddled away in the bathroom all afternoon and finally emerged victorious. Dave actually fixed the toilet with 2 euros worth of ping pong balls.

The end result was just so bizarre I had to take a photo to share.

.... and I can't believe I just wrote a post about our toilet.