PSA Check your toliet tank seals

Platapus · 02-12-19, 02:55 PM

No joking, being serious here

If you have a two piece toilet, especially one a few years old, check the seals on the bolts securing the tank to the toilet. If they look funky replace them!

Costs about $20 dollars and is so easy even I can do it.

Why?

A coworker of mine just had one of the seals on one of the bolts fail. This caused the water to drain out of the tank. But it was not just the 4-5 gallons in the tank, the lowering of the water level triggered the tank flowing mechanism and it ran for hours. She had a hundred gallons of water if not more all over her house when she got home last night.

The seal must have failed that morning.

This is a case of where an ounce of prevention can avoid hundreds/thousands of dollars in damage. It happened in her upstairs bathroom so she has floor/ceiling damage.

Check those seals! They do not fail safe!

02-12-19, 02:55 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,995 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	PSA Check your toliet tank seals No joking, being serious here If you have a two piece toilet, especially one a few years old, check the seals on the bolts securing the tank to the toilet. If they look funky replace them! Costs about $20 dollars and is so easy even I can do it. Why? A coworker of mine just had one of the seals on one of the bolts fail. This caused the water to drain out of the tank. But it was not just the 4-5 gallons in the tank, the lowering of the water level triggered the tank flowing mechanism and it ran for hours. She had a hundred gallons of water if not more all over her house when she got home last night. The seal must have failed that morning. This is a case of where an ounce of prevention can avoid hundreds/thousands of dollars in damage. It happened in her upstairs bathroom so she has floor/ceiling damage. Check those seals! They do not fail safe! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.