PSA Check your toliet tank seals

[MaDef]

a general rule of thumb never use the 'automatic toilet tank cleaners" either ( the cleaning tabs people place in the tank), the chemicals shorten the life of the seals.

[Rockstar]

Wow welcome too the twilight zone. Mine was leaking last night had to tighten up the tank bolts.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Wow welcome too the twilight zone. Mine was leaking last night had to tighten up the tank bolts.

Wait a sec! tanks....seals....bolts.....water?? Like this is great mystery to diehard'rs?(THINK DAMAGE CONTROL) Don't stop with the upper tank bolts BBY; do the base gasket at the floor sewer-pipe too and check the floor bolt's for CORROSION too! No sense doing...a half-assed job as long as you're already on your knees, wrench in hand

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Wait a sec! tanks....seals....bolts.....water?? Like this is great mystery to diehard'rs? Don't stop with the upper tank bolts BBY; do the base gasket at the floor sewer-pipe too and check the floor bolts for bowl too! No sense doing...a half-assed job as long as your already on your knees, wrench in hand

leave it to you to explain this with a degree of eloquence. I'm sure I saw something similar when I watched Das Boot this past weekend. I replaced a few seals in the bathrooms over the summer as part of routine maintenance while replacing the float mechanism and other pieces in the toilet as well.

[mapuc]

I have an idea.

You who can't get enough of SH-games and Das Boot.

Dime the light in the room where the toilet is-change it to weak red.

Put a smoke generator in there too and set it to low.

Smear oil and other stuff around the toilet

Arrange som type of firecracker outside this room

Imagine you are on a sub, who are submerged and under attack and you have to fix an important vault of some kind.

Markus

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

leave it to you to explain this with a degree of eloquence. I'm sure I saw something similar when I watched Das Boot this past weekend. I replaced a few seals in the bathrooms over the summer as part of routine maintenance while replacing the float mechanism and other pieces in the toilet as well.

Originally Posted by mapuc

Imagine you are on a sub, who are submerged and under attack and you have to fix an important vault of some kind.

Markus

WELL JIMBUNA DID ACCUSE ME OF HAVING A 'POTTY MIND' SO I GOTTA LIVE UPT TO BILLING; AND OF COURSE AS A DEVOTED R IN MY OWN WRITE (SODA SPEKE) CORROSION ABOARD A UBOAT CAN GET SERIOUSLY OUTTA HAND!! SO DON'T DO A HALF-ASSED JOB!

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I have an idea.

You who can't get enough of SH-games and Das Boot.

Dime the light in the room where the toilet is-change it to weak red.

Put a smoke generator in there too and set it to low.

Smear oil and other stuff around the toilet

Arrange some type of firecracker outside this room


Imagine you are on a sub, who are submerged and under attack and you have to fix an important vault of some kind.

Markus

Good stuff Markus. Comedian Steven Wright once said he stands in the shower with the water running and pretends he is in a submarine that has been hit. This might be an interesting idea in a sub simulator provided you can avoid being electrocuted.

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

WELL JIMBUNA DID ACCUSE ME OF HAVING A 'POTTY MIND' HAND!! SO DON'T DO A HALF-ASSED JOB!

Well, I would never think or say such a thing.

[Armistead]

Not long ago I bought a rental that had a cast iron solid tub, had to weigh 500 lbs. The good news was the basement under it, rather than try to pull it and get it through 3 door openings, cut the floor from underneath with a sawzall and out one door.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Wait a sec! tanks....seals....bolts.....water?? Like this is great mystery to diehard'rs?(THINK DAMAGE CONTROL) Don't stop with the upper tank bolts BBY; do the base gasket at the floor sewer-pipe too and check the floor bolt's for CORROSION too! No sense doing...a half-assed job as long as you're already on your knees, wrench in hand

All those years of drills and Damage Control training went into action. I sounded GQ, the wife manned DC Central while I set secured the source and made repairs. We had that flooding under control in no time!


After Action Report revealed it was a new head and the installer (me ) hadn't tightened the fasteners all that well to begin with.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by MaDef

a general rule of thumb never use the 'automatic toilet tank cleaners" either ( the cleaning tabs people place in the tank), the chemicals shorten the life of the seals.

I have heard that also.