|
Replies: 19
| visibility 887
|
All-In [46797]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 30710
Joined: 8/11/15
|
Home repair.net ####### help
Nov 5, 2020, 8:55 AM
|
|
Kid's toilet keeps leaking from under the toilet. This will be the 3rd time I've changed the wax seal in the past year. Still leaking.
Checked the bolts. Checked the flange. Checked the milk in the freezer.
What could it be jounge?
|
|
|
|
 |
Lot o points [155631]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 65710
Joined: 5/6/13
|
Are the peel and stick linoleum tiles level or is
Nov 5, 2020, 8:56 AM
|
|
it just mounted straight to the particle board?
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [34486]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 13513
Joined: 8/30/19
|
Re: Are the peel and stick linoleum tiles level or is
Nov 5, 2020, 8:59 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [79114]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 24908
Joined: 8/29/12
|
Dood, if YOUR ####### is leaking
Nov 5, 2020, 8:57 AM
|
|
You should have dug a deeper hole. Call it quits on that one and dig a new outhouse.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lot o points [155631]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 65710
Joined: 5/6/13
|
I like it, that's really good.
Nov 5, 2020, 8:59 AM
|
|
Love how you stuck with the poverty theme but went in a completely different direction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [79114]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 24908
Joined: 8/29/12
|
Yeah I was gonna go with stop buying used terlits
Nov 5, 2020, 9:08 AM
|
|
at first but I was like, that's too classy for FBcouch.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [64837]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 22718
Joined: 9/27/04
|
More like stack of used lawnmower tires painted white.***
Nov 5, 2020, 12:51 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [45639]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 23768
Joined: 2/1/99
|
Re: Home repair.net ####### help
Nov 5, 2020, 9:00 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [75673]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 108826
Joined: 10/26/03
|
Have you checked you joists?
Nov 5, 2020, 9:02 AM
|
|
Seems plausible that those for good and rotted, thus the toilet is dipping down and causing an issue.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [97663]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64803
Joined: 7/13/02
|
Cheapass toilet, or wax seal.
Nov 5, 2020, 9:09 AM
|
|
Have you tried one of those fool-proof seals from Lowes?
You just mount the seal on the bottom of the toilet aligned with the bolts and set it straight down. Lines up perfectly every time and has werked for me.
https://www.lowes.com/pl/Toilet-wax-rings-gaskets-Toilet-parts-repair-Plumbing-parts-repair-Plumbing/131879009
Every toilet in our house has leaked since we purchased it. I've replaced every one of them too because the toilet sucks. But a straight wax ring is a major PITA to set right. Try one of the idiot-proof ones. If that still leaks, I'd check the toilet itself, or the pipe.
Message was edited by: Tiggity®
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3896]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 3096
Joined: 8/26/02
|
Re: Home repair.net ####### help
Nov 5, 2020, 9:16 AM
|
|
are you 100% sure the flange is not cracked. I had the same issue and it was the flange. is the toilet seated solid. no rocking side to side. id shop vac and clean the heck out of the flange and check it again. id also check the toilet depending on the age. good luck. i paid a plumber and the new flange parts and labor was $650.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [9085]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 11324
Joined: 10/15/99
|
pallet toilet***
Nov 5, 2020, 9:26 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-TigerNet [11626]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 9788
Joined: 5/17/02
|
Check for cracked flange.
Nov 5, 2020, 9:27 AM
|
|
Also check that the china doesn't have a hairline crack.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [43573]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 18032
Joined: 4/24/15
|
Pro Tip:
Nov 5, 2020, 9:45 AM
|
|
A state trooper and your wife moving back and forth atop the toilet in a violent fashion will cause wax ring issues.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [64837]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 22718
Joined: 9/27/04
|
Here's your fix.
Nov 5, 2020, 12:50 PM
|
|
Remove the toilet, wax ring, flange, etc. Throw it all in the trash.
Remove the lattice and crawl under your house, stack some cinder blocks under the terlet.
Put a scissor jack between the cinder blocks and a scrap of 2x8 and tighten it so that it supports the floor.
Coat entire bathroom floor with thompsons water sealer, like you did on your porch.
Lag bolt the toilet straight through the floor, into the 2x8.
Done and done.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [47663]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 30358
Joined: 11/15/99
|
For God's sake man....Check the lint trap.***
Nov 5, 2020, 12:51 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [20569]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 8610
Joined: 10/27/00
|
Flange too tall or too short
Nov 5, 2020, 1:36 PM
|
|
Was the flooring changed at some point to something thinner or thicker?
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [59974]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 22471
Joined: 5/24/17
|
Buy a toilet, pay a guy from
Nov 5, 2020, 1:46 PM
|
|
Lowe’s or Home Depot to install for $30. Done.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [64837]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 22718
Joined: 9/27/04
|
Let him bang your old lady and save the $30.***
Nov 5, 2020, 2:32 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [40872]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 42929
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Your kid is not sitting still and taking care of business
Nov 5, 2020, 2:34 PM
|
|
he has ADD
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replies: 19
| visibility 887
|
|
|
50
