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Toilet seat leaking .....

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  • 26-09-2013 2:35pm
    #1
    Oscars Mum
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭


    My Toilet seat is leaking at the bottowm where it has been screwed down on to tiles... Can a plumber fix this or do I just need to get new screws? Sorry, not my area of expertise.


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    Oscars Mum
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭Oscars Mum


    Apologies, Its not the seat but the base where it is screwed.... Thanks


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    Billy Bunting
    Registered Users Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Billy Bunting


    If its the base (pan) then its cracked and can't be fixed, but it more likely the cistern above it or the connection at the back, you will need to dry it all off and look again.


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    sullzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭sullzz


    New screws are not going to fix the leak , these are only securing the pan to the floor , check and see if the multiwik is leaking when flushed , this is the connection at the back of the toilet where the waste exits


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    scudo2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,008 ✭✭✭scudo2


    sullzz wrote: »
    New screws are not going to fix the leak , these are only securing the pan to the floor , check and see if the multiwik is leaking when flushed , this is the connection at the back of the toilet where the waste exits
    And Also check where the tank sits on the back of the toilet pan (seat ! ) you have a big O ring rubber seal inbetween them.
    You need to take the toilet apart if so, to redo the connection, check that the two wing nuts holding them together are fairly tight behind toilet bowl/pan/seat firstly.
    Very douthfull that the leak is at the screws.


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    Oscars Mum
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭Oscars Mum


    Thank you!!


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    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,782 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    In about 16 years I've seen about 7 toilets leak ... As in the bowl itself. They've mostly been new toilets though


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    scudo2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,008 ✭✭✭scudo2


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    In about 16 years I've seen about 7 toilets leak ... As in the bowl itself. They've mostly been new toilets though

    Mine always has yellow stains around it !


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    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,782 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    scudo2 wrote: »
    Mine always has yellow stains around it !

    That's something else that's leaking!


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    jimf
    Registered Users Posts: 3,955 ✭✭✭jimf


    scudo2 wrote: »
    Mine always has yellow stains around it !


    bad aim there boss me thinks :eek::eek::eek:

    good dribbler did you play the ould soccer then


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