Life Update

[pameladean]

Eh, again. Some money is coming in now, which is a considerable relief, although it is much too light for the bore of the matter. Also things keep breaking. Five hundred dollars to fix the car. It's good we had the money, but really we had other plans for it. And the upstairs toilet tank apparently has a crack in it, as it is dripping water at a less-than-glacial rate. I've got a plant trough under it now (sans plants; no light in there), but before that the water managed to work its way through the floor and then through the the plaster of the bathroom ceiling underneath and hit people in the head, making an alarming blister-like effect in the ceiling as it went.

The water is not coming from the water line or anywhere in the connections between that and the tank. It's just dripping off the bottom of the tank.

My mother suggested drying out the tank and putting some epoxy in it, but I don't know if that is what one ought to do. I tend to fall back on plumbers at the slightest provocation, but this is easier when one is not worried about money.

Pamela

Comments

[pameladean]

It's way too much for condensation, and the majority of the tank outside is dry.

What are you doing about yours?

This is a comparatively new toilet too. 1997 or so. *snarl*

Pamela

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

calling the woman who installed it (not so helpful) and having her check/possibly replace the seal between the tank and the bowl. it seems possible to me that since it's brand new, it's slightly misseated. (missat? hmm.)

but if you can take that one apart and see if there is a seal there, replacing it might help.

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

Someone may just need to tighten the bolts that hold the tank down. (Or someone may have tightened them slightly too much, in which case you may need a new tank.)