FullySprinklered
In the Trades
Customer had a few mystery toilet leaks today. All Mansfield toilets in the house, two leaking, two hard to flush, and a couple of hold the handle downers. Lots of deterioration on the neoprene washers everywhere, plus other issues.
I came back to the job with a basket full of tank bolts and washers, toilet supply tubes, and the little red ring thingy that the flush tower sits on.
Most everything went well, but I did have problems with persistent leaks on two of the toilets. Water was leaking past the new toilet bolts in the tank, and I had quite some difficulty stopping that. I did notice that on the two problem toilets the tank was jammed against the wall. I remembered running into that issue last year on a toilet leak that I had to revisit a couple of times. It was a Mansfield also, (three-bolt).
I know that on the three bolt toilets, you have to take care to tighten the bolts equally to prevent leakage. I'm leaning toward blaming the leaks on the fact that the back bolt doesn't set equally with the front two bolts because the tank is jammed to the wall. The nut gets tight, but the rubber isn't getting enough squeeze.
Any thoughts?
I came back to the job with a basket full of tank bolts and washers, toilet supply tubes, and the little red ring thingy that the flush tower sits on.
Most everything went well, but I did have problems with persistent leaks on two of the toilets. Water was leaking past the new toilet bolts in the tank, and I had quite some difficulty stopping that. I did notice that on the two problem toilets the tank was jammed against the wall. I remembered running into that issue last year on a toilet leak that I had to revisit a couple of times. It was a Mansfield also, (three-bolt).
I know that on the three bolt toilets, you have to take care to tighten the bolts equally to prevent leakage. I'm leaning toward blaming the leaks on the fact that the back bolt doesn't set equally with the front two bolts because the tank is jammed to the wall. The nut gets tight, but the rubber isn't getting enough squeeze.
Any thoughts?
