JRG_52
New Member
Hi folks,
You've helped me before, and I'm hoping you'll be able to help me again. I'm retired and working as a handyman in the greater Seattle area. I have a customer with a leaking 1950s era toilet. The tank is separate from the bowl and connected by a chrome tube. It's leaking from the joint between the bowl and that tube. Note that the supply line comes up through the tile floor. Do you have any idea where I can find parts for this thing, preferably in the Seattle area if possible?
I'm also old school enough to remember using string packing. If I remember right, it's a loose cotton twine impregnated with something like clay or plumber's putty. You wrapped that stuff around the joint until you felt there was enough, then crank down on the compression nut. Is that still a option?
Thanks!
You've helped me before, and I'm hoping you'll be able to help me again. I'm retired and working as a handyman in the greater Seattle area. I have a customer with a leaking 1950s era toilet. The tank is separate from the bowl and connected by a chrome tube. It's leaking from the joint between the bowl and that tube. Note that the supply line comes up through the tile floor. Do you have any idea where I can find parts for this thing, preferably in the Seattle area if possible?
I'm also old school enough to remember using string packing. If I remember right, it's a loose cotton twine impregnated with something like clay or plumber's putty. You wrapped that stuff around the joint until you felt there was enough, then crank down on the compression nut. Is that still a option?
Thanks!
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