Small victories
Mar. 5th, 2018 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterI am going to give credit where it's due. Yesterday, scrottie convinced me to apply a marine-grade sealant to the toilet valve. It needed to cure for at least 7 hours, so we did our fair share of bucket flushes, oh joy. This evening, I reattached the water inlet to the toilet, turned it on, and gave it a flush.
It still leaked.
Then I did more reading on the internet, including this page. Here's how you're supposed to diagnose a leaking toilet:
(well, okay, you only need one color, but why stop there?)
If you read article 8 on the linked website, you'll learn what I figured out.
Sheesh.
scrottie convinced me to apply a marine-grade sealant to the toilet valve. It needed to cure for at least 7 hours, so we did our fair share of bucket flushes, oh joy. This evening, I reattached the water inlet to the toilet, turned it on, and gave it a flush.It still leaked.
Then I did more reading on the internet, including this page. Here's how you're supposed to diagnose a leaking toilet:
(well, okay, you only need one color, but why stop there?)
If you read article 8 on the linked website, you'll learn what I figured out.
Sheesh.
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Date: 2018-03-06 03:38 am (UTC)So with it now correctly located, is it working right?
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Date: 2018-03-06 03:55 pm (UTC)