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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on July 26, 2007, 9:57 pm
>I am also wondering if the crack is in the back (I would also try to
> repair it if the crack were in a non visable location). If it's in a
> visable location I would try to repair it, then paint it with my paint
> gun and that special epoxy paint like for bath tubs.
IMO, you'd have to be crazy to try to repair it. The material is brittle
and can crack in an instant, flooding the bathroom and allowing the valve to
open and add more water. Do you really want to risk doing thousands of
dollars in damage to save a few bucks? Ceramic does not give like metal. It
just breaks.
The tank is TRASH. Get rid of it as soon as you can. I'd shut the water
supply off immediately.
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Posted by aemeijers on July 26, 2007, 6:13 pm
> wrote:
>
>>Hello Everybody,
>>
>>It seems the tank on one of my toilets just decided to develop a nice
>>long crack all the way top to bottom. The toilet is marked with the
>>"Standard" logo and stamped "Mar 13 1952" under the lid. I would
>>rather replace just the tank than have to replace the entire toilet.
>>Can the standard tanks available today be used on an old toilet? If
>>not, where are repair parts available for the older toilets?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>---Hillel
>
> All the new toilets are low flush models so the tank will probably not
> fit. I'd look for a house recycler in your area. You could also
> place a "wanted" notice on craigslist.com (in your area).
>
Try Habitat for Humanity ReStore, if your town has one. They have tearout
plumbing fixtures. Or go schmooze the counter guy at the local supply house
that deals with the trade. He may let you post a picture with a wanted sign-
for 20 bucks, a plumber putting in a new one may be willing to put the
replaced one on the truck and haul to you. (Plan on replacing all the
innards, of course.)
Personally, I wouldn't spend a whole lotta time or effort on it. New
low-flush work a whole lot better than when they first came out. I'd only
expend a lot of effort on the old one if it was a no-longer-available color,
or had style details to match the other fixtures. (suprisingly common in the
'50s)
aem sends...
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Posted by frank megaweege on July 27, 2007, 11:42 am
> Personally, I wouldn't spend a whole lotta time or effort on it. New
> low-flush work a whole lot better than when they first came out. I'd only
> expend a lot of effort on the old one if it was a no-longer-available color,
> or had style details to match the other fixtures. (suprisingly common in the
> '50s)
>
New toilets work better than most 50 year old toilets. There's a
fetish here for old toilets that doesn't seem to exist in the real
world. No one has wanted the two 40 year old toilets I've replaced
and I was giving them away. I mean really, who wants a used crapper?
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Posted by mm on July 28, 2007, 2:42 am
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:42:57 -0700, frank megaweege
>
>> Personally, I wouldn't spend a whole lotta time or effort on it. New
>> low-flush work a whole lot better than when they first came out. I'd only
>> expend a lot of effort on the old one if it was a no-longer-available color,
>> or had style details to match the other fixtures. (suprisingly common in the
>> '50s)
>>
>
>New toilets work better than most 50 year old toilets. There's a
I don't know about in general, but I know not always. My brother just
bought an expensive house in Dallas and remodeled it, with some French
named toilet, I forget the model, but I'm sure it was expensive.
The water "footprint" when it is just sitting there is very small, and
every time I use it, my stuff falls straight on dry porcelain and I
make the side of it dirty. OTOH, my el cheapo Elgers, that are 27
years old works just fine.
My toilet in Brooklyn from 1930 worked fine, though that used a
flushometer.
My toilet from about 1940 in Chicago worked fine, as did the ones in
Indiana from 1950 and the ones in Pa. from 1940. I'll bet they are
all still in place and all still work fine.
>fetish here for old toilets that doesn't seem to exist in the real
>world. No one has wanted the two 40 year old toilets I've replaced
>and I was giving them away. I mean really, who wants a used crapper?
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Posted by Abe on July 28, 2007, 4:05 am
>Hello Everybody,
>
>It seems the tank on one of my toilets just decided to develop a nice
>long crack all the way top to bottom. The toilet is marked with the
>"Standard" logo and stamped "Mar 13 1952" under the lid. I would
>rather replace just the tank than have to replace the entire toilet.
>Can the standard tanks available today be used on an old toilet? If
>not, where are repair parts available for the older toilets?
>
>Thanks.
>---Hillel
Geez, just call their customer service and ask them what the correct
replacement tank is. Go to the big box store and buy it. Not so hard,
now, was it?
http://www.americanstandard-us.com/CompanyInfo/contactUs.aspx?
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