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Posted by cshenk on October 11, 2009, 10:46 am
"Oren" wrote
> "cshenk" wrote:
> What are the chances the throat of the bowl has a hairline crack and
> is leaking water?
I'd say about zero as she'd have water leekage and have mentioned it. She
just replaced all the insulation under the trailer so had it down to bare
wood this past summer. She'd had some freezing problems last winter so
re-winterized the underside this year.
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Posted by Van Chocstraw on October 10, 2009, 11:50 am
cshenk wrote:
> Hi folks, this in from Mom. "comode is not holding water but fills up
> fine but leaks out over time so must be refilled."
>
> Ideas? She'd mean the toilet bowl not the tank.
High wind area? Sometimes the wind causes a vacuum in the sewer pipe
sucking the toilet water out. Sometimes you can see the toilet water
bouncing up and down with storms.
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Posted by cshenk on October 10, 2009, 7:15 pm
"Van Chocstraw" wrote
> cshenk wrote:
>> Hi folks, this in from Mom. "comode is not holding water but fills up
>> fine but leaks out over time so must be refilled."
>> Ideas? She'd mean the toilet bowl not the tank.
> High wind area? Sometimes the wind causes a vacuum in the sewer pipe
> sucking the toilet water out. Sometimes you can see the toilet water
> bouncing up and down with storms.
Yes, high wind and that's an interesting one. She's in a trailer and the
skirting is always causing trouble so she just replaced it again for winter.
Some of the old stuff had rotted out (wood, doesnt affect the trailer itself
but abuts it) so she put up new base and some sort of siding. I don't have
the details but she's a pretty savvy lady even if 79 now (grin). If she was
into newsgroups, she'd be all over this place with 30 years of 'house
flipping' experience. Like all of us though, she doesnt know everything and
plumming is a gap for her.
So, the issue may be downline of her I take it? That would explain why it
seems to be transient.
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Posted by John Grabowski on October 10, 2009, 11:52 am
> Hi folks, this in from Mom. "comode is not holding water but fills up
> fine
> but leaks out over time so must be refilled."
> Ideas? She'd mean the toilet bowl not the tank.
Capillary action. There's a piece of toilet tissue stuck somewhere and the
water is flowing through it. It may clear itself someday.
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Posted by mm on October 10, 2009, 7:34 pm
>Hi folks, this in from Mom. "comode is not holding water but fills up fine
>but leaks out over time so must be refilled."
>Ideas? She'd mean the toilet bowl not the tank.
I can barely understand what you're talking about. If the bowl level
goes down, why must it be refilled? How low does it go, how long does
it take?
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