Aliris19
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This thread: https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/toto-drake-gmax-fill-valve-issues-stutters-as-toilet-tank-finishes-filling.49300/page-2 has been very helpful.
I think I should start a new thread because I need more "upstream" advice.
While out of town (on the water, meaning *stuck*, actually) received a call from the house alarm company regarding movement which turned out, I guess, to actually be water flowing on the floor. I am not even sure this is possible but it seems to be the only explanation.
So upon return to a locked-house we encountered running toilet and water-evidence on the floor, but no standing water; it had apparently found an escape route. But no question there had been a lot of water about; rugs sodden, magazines on floor soaked. Water was not coming from toilet bowl.
So shut off the toilet at the valve, and after many, many days of cleaning and drying I'm now trying to figure out what to do next. I hope you-all might help with trouble-shooting?
First, where did that water come from? It's not dirty water, it was clean. Water was running down the central pipe, non-stop. The water spot in the bowl was unperturbed, no water ripples.
The handle on that toilet has always been funky, sort of catches. But I took that apart and compared it with another and don't see any problem there.
Where was that water coming from??
Water in the bowl and tank both hold.
Could the water have been somehow coursing over the wax seal, which is non-functional? (non-existent? The folks who installed it 5 years ago were not confidence-inspiring).
Should I take the toilet off its wax seal and inspect that? Or just replace the fill valve? Could a broken fill valve alone be enough to somehow result in water on the floor? The leak seems to be at the subfloor level though; I never saw water running over the floor….??
Any ideas for troubleshooting or proceeding, wise folks please? Many thanks!!!
I think I should start a new thread because I need more "upstream" advice.
While out of town (on the water, meaning *stuck*, actually) received a call from the house alarm company regarding movement which turned out, I guess, to actually be water flowing on the floor. I am not even sure this is possible but it seems to be the only explanation.
So upon return to a locked-house we encountered running toilet and water-evidence on the floor, but no standing water; it had apparently found an escape route. But no question there had been a lot of water about; rugs sodden, magazines on floor soaked. Water was not coming from toilet bowl.
So shut off the toilet at the valve, and after many, many days of cleaning and drying I'm now trying to figure out what to do next. I hope you-all might help with trouble-shooting?
First, where did that water come from? It's not dirty water, it was clean. Water was running down the central pipe, non-stop. The water spot in the bowl was unperturbed, no water ripples.
The handle on that toilet has always been funky, sort of catches. But I took that apart and compared it with another and don't see any problem there.
Where was that water coming from??
Water in the bowl and tank both hold.
Could the water have been somehow coursing over the wax seal, which is non-functional? (non-existent? The folks who installed it 5 years ago were not confidence-inspiring).
Should I take the toilet off its wax seal and inspect that? Or just replace the fill valve? Could a broken fill valve alone be enough to somehow result in water on the floor? The leak seems to be at the subfloor level though; I never saw water running over the floor….??
Any ideas for troubleshooting or proceeding, wise folks please? Many thanks!!!