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DIY & Home Improvement

MADem

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1. I am no expert, not by a long shot...

Reply to ProfessionalLeftist (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 12:17 PM

Mar 2013

...but have you ruled out a weeping tank? In some very moist bathrooms where there's condensation and a difference in temperature (e.g. very cold water in the crapper tank/warm moist air from the shower in the bathroom) condensation can form on the tank and drip down on the floor behind the toilet.

Could it be that?

If it is, you just throw a dirty towel back there before you have a shower, to catch any drips, and after you towel off yourself with a clean towel, towel off the crapper tank, too--and leave the door wide open after you're done to get rid of the moist air if you do not have a fan.

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Is gray stain in vinyl flooring around toilet *always* a wax ring leak? [View all] ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 OP

I am no expert, not by a long shot... MADem Mar 2013 #1

It could be and I do have a fan which I often forget to turn on ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #2

Check the tank immediately after you finish showering. If you don't see condensation . . . . Stinky The Clown Mar 2013 #4

It's such a small bathroom I think I may have noticed that if it was the case. ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #5

Are you at all handy? Do you know a handy person. A wax ring replacement is an easy job. Stinky The Clown Mar 2013 #6

Just watched that video today! ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #7

Built in 2001 may mean all the problems I suggested will not be present. Stinky The Clown Mar 2013 #8

Flange was cracked! ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #9

Stuff a rag in that empty hole or your house will soon **stink** (said Stinky the Clown). Stinky The Clown Mar 2013 #10

It's open in the crawl cause plumber sawed the pipe down ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #11

Did the plumber seal the open end of the pipe down in the crawlspace? Stinky The Clown Mar 2013 #12

No. ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #13

Well, you should probably be okay with sealing the hole in the floor. Stinky The Clown Mar 2013 #14

Bummer! Hope you have another crapper--or live close to a fast food joint! MADem Mar 2013 #15

That would be my first guess, as well as gasket seals at valve/tank. X_Digger Mar 2013 #3