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How do I get these toilet shut off valve out?
As title says I am trying to figure out how to remove the old shut off valve from the pipe. I've been watching lot of videos, reading up on articles and all seem to deal with compression fit type but ...
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3answers
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Is it a problem that my toilet flange is 3/8" below the surrounding tile?
My tile setter had to elevate the tiles around the toilet hole in order to make up for some unevennesses. As a result, the toilet flange is approx. 3/8" below the surrounding tile. Can that be ...
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Do I need to add a vent when moving a toilet drain across the bathroom?
In working on finishing our basement, I've come to the bathroom. It was originally plumbed with the plan of having the fixtures share a common wall (vanity, toilet, then tub). so there is already a ...
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1answer
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Will the water be able to drain out of a blocked toilet?
Our toilet is backed up and water is filled to the brim but there is nothing else in the bowl. I turned off the water supply for the toilet with the little knob connected to the wall, but will the ...
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How do I measure for a toilet rough-in?
Is my thinking correct - If I measure from the wall to the bolt cap of my current toilet, which is 12", that means I have a 12" rough-in.
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How can I repair my leaky toilet?
Apparently my original toilet valves were cheap because they both had problems and I replaced both with fluidmaster valves some years ago.
Two problems were apparent immediately which I solved:
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1answer
165 views
What can I do about a toilet drain pipe that is too high above the floor?
My toilet drain pipe protrudes about 1/3" above the floor, and makes the toilet wobbly. What can I do to fix this?
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1answer
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Why won't my toilet flush right? Did our plumbers not put something back right?
We've had issues in the past about having the sewage line get backed up. We just had the plumber here almost a week ago to replace the water line. Now our toilet won't flush right. It flushes all ...
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1answer
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How can I remove this toilet shutoff valve?
This valve has a slow leak, and I am trying to replace it. Problem is I can't get the thing off. I am trying to twist the compression nut (the bronze one closest to the white pipe) clockwise while ...
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Why does the shower get cold when I flush, and how can I prevent it?
When the shower is running and someone flushes a toilet, why does the shower get cold (or sometimes hot) in some houses, but not others?
More importantly, would fixing that require replacing the ...
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1answer
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What could cause bubbling in the downstairs toilet of an urban condo?
About 2 weeks ago, I noticed that the toilet would bubble and, eventually, the water would back up into the shower in the basement of my duplex down condo. What started out as about 12-15 minutes of ...
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2answers
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What to look for in a new/replacement toilet?
I have a slow/weak flushing toilet and it's not the tank or flapper, etc. Shirlock says in an answer to a related question, that it's "time to spring and spend 200 bucks for a new Class 5 toilet. ...
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1answer
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Why does my toilet still leak after replacing the wax ring?
I just replaced the wax ring under my toilet. Now when you flush, it leaks worse than it did before! I am so confused! Is there something else that needs to be replaced?
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1answer
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What is a quick and temporary fix for a cracked toilet waste pipe?
Somehow the porcelain waste pipe of the toilet has cracked and has started leaking. We're about to replace the whole bathroom so I just need a quick fix. Will wrapping the crack in duck tape work?
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2answers
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Why does my toilet overflow during my washer's spin cycle?
Whenever I use my washer, the toilet makes a gurgling noise and then over overflows. I have to turn the washer off until the water in the toilet recedes. I have noticed this during the spin cycle. It ...
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2answers
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How can I fix a toilet that is backing up with sink water?
I need help. I would like to avoid calling a plumber. The toilet in our downstairs bathroom keeps backing up.
Here is what I have tried and/or observed:
I tried using a good plunger. I cannot even ...
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1answer
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How do I diagnose and fix a toilet blockage
I have a toilet that makes a gurgling noise IF it flushes down. However, at times it will fill up when I flush the toilet and I will see something come up from the bathroom drain. I have tried putting ...
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What would cause water to flow around the toilet flange where the concrete is? [closed]
My toilet was leaking around the bottom so I assumed that it needed a wax ring. However when I removed the toilet, after emptying the water, I noticed that water keeps coming up around the flange.
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1answer
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How do I deal with a leaking toilet cistern inlet pipe?
Recently there's been an odd, damp smell coming from one of our bathrooms. On further inspection, there seems to be a leak on this pipe where it connects to the bowl (where the little red arrow is). ...
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2answers
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Did I just ruin the flange on our toilet?
The point where the elbow joint from our flushometer meets the toilet bowl has begun leaking (dripping, really) whenever we flush (so, whenever water passes through it). I jiggled it a bit and the ...
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1answer
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Is there a name for PVC pipe that's approx 1/2“ ID and 5/8” OD?
I have a PVC pipe that supplies water to a valve, and then goes to my toilet. It's approx 1/2" inner diameter, and 5/8" outer diameter; it's stamped on the outside of the pipe that it is 1/2". The ...
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How can I fix this leak behind my toilet? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix this leak?
There's a leak in the tube behind my toilet.
(see the drops of water coming out of the joint ?)
What would be the easiest way to fix that ?
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3answers
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Toilet does full-blast, one-second refill every hour or so
I wouldn't lose sleep over this, except the unexpected and fierce sound startles my girlfriend and cat every time.
So I just replaced the refill valve on our toilet (using a kit, so everything from ...
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1answer
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Is my toilet refill issue more likely a problem with the fill valve or supply pipe?
This question may be a duplicate of Toilet Supply Line and Valve Leaking, but I have some different symptoms/troubleshooting steps, and the answer supplied for that question doesn't quite fit (though ...
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3answers
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Why does this toilet clog so often?
My inlaws have one toilet in their house that regularly clogs. They have two more toilets that don't seem to clog at all. They live in a suburb with full plumbing (not a septic tank). The toilet isn't ...
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Why is the water in my toilets orange?
My wife and I just moved in to a brand new house and have started to notice that the water in the toilets is an orange color, and is starting to leave stains in the bowl. After looking online briefly, ...
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1answer
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How do I replace a flange installed with primer?
I had a leaky toilet and had to replace the subflooring in the bathroom. The flange is also rusty and a little warped and must be replaced. I've seen plenty of videos telling me to score the flange ...
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Toilet bowl rim: Unblock mineral deposits inside holes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do my toilets flush slowly and often incompletely?
Yep - got an old toilet, and the mineral scale inside (INSIDE inside) the rim is slowing the flush speed. I ...
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2answers
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What might be causing our cistern to fill very slowly?
We have a toilet cistern with a concentric float valve fill mecanism. Earlier this week, it suddenly started to take much longer to fill after flushing (ca. 15 minutes instead of less than 1 minute ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to increase toilet flush pressure to prevent clogs?
My toilet seems to be a little, well, underpowered when it comes to flushing. It often "chokes" and "coughs" when flushing only liquid, which seems to indicate that the water pressure isn't high ...
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1answer
295 views
How can I stop a running toilet?
I have a really weird issue: my toilet is running water, but it's not in the tank. It seems like there's a neverending small flow of water entering the bowl of the toilet from the left side of the ...
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Is plunging a toilet without a plunger a good tip or a horrible idea?
Read this elsewhere and personally, I thought it was a bad bad bad idea, but I wanted to put this out there to see if I might be mistaken:
I learned a quick tip from a handyman on how to create a ...
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Why do my toilets flush slowly and often incompletely?
I have three toilets that all flush slowly and incompletely. I've adjusted the chain to ensure the flap raises completely. I've raised the float to ensure the tank fills nice and high. Yet I have this ...
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2answers
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Why is my toilet humming?
After one of my toilets is flushed, and it fills the bowl back up, I sometimes get a loud thrumming/humming noise.
It is the flusher stacky thingy making the noise. I turned down the volume of ...
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What would cause a slight thumping noise in water pipes on toilet and washer?
Everyone once in a while, some of the pipes in our house make some noise, mainly only when you flush a the one toilet, or use the washer. When using the sinks, hoses, or shower, the noise is not ...
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Why is it bad to flush baby wipes?
I've always heard that you shouldn't flush baby wipes because
They don't dissolve in your septic system
They can clog old pipes.
I currently live in a modern, multi-story apartment building. There ...
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1answer
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Can a toilet be moved 6 inch to the right?
I want to move my toilet over horizontally by 6 inches. Is there an "S" shape pipe piece I can use to connect my existing plumbing to my toilet?
Is there any other simple solution to getting this ...
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1answer
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Toilet Supply Line and Valve Leaking
I had an issue with my bathroom flooding, so I emptied out the toilet (turned off the valve and flushed until it was empty).
Then after 2-3 days, the toilet backed up. Yech.
Anyway, I re-opened the ...
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1answer
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How to fix a leaky toilet flapper valve over brass outpipe
I have a 1950's toilet that leaks into the bowl through the flapper. It differs from modern toilets (this question) in that the outlet pipe is made of brass. I am not inclined to replace the toilet ...
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2answers
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Water level gets lower and lower in toilet
The water level in the bowl of our toilet has slowly and steadily gotten lower over the last year or so. I replaced the flapper last year, could changing anything in the tank affect this? Or would ...
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1answer
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How do I open the back of a gustavsberg toilet?
Our toilet is flushing every 20 minutes, and it's visibly leaking into the pot. We live in Iceland, water is cheap here, but it's really annoying. Problem is, I can't seem to open it and it's plastic ...
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2answers
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How can I avoid marking up a toilet with a toilet auger?
For the sake of this question, assume that:
There is a clogged toilet that cannot be unclogged with a plunger
A toilet auger magically appears in the bathroom
It seems that the auger could leave a ...
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2answers
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How do I fix a leaky toilet that only leaks from underneath?
I am noticing some water spots on my concrete in my (unfinished) basement. When I look up for the cause of the water I can see water dripping around the hole that is used for the sewer pipe for the ...
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5answers
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How to fix a leaky flapper valve?
I bought a house that had been sitting for some time. One of the the issues that I've discovered is that the flapper valve leaks. I've come to this conclusion by turning off the water to the tank ...
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Why does my toilet keeps blocking and then spill out of the drain outside?
Recently out toilet has started to repeatedly block. First thing we tried was the warm water method, which worked at first.
When that stopped working, and problem came back, we used caustic soda. ...
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Why does my toilet make a loud rumbling noise when flushed?
When I flush my toilet it makes a very loud rumbling noise that can be heard from other rooms, what could cause this?
The sound cannot be heard from the
bathroom.
There is no sound when the tank is ...
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Why do I have blue water coming out of the faucets?
We have an upstairs bathroom that we've gutted and are having some contractors remodel. The toilet is the only thing that hasn't been touched. We had a plumber come and redo all of the source and ...
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2answers
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What do I do about a toilet flange that is too high?
I just had the floors in my bathroom replaced and now the flange is too high. When I put the toilet on top, the front touches the floor, but the back does not. The flange and piping are PVC, and the ...
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1answer
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Can I use a 1 1/2 vent for a toilet (3" drain) in CA (not a went vent, no other fixtures on it)?
Most of the info I have on code implies this would be OK, but one item I have says that a 1 1/2 vent can only serve 8 "non-WC" fixture units.
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Why is my toilet constantly backing up?
I've been in my new house for a few months now, and I end up plunging one of our two toilets about once a week - they tend to swap turns on which one gets to be finicky each week. Is there a more ...
