Arrgh! My toilet is leaking

[supernova]

Rats! x( My old toilet is biting the dust. And in the middle of the night on Friday too! :-( It's leaking so fast I have to empty the pan underneath it about every hour. I hate to call a plumber in the middle of the night but I might not have a choice.

Any suggestions on how I can tide myself over until morning?

[Booberdawg]

1. Turn the water off

[supernova]

2. Now, why didn't I think of that?

Just a sec. I'll be right back.

[madmax]

4. Too much wine?

:evilgrin:

[supernova]

8. No silly

I only had one, 1, glass tonight. :D

[Booberdawg]

5. I've been through this, so I didn't have to hesitate

:D

[madmax]

6. DU Politics and 24 hour Plumbing Service

:bounce:

[supernova]

11. LOL!

You're funny, you are. Care to come over and check it out?

[Booberdawg]

17. Always at your service. ;-)

[alphafemale]

13. LOL! That's rich.

How we can sometimes over fret things that is.

I've no idea of your gender but your mini-rant and well-duh forehead slap moment reminded me "oh so much" of my daughter.

[supernova]

22. Thanks,

And why does this stuff always happen in the middle of the night rather than during the day when you can call someone? I'll never understand that.

[Kool Kitty]

30. I think it's a plumber's conspiracy.

Only leak at night, only leak on the weekend.

[madmax]

3. Turn it off at the shut off valves at the back

of the toilet.

[supernova]

9. I did that

I turned them as tight as I could.

[Old and In the Way]

25. Them? Should only be one.........

unless you run hot and cold water through yours.... :-)

[supernova]

33. Them, It

Hmmm, maybe Stephen King is in my bathroom. :D

[Porcupine]

7. Where is it leaking from?

that makes a mighty big difference in how to make it stop.

[supernova]

15. The shut off valves

unfortunately. x(

[Porcupine]

19. you have to turn the water off to the whole house...

or to your apartment if possible. That valve will have to be replaced in the morning; 5 bucks at your local Home Despot. Don't forget to get a roll of teflon tape while you're at it.

[supernova]

32. Thanks,

I actually need to replace the whole toilet though. I've been limping along for a while now.

[Atlant]

41. Unless your toilet is cracked, very odd, or very new...

Unless your toilet is cracked, very odd, or very new, (or you simply
hate its ^#@%%@ guts!), your really never need to replace the "whole
toilet". Aside from the ceramic bits, there are just a very few sub-
systems inside the toilet: The flush system (and the classicly-leaky
flapper valve), the re-fill system (which includes your favorite
shut-off valve), the gasket which connects the tank to the bowl,
and the gasket which connects the bowl to the sewer line (plus a
few nuts and bolts).

Any of those can be replaced and your toilet can go on
running, err, functioning forever.

Atlant

[NJCher]

10. get it fixed pronto

And be sure the floor is dry, too, and there are no further leaks. When we tore out our BR and put in a new one, we had to reinforce the floor because of past leaks.


Cher

[supernova]

14. You're right about that

I'm going to have to tear up the old linoleum that's inthere now anyway. Yuck!

[chascaz]

12. Does it know anything about CIA operatives???

Has it ever been to the whitehouse?

please have your toilet sign this affidavit at moveon.org:

http://www.moveon.org/affidavit/?id=-1861571-Byo9Y9UxqaKmnd89TR4t.g

Peace -:)

[supernova]

16. Cute

I'm stressed out and you guys are making jokes. :eyesroll:

[madmax]

18. ROFLMAO!!

That was excellent!!! Damn, you are funny bunch tonight.

[supernova]

20. Wound up

turning off the pump at the circuit breaker. I have a well. It's finally slowing down.

GOD HOW I HATE PLUMBING!!!!!!!

[madmax]

21. Yeah, I hear you...outhouses were so much more fun.

:evilgrin: :bounce: :party: :silly:


Stress does this to me. :spank:

[supernova]

23. My dad's mother

had an outhouse. :D

Yeah, I realized that as soon as I wrote the other message. I must be tired.

[madmax]

28. I wasn't being sarcastic

I hate all household mechanical stuff like plumbing, gutters, sump pumps, electric. Unless you're handy - sh*t always happens and it's gonna cost a fortune to pay someone.

My house is 125 years old and I've had it for 10 years and I'm STILL fixing it! :eyes:

:toast: to all condo dwellers - the lucky duckys!

[Porcupine]

24. Quick!! go shut off your water heater intake valve!!!

so the water doesn't siphon out of that. It occasionally happens and the water heater happily cooks itself to death.

[madmax]

26. Poor thing she's running all over the place.

Supernova - better sit down and have another glass of wine. :hi:

[supernova]

27. Well

I hope I moved the right lever to the "off" position. It was the only one labelled "on" and "off."

edit: I'll have to turn the water back on to wash my hands though, to get ride of the fiberglass I got on my hands while removing it from the top of the water heater.

[madmax]

29. Oh btw supernova

Your atavar - have you read The Da Vinci Code?

[supernova]

31. No I haven't

I have so many books on my "to read" list it isn't even funny. Is it good? I hear good things about it.

I'm currently into:

The Book of J
The Club Dumas
Secret Window, Secret Garden

[madmax]

35. I know what you mean - my list keeps growing and I'm

impatient.

The Da Vinci Code is very good. What a theory, I've never heard of this before. I won't tell you anything about it maybe you want to check out Amazon reviews :evilgrin:

Did you get the leak under control? If you did we'll have to send you to DC.

[Porcupine]

34. That may have been the gas....did it go into the top of the tank?

here in California the gas always has a lever (a ball valve) and the water heater has an intake valve just before the cold water enters the tank. You know it's the water valve because its a)cold and b)connected to a pipe leading directly into your water heater. These valves are generally the kind that screw down (cheaper).

On the other hand some overzealous handyman could have put a ball valve on your intake. Oh, you can wash your hands with the water in the toilet tank; that's stuffs always clean.

[supernova]

36. I'm all electric

no gas at all, not even the water heater.

I honestly couldn't tell which was the intake pipe. They were all equally hot. (going into the top of the WH)

[madmax]

37. I'm all gas.

:spank:

I'm really nuts tonight....don't mind me. Talk amongst yourselves.

:silly: This happens sometimes, and No I am not drinking or smoking.

[Porcupine]

39. Relax till tomorrow then....

remember to take your old valve off first before going to the hardware store. There are about 10 different sizes of those things.

Have fun.

[supernova]

38. Thanks everyone,

for all your help and advice. DUers are the best!! :D

My main concern was to get the leak stopped so I could get some shut eye.

I'll check in in the morning. G'night.

[grasswire]

42. you should have...

...filled up the bathtub and a few pitchers before you turned the water off. Then you would be able to wash your hands (and make coffee).

[NJCher]

40. madmax

I just started DaVinci Code tonight! I'm so excited that I got the book; have been wanting to read it for some time.


Cher

[Blue-Jay]

43. Suggestion: Pee in the sink.

I don't know what you'll do if you have to take the Browns to the Superbowl, though.

[FlaGranny]

44. And, may I ask?

How does a lady pee in the sink?

[Blue-Jay]

45. Good question.

But if you have better-than-average balance, and a sink that's not overly small, I suppose it's possible. Barring that, there's always the shower.

Maybe supernova can find a DUer in close proximity who has replaced a toilet before. It's not too difficult. Were I a NC resident, I'd be happy to come over and replace the john, with a minimum of plumbers-crack goodness.

[Atlant]

46. By peeing in a cup first. (NT)