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Showing posts with label leak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leak. Show all posts
Sunday, November 17, 2019
How To Fix a Leaky Toilet
This job started when I got notified about water on the floor. It would get cleaned up with a towel but show back up again. It would get worse after every flush of the toiled. I checked for the quick and easy stuff first. The toilet wasn't continually running, meaning, the float inside was good. I checked really good around the water supply valve, it's associated hose, and it's connection to the toilet. All of this was bone dry. This meant one thing, Toilet was leaking around the base. This meant I had to perform the following steps to pull the toilet and replace the wax ring:
Step 1: Turn off the water to the toilet
Step 2: Flush remaining water in the bowl
Step 3: Disconnect water supply hose
Step 4: Remove the two caps over securing nuts on toilet base
Step 5: Unthread the two securing nuts
Step 6: Pull (remove) the toilet
Step 7: Remove old wax ring remnant
Step 8: Install new was ring
Step 9: Re-install toilet onto new wax ring
Here's a wax ring kit:
https://amzn.to/2RKA9it
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Flex Seal Aluminum Boat Leak Repair-As Seen on TV
This "As seen on tv!" Flex Seal did the trick. I've used it for a lot of different applications and it's an overall useful product. I've used it for plugging holes where ants are coming in, used it for various adhesive applications, and of course this old leaky Jon boat. It's important to apply to a clean surface for best results. Make sure you have adequate ventilation when you are applying this stuff. Many times it will take multiple coats to do the trick. I would say that this is great for an overall short term fix for many things and not necessarily a permanent fix.
Warning: This will not work if you slice your boat in half and try to glue it back together.
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