Hi,
I would love some help on this:
I think the plumber who plumbed in our toilet a few years ago did a bit of a cowboy job. He cemented in the ceramic toilet and then afterwards tried to fit the waste outlet to the 90 degree pipe with a connector pipe.
Because he couldn't push the connector pipe into the ring in the 90 degree pipe - he instead covered the whole thing up with lots of silicone. After five years it's started leaking!
I've replaced the silicone and that has eliminated the leak - but there is still an occasional smell - so I think the join is leaking gas.
Solution 1 would be to smash up the ceramic toilet (it's cemented in place to a tiled floor), get a new toilet and do it properly. I'd like to avoid this if possible!
Solution 2 would be to try and refix it using a flexi connector. Does anyone know if that would be possible?
Solution 3 Any other ideas?? Even a temporary fix would be ok.
many thanks,
L
I would love some help on this:
I think the plumber who plumbed in our toilet a few years ago did a bit of a cowboy job. He cemented in the ceramic toilet and then afterwards tried to fit the waste outlet to the 90 degree pipe with a connector pipe.
Because he couldn't push the connector pipe into the ring in the 90 degree pipe - he instead covered the whole thing up with lots of silicone. After five years it's started leaking!
I've replaced the silicone and that has eliminated the leak - but there is still an occasional smell - so I think the join is leaking gas.
Solution 1 would be to smash up the ceramic toilet (it's cemented in place to a tiled floor), get a new toilet and do it properly. I'd like to avoid this if possible!
Solution 2 would be to try and refix it using a flexi connector. Does anyone know if that would be possible?
Solution 3 Any other ideas?? Even a temporary fix would be ok.
many thanks,
L