Silicone recommendations

[75pete]

small water leak from the pan connector, so I'm looking for recommendations please. I will stop using this toilet and as best, dry the area before before applying the recommend silicon .
Any other tips are most welcome.
Pete

 

[muggles]

Siliconing a pan connector is a bodge. Replace the pan connector

 

[75pete]

True but needs must as its a time things.

 

[just pumps]

True but needs must as its a time things.

Not quite sure what "a time thing" is but if you mean you will do properly in time then plumbers mait is easier to remove than silicone when the time comes.

 

[muggles]

Be much quicker to replace the pan connector and be able to use the toilet straight away, than it will to apply silicone and wait 24 hours for it to go off before you can use the toilet again

 

[just pumps]

Be much quicker to replace the pan connector and be able to use the toilet straight away, than it will to apply silicone and wait 24 hours for it to go off before you can use the toilet again

You can't say that without seeing it and knowing the OP's situation, ie family visiting.

 

[75pete]

I'm having radiotherapy at the moment so a little weak but should be ok in a week or two. Would like to stop this slow drip the easy way, yes I do understand it's a bodge but a quick fix if possible would help.

 

[DaveHerns]

Ashamed to say I bodged mine with silicone and it lasted a good few months.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

As Just Pumps has suggested, a long, thin sausage of Plumbers Mait pressed in all around the join between pan connector and the pan's outlet will mean it can be used immediately. Easier to remove when the time comes.

 

[Nige F]

A tube of Fernox LS X That's my recommended silicone - it likes being wet to set Spraying with water speeds setting - says so on the tube.

 

[75pete]

A tube of Fernox LS X That's my recommended silicone - it likes being wet to set Spraying with water speeds setting - says so on the tube.

Thank you for the recommendation Nige F

 

[just pumps]

A tube of Fernox LS X That's my recommended silicone - it likes being wet to set Spraying with water speeds setting - says so on the tube.

Around £5 in B&Q Pete if you go that route, look for a small box, mainly bright Yellow.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

A tube of Fernox LS X That's my recommended silicone - it likes being wet to set Spraying with water speeds setting - says so on the tube.

Oh yes, that's another good one. Got me out of the merd on a number of occasions. Usually if LSX can't seal it, it's completely unsealable.

 

[dilalio]

Not to be used as a treatment for diarrhoea though.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Not to be used as a treatment for diarrhoea though.

Only an F&E bung will do for that. Just stand well clear.