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Re: Plumbing update for new house
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:48 am
by kevm14
Good news: no drips after extra wraps of Teflon tape.
So now we will monitor it throughout the week. Just maybe that is all that was left?
Re: Plumbing update for new house
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 8:06 am
by kevm14
Forgot to mention something. I filled a 5 gallon bucket TWICE and poured the entire contents of that down the toilet. I never saw any evidence of water leaking from under the toilet. Other than aggressive plunging, I can't think of a more difficult stress test for that seal.
Re: Plumbing update for new house
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:24 pm
by bill25
Other than aggressive plunging
Yikes!!!
Re: Plumbing update for new house
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:34 am
by kevm14
Toilet area still seems dry. And my shim under the shutoff valve is also dry. Starting to feel optimistic about this.
Re: Plumbing update for new house
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:25 pm
by kevm14
Wow, it is still dry. Did I actually fix this? It would appear so. I still don't know 100% if the wax ring was ever an issue. Maybe it was. But the shutoff valve was ALSO an issue as the old one was DEFINITELY leaking. That Fluidmaster better-than-wax ring and new shutoff valve are not leaking. Yay.