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Toilet Question??
RUGERGUNZ
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Kind of a weird question but I will try to describe as best I can and hopefully someone can figure out exactly what is happening.
I have 3 bathrooms in my house. I recently put blue tablets into all three tanks. So you flush and the water is now blue and supposedly helps the toilet stay clean.
I only really use one bathroom. Water is always blue. Bathroom #2 might get used once a week, and water is always blue. Bathroom #3 is rarely ever used, and the water won't even stay blue for one day.
The tank can't be leaking to the toilet or the water would still be blue as all the tank water is blue. Somehow I figure the water is coming back up into the toilet. How?? and Why??
This is a double-wide trailer, so the build quality isn't the best, did they short me a p-trap? Is there a p-trap on toilets? There hasn't been alot of wind lately so the stink pipe hasn't had alot of air pressure.
Any ideas? Never noticed this before as I just recently tired the blue tablets.
I have 3 bathrooms in my house. I recently put blue tablets into all three tanks. So you flush and the water is now blue and supposedly helps the toilet stay clean.
I only really use one bathroom. Water is always blue. Bathroom #2 might get used once a week, and water is always blue. Bathroom #3 is rarely ever used, and the water won't even stay blue for one day.
The tank can't be leaking to the toilet or the water would still be blue as all the tank water is blue. Somehow I figure the water is coming back up into the toilet. How?? and Why??
This is a double-wide trailer, so the build quality isn't the best, did they short me a p-trap? Is there a p-trap on toilets? There hasn't been alot of wind lately so the stink pipe hasn't had alot of air pressure.
Any ideas? Never noticed this before as I just recently tired the blue tablets.
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A lot of time the flapper seal becomes non-pliable letting water escape, it might fill just for a few seconds until it reaches the float level but continually cycling the water through.
The P trap is actually in the toilet. Maybe you got a bad blue tablet? Have you been flushing it to see if it will turn blue?
That's kinda what I thought about the P-trap. When you first flush the toilet all the water is nice and blue. I come back later in the day and it isn't blue anymore. Flush it again and it is back to blue.
The water in the tank is still nice and blue.
See what they use in the tablets. It could be an oxygen ingredient that evaperates after a period of time taking the blue out. If it is then every thing is ok.
It could be a bad tablet, but it came from the same package as one of the other 2 toilets. (2 tablets per package) and the other 2 toilets stay blue continuously and one is only flushed about once a week.
It could be nothing but is driving me crazy that I can't pinpoint what is happening.
Fixed the link for ya. Yep that looks like they have been caught red er i mean blue handed.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
of water supply coming into the tank and see what happens. see if water level goes down in tank.
some flush units have a small hose that runs in the top stand pipe that is in the tank when you flush Most of the water gets to the bowl via the flapper valueBLUE but some comes in direct via this little tube down the stand pipe Each kind of flush unit may be slightly different. If this small tube MINE looks like a weed-eater fuel line it will can slowly run and dilute the water in the bowl until it is clear. flush the unit after it cuts off turn off the valve
of water supply coming into the tank and see what happens. see if water level goes down in tank.
this sounds like the culprit,
Take the top off the tank and listen for water running ,it may be just a really slow trickle and you would need to look carefully.If you can hear it then you know the valve needs replacing.It is a cheap and easy fix.
FYI, putting that crap into your toilet tank is BAD for all of the internal parts.
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And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
FYI, putting that crap into your toilet tank is BAD for all of the internal parts.
We have a bingo!
All your flapper valves will prematurely deteriorate from those chemicals. I just use a spray bottle with 15% chlorine/water and spray it in the bowl. Does the same job without ruining the flappers.
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I checked the little hose and there was no water running. Kinda thought that might have been it when it was brought up.
I really don't think it is the gasket leaking because all the water in the tank is blue, so blue water leaking would keep the bowl full of blue water. But it was changing the blue water clear.
Gonna leave it till morning and if clear, I will flush it again and turn the water off and see what happens.
No way he could have survived all of this flushing.
Just for giggles you might try swapping the tablets in the tanks to see if the "problem" moves with the tablet. That should confirm if the toilet is actually the problem.
This is the first I have ever used the tablets and probably won't again in the future.
But the tablets look like a ball of slime in the corner of the tank and I don't really want to try to grab it. I don't think it is really solid anymore.
some flush units have a small hose that runs in the top stand pipe that is in the tank when you flush Most of the water gets to the bowl via the flapper valueBLUE but some comes in direct via this little tube down the stand pipe Each kind of flush unit may be slightly different. If this small tube MINE looks like a weed-eater fuel line it will can slowly run and dilute the water in the bowl until it is clear. flush the unit after it cuts off turn off the valve
of water supply coming into the tank and see what happens. see if water level goes down in tank.
EXACTLY!!
quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
some flush units have a small hose that runs in the top stand pipe that is in the tank when you flush Most of the water gets to the bowl via the flapper valueBLUE but some comes in direct via this little tube down the stand pipe Each kind of flush unit may be slightly different. If this small tube MINE looks like a weed-eater fuel line it will can slowly run and dilute the water in the bowl until it is clear. flush the unit after it cuts off turn off the valve
of water supply coming into the tank and see what happens. see if water level goes down in tank.
EXACTLY!!
That small hose isn't running or dripping in the least.
Did you actually use the word thermocline in a post on GBGD?
In reference to a toilet tank??
I'm stunned. It might be admiration. But I can't be sure. (cause I'm stunned)
If they ever force me to do that "fantastic voyage" microscopic sub into a toilet, I'm going to have them conscript you. Despite you poor performance in backing skid loaders into a garage.
They might make me shoot from a ball turret. But you are going to be driving!!!
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So I turned the supply water off and flushed all the water out of the tank. Now the bowl has blue water and nowhere for any water to come from the tank. If the water turns clear, it is either what others have said about a chemical/biological reaction in the bowl or somehow the water is exchanging through the p-trap somehow.
Bathroom #3 is rarely ever used, and the water won't even stay blue for one day.
I must ask, why are you so infatuated with a toilet that is rarely used? As long as there are no floaters, the water is fine no matter the color. Don
quote:Originally posted by RUGERGUNZ
Bathroom #3 is rarely ever used, and the water won't even stay blue for one day.
I must ask, why are you so infatuated with a toilet that is rarely used? As long as there are no floaters, the water is fine no matter the color. Don
It's mainly just pissing me off that I can't find the problem. But also if there is water running at all times, it isn't all that great for my septic or my electric bill running the water pump.
FYI, putting that crap into your toilet tank is BAD for all of the internal parts.
+1000
Anything you put in the tank will void the warranty on the stool. You are watching too many commercials if you now think it is important to poop into blue water. Suck it out with a shop vac, install new Korky flappers, and spend some time thinking about buying guns!