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On 09/07/2025 12:13, MikeS wrote:
On 09/07/2025 10:58, Abandoned Trolley wrote:
Also, if you have a header tank for the cold water supply in your
house, or one for a central heating system, check the ball cocks have
not stuck open...
In which case you would either have water dribbling from the external
overflow pipe (unless some moron has fed it in to the gutter) - or the
house would be flooded :-\
WCs with close coupled cisterns can also have a ball cock and may have
an internal overflow, the water running unnoticed into the WC pan.
I have a WC where the overflow runs into the toilet pan. The first sign
of that happening is almost invisible, it just seeps down the porcelain
and enters the water without a visible sign. It was noticed when the
pan was cleaned with a cleaner coloured blue (Harpic 100% Limescale
Remover), where the water seeping down the back quickly washed off the
blue colour.
If the problem is only just beginning, perhaps some flushes result in a
seep and others properly seal the flush outlet. That would explain the intermittent occurrence. Replacement sealing washers are available and I
found replacing mine was an OK DIY job.
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