Toilet tank repair PIA

[hammer4reel]

Must have changed 20 tank seals and fillers over the years in a few different homes.

Today I changed out the drain gasket and tank bolts in our shore house.

No different than any other one right ?

F NO. toilet was a Gerber, they need a special gasket that is twice the depth of all normal toilets.

DIDNT know that and had got the typical replacement unit, first flush had a gallon of water on the floor.

Off to the plumbing supply shop to get the correct gasket, and now I HOPE its all good.

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[Lunatic]

1 hour ago, hammer4reel said:

Must have changed 20 tank seals and fillers over the years in a few different homes.

Today I changed out the drain gasket and tank bolts in our shore house.

No different than any other one right ?

F NO. toilet was a Gerber, they need a special gasket that is twice the depth of all normal toilets.

DIDNT know that and had got the typical replacement unit, first flush had a gallon of water on the floor.

Off to the plumbing supply shop to get the correct gasket, and now I HOPE its all good.

.

I had to replace seal on my toilet last year  and I had to cut  all 4 bolts to get the seat off. Than I realized I needed thicker ring because the flange was set to low in relation to the floor. Yep, another trip to the store. I used to love working on my house, now I hate it all.

Edited November 23, 2018 by Lunatic

[3Blade]

Plumbing sucks!! Seems like even the simplest repairs are always at least two trips to HD or  the plumbing supply shop.

Edited November 23, 2018 by 3Blade

[Rusty]

1 hour ago, hammer4reel said:

Today I changed out the drain gasket and tank bolts in our shore house.

I don't have a shore house.  

[Lunatic]

43 minutes ago, Rusty said:

I don't have a shore house.  

Then you have less toilets to fix

[hammer4reel]

3 hours ago, Rusty said:

I don't have a shore house.  

Im selling my house , this is where I will be full time .

wanted to be closer to the boat 

[Greybeard]

Easier to just replace the whole toilet.  I recently took out the old toilet that wouldn't flush right, even after replacing the guts a few times, and put in a kohler with the cylinder flush. Went from water going round and round, to a whoosh and gone.  Can't plug up that sucker.  I've been trying.

[Heavyopp]

Gerbers have to use the OEM gasket -- can't use a universal one from the box stores  

I tried to cut and stack 2 universals in there in a pinch at my grandmothers house -- Managed to keep the leak down to just a few drips while flushing

She was 99 then and wanted me to change out the toilet for a new, higher seat model anyway 

 

[pjb]

As a plumber, I can say F plumbing. Everything you do is 2 trips to the depot or lowes. 

[mightyhunter]

Unless it's a quick fix I just change the whole bowl. On our 3rd in 20yrs but we just had the bathroom redone in the summer and old bowl was working fine

[mikejd]

Rule of thumb. Always but the thickest closed coupler kit they have. Usually works for all.