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In what WAY didn't it work? The water did not drain right? Or, the pipes did not match up right?

If you are talking about a small ball inside the hole on the bottom of the toilet, I would say that is definitely A problem, not necessarily the only problem. You want all the little holes up along the underside of the rim of the bowl to be clean and free from objects or chemical build-ups. But you also want he large hole at the base of the bowl in most cases to be free flowing also.This is the main jet and starts the force of the water down...

SPDAVID, You are the man! Your instruction to keep the refill tube near the top of the overflow pipe was a shock to me! So, I searched the Intenet now I know what my problem has been since cutting the overflow pipe -- I pushed the refill tube down too deep -- I had no idea I was siphoning water from my tank into my bowl and went crazy trying to fix a leak that didn't even exist. You are the man! Your suggestion lead me to learn this from...

Quote: Originally Posted by cwbuff What's your replacement schedule? Is it weekly, annual, every 6 months, once a decade? How did you arrive at that schedule? When I have a concern I pull the toilet. Takes me 15 minutes and I can check out the hardware. Quote: Originally Posted by cwbuff Any old salts out there remember a pre-PMS maintenance program called POMSEE? Same concept. Performance, Operation, Maintenance of Shipboard Electronic...

That did the trick. All is well. Thanks! Quote: Originally Posted by spdavid I would have to assume two are inlets for your supply lines and one goes to the spout one to the sprayer. I would have thought you would have been supplied with the connections to the spout and the sprayer.Also at least with a conventional sprayer the fitting size is much smaller than a supply line assuming the supply line fitting is the common 1/2 male pipe thread....

You could have a clogged vent stack and water is being siphoned from bowl. Water disappears from bowl.

What's your replacement schedule? Is it weekly, annual, every 6 months, once a decade? How did you arrive at that schedule? Any old salts out there remember a pre-PMS maintenance program called POMSEE? Same concept.

Basicly the toilet doesn't sit on the floor on either side. If I shim between the floor and the toilet on the high side won't the union between the closet gasket and the toilet be compromised, Do to the fact that the toilet and the closet flange are not flat with respect to each other. Thanks, J

Thanks for the quick reply richmond. I tried your suggestion today wit ha slight modification(since I had no food coloring). I turned the faucet on and filled a 8 qrt. pot twice so as no water could drain. The water was turned on high the whole time. No leaks were detected while I did this. So we know now that the leak is in the drain line.

Well, maybe I didn't mean just cement...I just meant not concrete. Mortar or something like that. Plenty of pavers last forever with some sort of mix other than concrete (large aggregate). I guess there are different grades of everything. SLC is just kind of expensive, though it might work well with the dam thing I was talking about. I guess that would depend on the true level of the floor. Who knows, we haven't seen a post back...