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Dos
And Don'ts Of Home Plumbing - pg2
DO - Just clean
by hand.
DON'T - Hang
wire type odor tablet in toilet bowl.
DON'T - Put
a brick in your toilet tank to save water
DO - Adjust
water level.
DON'T - Use
the toilet bowl for a scrub tub.
DON'T - Leave
diapers soaking in bowl.
DON'T - Throw
disposable diapers in toilet.
DON'T - Keep
your waste basket in kitchen and bathroom under the sink. Keeps
bumping pipes and causing leaks.
DON'T - Throw
sanitary napkins into toilet.
DON'T - When
painting around the house, paint any of your copper water lines.
DON'T - Forget
to check your flu pipe from your hot water tank to the chimney
for leakage of fumes.
DON'T - Leave
your water valves rust shut. Put some oil on the stem and open
and close them a few times. If it leaks at the stem use a crescent
wrench and tighten bonnet nut at the handle. Spray a little oil
on the whole valve. Keeps from rusting.
Here are some
of the things I have removed years of home plumbing calls:
- Small bottles
yo-yo ' s
- tooth brushes
- toys of all
kinds
- wire odor
tablets
- cigarette
lighters
- golf balls
- lids and caps
- car keys
- hair curlers
- false teeth
- cream jars
- wallets
- combs
- knick-knacks
- pens and pencils
- DO - Keep
these items away from the toilet.
DON'T - Let
the children play in the bathroom with toys small enough to go
down your toilet trap.
DO - Get in
the habit of putting the back of the toilet seat down before
flushing.
But if you
haven't put into affect my DO's and DON'Ts, and you flush the
toilet and the water in the bowl starts coming up and not down,
quickly remove the tank lid, reach into the middle bottom of
tank and push the rubber ball or flapper back down over the outlet.
Then shut off the water supply.
Now if you
are sure you haven't let something like the above listed objects
fall into the toilet, you can usually use a plunger to open the
toilet. But if you are missing something from the toilet area
that could be in the bowl, you will have to use a toilet auger
to try and retrieve the object. If you can't remove it with the
auger, the toilet will have to be lifted.
DO - If you
have a water leak from below your bathroom directly below Your
bath tub shower, and it only leaks when YOU take a shower, here's
what to look for:
DO - Check
the entire tile wall on the inside area of the bath tub for cracks,
etc. To repair, use a tube of tub & tile caulking seal.
DO - Check
the wall, especially around the handles and the spout of the
faucet, seal all openings with caulking.
DO - Check
the inside edge of the shower door track.
DO - If the
water leak is below the toilet, first check the water pipe where
tank and bowl are connected together. If there is no sign of
water on the floor around the pipe, chances are your toilet needs
to be lifted and a new wax ring installed (refer to toilet installation).
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