I'm contractor for the last 17 years and this is the first time I have problems with the toilet tank installation , I bought four toilets, three of them had a leaking tank I thought that the place that had bolt did not have enough pressure and I put more pressure every five minutes but the toilets kept on leaking, I took the bolts out and I put plumbing putty in the top and the bottom and installed it again but it kept on leaking then i removed the putty and i put liquid teflon on the bolts and finally the leaking stoped. Edit your post: To insert a product link use the format: [[ASIN:ASIN product-title]] (What's this?) I'm contractor for the last 17 years and this is the first time I have problems with the toilet tank installation , I bought four toilets, three of them had a leaking tank I thought that the place that had bolt did not have enough pressure and I put more pressure every five minutes but the toilets kept on leaking, I took the bolts out and I put plumbing putty in the top and the bottom and installed it again but it kept on leaking then i removed the putty and i put liquid teflon on the bolts and finally the leaking stoped. Guidelines
Slow leak from tank into bowl - I have the same problem not sure of the model, but it is an older american standard been trying to fix this for a while - replaced Douglas valve and re-installed it 3 times - replaced all internal parts, including 2 new flappers the tank when removed from bowl WILL NOT leak, even when I manually apply pressure to it to simulate the weight it would experience when seated on the bowl. 3 master plumbers have no idea either - give up and replace the toilet is their only advice.
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I'm contractor for the last 17 years and this is the first time I have problems with the toilet tank installation , I bought four toilets, three of them had a leaking tank I thought that the place that had bolt did not have enough pressure and I put more pressure every five minutes but the toilets kept on leaking, I took the bolts out and I put plumbing putty in the top and the bottom and installed it again but it kept on leaking then i removed the putty and i put liquid teflon on the bolts and finally the leaking stoped. Edit your post: To insert a product link use the format: [[ASIN:ASIN product-title]] (What's this?) I'm contractor for the last 17 years and this is the first time I have problems with the toilet tank installation , I bought four toilets, three of them had a leaking tank I thought that the place that had bolt did not have enough pressure and I put more pressure every five minutes but the toilets kept on leaking, I took the bolts out and I put plumbing putty in the top and the bottom and installed it again but it kept on leaking then i removed the putty and i put liquid teflon on the bolts and finally the leaking stoped. Guidelines
Slow leak from tank into bowl - I have the same problem
not sure of the model, but it is an older american standard
been trying to fix this for a while - replaced Douglas valve and re-installed it 3 times - replaced all internal parts, including 2 new flappers
the tank when removed from bowl WILL NOT leak, even when I manually apply pressure to it to simulate the weight it would experience when seated on the bowl.
3 master plumbers have no idea either - give up and replace the toilet is their only advice.
If you get a fix - I'd like to now.
totally baffled !