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Nick_Davison
I live in a maisonette that has a downstairs WC and an upstairs bathroom.
On Sunday the porcelain cistern cracked when I was using the upstairs toilet, I put this down to me being 14 stone and quickly shut off the ball valve then popped to B&Q and bought and fitted a brand new toilet.
(I could not find a replacement cistern for the existing bowls bolt pattern.) I did notice that when I fitted the new toilet the floor was uneven, and dropped off a bit at the front of the footprint, so I made sure the new base was supported with some plastic shims where it needed them, thinking I had found the cause of the breakage....
But then....
About a hour ago, I was sat at my computer in the kitchen, and I heard a crack followed by the trickle of water. My initial thought was that this must have been the upstairs toilet again, and that maybe I had overtightened the cistern screws when I installed it, but this was not the case. In fact the trickling noise was coming from the downstairs WC and the cistern had cracked in pretty much the same place as the other one did. (Right along the rear right corner, top to bottom.) I am at a loss as to what could cause two cisterns to crack within two days of each other, I read online that it could be the building settling, but I live in a church conversion that must be over 300 years old, so I think that any "settling" the building had to do has long since been done. Could it be the hot weather?
It looks like I will have to go back to B&Q and pick up another toilet, but this is getting expensive...
The place is actually rented, but as a tenant I feel have a responsibility to maintain the property with regards to breakages like this that occur whilst the property is in my care.
It's a good thing too, because if I had not fixed the upstairs toilet I would now have no working toilet, and it would probably take the letting agency a few weeks to get someone round. Also I have no idea how the letting agency would react if I told them that two toilets had broken within two days, they would probably think I had been mistreating the property.
Can anyone shine any light on what could have caused this?
On Sunday the porcelain cistern cracked when I was using the upstairs toilet, I put this down to me being 14 stone and quickly shut off the ball valve then popped to B&Q and bought and fitted a brand new toilet.
(I could not find a replacement cistern for the existing bowls bolt pattern.) I did notice that when I fitted the new toilet the floor was uneven, and dropped off a bit at the front of the footprint, so I made sure the new base was supported with some plastic shims where it needed them, thinking I had found the cause of the breakage....
But then....
About a hour ago, I was sat at my computer in the kitchen, and I heard a crack followed by the trickle of water. My initial thought was that this must have been the upstairs toilet again, and that maybe I had overtightened the cistern screws when I installed it, but this was not the case. In fact the trickling noise was coming from the downstairs WC and the cistern had cracked in pretty much the same place as the other one did. (Right along the rear right corner, top to bottom.) I am at a loss as to what could cause two cisterns to crack within two days of each other, I read online that it could be the building settling, but I live in a church conversion that must be over 300 years old, so I think that any "settling" the building had to do has long since been done. Could it be the hot weather?
It looks like I will have to go back to B&Q and pick up another toilet, but this is getting expensive...
The place is actually rented, but as a tenant I feel have a responsibility to maintain the property with regards to breakages like this that occur whilst the property is in my care.
It's a good thing too, because if I had not fixed the upstairs toilet I would now have no working toilet, and it would probably take the letting agency a few weeks to get someone round. Also I have no idea how the letting agency would react if I told them that two toilets had broken within two days, they would probably think I had been mistreating the property.
Can anyone shine any light on what could have caused this?