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Default Toilet leaking from flush pipe

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:25:42 -0800, dog-man wrote:

My toilet was leaking slightly from where the flush pipe goes into it
whenever we flushed the toilet.

I renewed the plastic bung that the pipe goes through and also the
pipe as it looked a little short to me.

It is still leaking!

There is only the pipe going through the plastic bung that fits into
the hole at the rear of the toilet. No washer or seal of any kind.

Should there be something else there to stop the leak?


No, if the surfaces are clean and the flush pipe goes into the bung far
enough (and straight) it should seal OK, though sometimes the hole in
the pan is uneven and can cause problems sealing. Plumber's Mait is the
traditional stuff for dealing with problems like this, and silicone is the
bodger's favourite :-|. If I'm in bodger mode I use Toolstation's stixall
which is like silicone but sticks to wet surfaces too. I think it's a
"Sticks Like Sh*t" knock-off.

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