"Coleah" wrote in message
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From: Big Bubba ]
Posted At: Monday, October 27, 2008 2:07 PM
Posted To: alt.home.repair
Conversation: Toilet Worms
Subject: Toilet Worms

I've got a toilet that leaks at the base of the toilet. I know I need
to
install a new wax ring. No problem there.

My issue is that when it leaks, out come these little worms (nasty, I
know.)
After I remove the toilet how can I get rid of these creatures?

TIA.
BR
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Here's something that has always puzzled me. It was in the late
70's/early 80's in an old house (supposed to be hooked to city water and
sewer). The bathtub backed up with raw sewage. Then some months later
the owner reported that there were snakes inside the toilet tank. I
passed the story off as owner's daughter reporting it was known to 'tell
tales'.

However, when the house was sold the new owner experienced the same
thing...snakes in the toilet tank. Supposedly the water in the tank was
clear and clean, but no one could figure out how the snakes were getting
in there. The water bill didn't indicate excess as in a broken pipe,
perhaps.

When I saw this post about 'worms', I thought perhaps that might have
been the answer...however they were not small little worms....they were
big and described as snakes. The newspaper even ran an article about
the house.

Anyone ever hear of something like this?


Sounds bogus to me. How would anything the size of a "snake" fit through the
fill pipe/hose?