"Tom" wrote in message ...
I was in the living room when I heard a loud bang from the bathroom. There
was
a crack going from a bolt hole in the tank right up the side. Water was
spewing out the bottom. It was lucky that I was home.

After lots of reading, I've seen the following:

-you can seal it
-you shouldn't seal it, it will always have the danger of a leaking
disaster

-you can't use a modern tank as a replacement

-new toilets are apt to suffer from poor flushing and many models suffer
from
leaks -- unless I get some $500 Japanese model

I wish I could just replace or repair the tank, I'm not concerned about
looks
or anything. But it seems like replacing is the only option. The old
toilet is
maybe 1960s, 1970s? The house is 1950s.

So my question is: are there pitfalls awaiting in trying to put a new
toilet
where the old one had been? Will the bolts in the floor automatically
match
up? Will the old flange need replacing? Anything else? Thanks.

Measure from the wall, not the baseboard, to the flange bolts, the ones in
the floor. If it is 11-1/4" to 12-1/2" any modern toilet you buy should
work fine.

You may also be able to score a free used tank by cruising around the day
before trash pickup.

To fully understand what you ate getting into I suggest this article:
http://househomerepair.com/4-Replaci...-Part-One.html

Be glad to answer any follow-up questions you might have


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Colbyt
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