But if it occurs when nobody is there, then who flushes the toilet?

I was thinking maybe a leak in the pan which seeps out over time where some
water remains in the bottom and if its not flushed a give away would be that
this little pool in the pan is empty when the puddle appears. Sadly if that
is the cause they need a new pan.
May years ago this happened to us here, but the pan was extremely old and
if one looked carefully there was a crack in the neck part between the screw
down bit and the neck bit. I'm sure there are technical terms for this.


Apart from that are there any other sources of water around, like pipes
going up to taps etc that might have a seep and this place happens to be
allow point of the floor?
Brian

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Rednadnerb wrote:
My neighbour has a pool of water that mysteriously appears on her
bathroom floor at random times usually once or twice a week.
It appears on the floor in the 18" space between the toilet and the
bath and appears even when she is not in the flat.
I strongly suspect that it is coming over the top of the pan as I
have found the lip to be wet (she is in a 1st floor flat so is this
even likely?)
It has been going on for ages, I have brilliantly suggested a time
lapse camera but she won't have that in her bathroom. I have also
suggested putting one of those blue things in the cistern. Any other
ideas as to how to get to the bottom of the mystery pool of water?

Thanks

Brendan.

Tell her to squirt and keep squirting plenty of washing up liquid into the
pan every time she flushes the toilet.
If the lip of the pan and the floor is full of suds you have found the
cause.