Mike (remove XX's to reply) wrote:
My downstairs bathroom sits over a utility room in the basement, and
you
can see the pipes that go to and from the toilet in that room. A few

months ago, I noticed water on the floor and thought I had a leak.
So,
I had my roommate go to the bathroom and flush. Here's what
happened:

Toilet flush.... everything OK
Tank starts filling.... starts leaking into the utiltiy room like
crazy
Tank completes filling.... leaking totally stops

I found it strange that the leak only occurred when the toiled tank
was
filling. Once it was full all leaking stopped. Since it did not
leak
during the flush, I assume that the water was clean. It seemed
strange
and didn't know how to diagnose it.

Any ideas?

It gets even more complicated:

So, I made that bathroom off limits until I could find a plumber
(which
I never did), but my roommate accidentally flushed the toliet there
today. Since I was downstairs, I ran to check out the leaking.
Well,
guess what? No more leak. Now I'm really confused, and how am I
going
to ask a plumber to fix a leak that no longer exists?

I am asusuming that the leak stop is only temporary, either that or
the
plumbing gods have smiled on me. Any thoughts, ideas, or opinions
are
greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Mike

Since you can see everything... What is the starting point for the
water?

TB