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Toilet tank condensation
Always have had a problem here in central Illinois with condesation on the
toilet tank. Best guess, the water coming into the tank is in the low 50's and the condensation can be waful when the windows are open and the humidity is up. Short of adding a holding tank in the basement to warm the water to room tempature is there anything I can do? Then only thing I can think of doing is to hook up the toilet to the hot water pipe. Any other suggestions? |
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Toilet tank condensation
The standard answer is to mix a little hot water with the cold. I
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"mgarvie" wrote in message m... Always have had a problem here in central Illinois with condesation on the toilet tank. Best guess, the water coming into the tank is in the low 50's and the condensation can be waful when the windows are open and the humidity is up. Short of adding a holding tank in the basement to warm the water to room tempature is there anything I can do? Then only thing I can think of doing is to hook up the toilet to the hot water pipe. Any other suggestions? Warm the water, reduce the humidity in the bathroom, or insulate the tank. You can get internal insulation but the simplest thing is a simple heavy fabric cover. Don Young |
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mgarvie wrote:
Always have had a problem here in central Illinois with condesation on the toilet tank. Best guess, the water coming into the tank is in the low 50's and the condensation can be waful when the windows are open and the humidity is up. Short of adding a holding tank in the basement to warm the water to room tempature is there anything I can do? Then only thing I can think of doing is to hook up the toilet to the hot water pipe. Any other suggestions? Make sure the toilet is shutting off completely after flushing. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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Toilet tank condensation
In article , "mgarvie" wrote:
Always have had a problem here in central Illinois with condesation on the toilet tank. Best guess, the water coming into the tank is in the low 50's and the condensation can be waful when the windows are open and the humidity is up. Short of adding a holding tank in the basement to warm the water to room tempature is there anything I can do? Then only thing I can think of doing is to hook up the toilet to the hot water pipe. Any other suggestions? Insulate the tank to prevent the sweating. Various kits are available for this purpose. e.g.: http://www.plumbingstore.com/sweatstopper.html I've never had to use one myself but others have reported some good results. -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". | | Gary Player. | | http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Toilet tank condensation
"professorpaul" wrote:
The standard answer is to mix a little hot water with the cold. I believe there is some sort of mixer system for this. Except that unless you have a recirculating hot water system, the amount of warm water (full or partial) that will go into the toilet tank is not likely to be enough to do any good. |
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:48:10 -0500, "mgarvie"
wrote: Always have had a problem here in central Illinois with condesation on the toilet tank. Best guess, the water coming into the tank is in the low 50's and the condensation can be waful when the windows are open and the humidity is up. Short of adding a holding tank in the basement to warm the water to room tempature is there anything I can do? Then only thing I can think of doing is to hook up the toilet to the hot water pipe. Any other suggestions? I've used a toilet tank cozzy to help. It's like a bathroom rug wrapped around the tank. tom @ www.FreelancingProjects.com |
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