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    Jul 1, 2009, 06:51 PM
    Lead bend
    I'm almost 100% sure my toilet is leaking. Because, directly underneath it is our kitchen and where the toilet sits, on the kitchen ceiling I'm seeing moisture starting to form on the ceiling.

    So to make a long story short, took off the whole toilet, and I'm down to the 4' lead bend sticking up through the hole for the toilet. I heard it's close to impossible to refit almost any type of material to the lead bend and that I'll have to cut off the old bell on the stack and refit the whole bend into pvc.

    Is there any other way to avoid this without building a platform under the toilet?


    Thanks again
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    Jul 1, 2009, 07:01 PM

    Can you snap a photo of it and post it ? Thank you
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    Jul 1, 2009, 07:07 PM
    I was quoated a price of 225 to replace that all out, is it worth it?
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    Jul 1, 2009, 07:10 PM
    $225.00... sounds like a deal to me... ;) No worries plus a one year warranty!

    Go for it!


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    Jul 1, 2009, 07:21 PM
    Awesome, I'll just have that person do it for me and save me the headache.

    Thanks for the info!!
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