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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:29:18 -0800
From: Richard Childers <fscked@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: 137 12th St, 4A: Toilet Doesn't Flush, Leaking At Bottom
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Gentlemen, ladies,

Adding to my litany of complaints about 137 12th Street, I would like to 
point out the toilet.

PPM already knows that the toilet doesn't flush properly. I say this 
because Paul, the maintenance person, was already aware of the problem, 
when I spoke to him about a dripping tub faucet.

I think the toilet doesn't flush properly because it is not properly 
aligned with the sewer - although it is also possible that the sewer has 
its own problems, including a high water table, after rains.


However, it gets interesting when one looks more closely at the base of 
the toilet.

It appears as if there is a slow trickle of water from the base of the 
toilet, near the front.

That slow trickle of water slowly fills a cavity in the floor, that is 
immediately outside of the tub.

Lacking evidence to the contrary I would say that the wooden floor is 
decaying in that spot, from the water damage, and has settled.

As a result of the floor settling, the bottom of the toilet appears to 
be level ... and the floor appears to be at a slight angle - diverging, 
slightly, from the angle of the toilet's base.

As a result of that small divergence, the seal between the base of the 
toilet, and the sewer, no longer appears to be 100% reliable.

I'm looking around for a bubble level to illustrate the settling floor 
with, for the camera ... but there will be a delay, while I look for it.


Between the dripping bath tub and the dysfunctional toilet, I've seen my 
water bill go up $20 a month in the past two months.


Regards,

~richard