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Just a heads-up for future readers: The First picture was showing the gap between the tank and the bowl after the kit repair and BEFORE I continued to tighten the tank bolts while holding the nuts, underneath at the back of the bowl. The second picture shows the water on the floor an hour after...

Thanks for your reply, havasu. After posting, I took the toilet off again. This time I used the green rubber no wax seal and haven't had another leak. This type of seal allows for adjustments without messing up any seal (when using a wax seal). It leaked over the first night without any...

Although it appears that pros don't like shark bite products, I've used them twice and had no issues.

It's been a while since I visited so, Hi, all. I have a 23 year old Peerless (my guess is a builder grade) Toilet. After discovering water on the floor-more than I had when I first discovered the leak, I first replaced the old wax seal with another, new, regular thickness wax seal. (The...

I started to leave an agreement to the water leak problem and realized how old the post was. No option to discard a reply, once Started.

Thanks. I found a slightly higher capacity unit and found a retired plumber to do the install. I ordered an A.O.Smith SMIGPVT50, this morning since my current one is a power vent unit. With some slight mod.s, I feel I will be pleased. Thanks for your input, Jeff! 954+130shipping from NY to...

MY A.O.Smith FPS40, a NG Power Vented Unit is now leaking profusely out of the bottom of the tank, a trail of trickling HOT water escapes the lower shroud near the front pilot access door and trails down to the concrete floor beneath the metal seat on which the whole unit sits. I can't...

First of all, thanks for the replies. (Everytime I think that this unit is about to give up the ghost, it seems to revive itself which of course I realize is not probable.) The main issue at the moment is that the temperature control dial on the outside of the unit is all of the way up. It...

Thanks for the reply. I will agree that 23 years is probably getting all of the value out a builder's grade A.O.Smith. I have a hard time accepting that the life expectancy of a new power vented gas hot water heater is only 6 years, especially in light of the cost of that type of heater and...

I own a home that has an AO Smith 40 Power Vented Tank Heater with a 11/1993 inspection tag on it. We moved in in 2004. I've done some minor things like replace the PRV and flushed it three times. Over the years, I have had to turn the Temp Control Valve on the front control panel up to the...

IMO, the "shortage of water" MEME is propaganda initiated by water companies so that can get the local government to rubber stamp their rate increases. Nothing more. Nothing less.