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gilby | 19:08 Sun 21st Jan 2007 | Home & Garden
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The back of my loo is always wet through and it drips onto the floor. Every day i dry it off but the floor and the wall behind is starting to get mouldy. I am getting a bit fed up of cleaning and drying it all the time... is there anything i can do to stop it? I always open my window when i have a shower or bath to let the steam out.

Any help would be great theanks
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yes open the window a crack to help steam/condensation out. consider an extractor fan if viable. (12 volt with transformer type not mains power direct.)
with regards the loo, if it's not a 'poor aim' problem it may be the cistern filling with cold water causes condensation to form on said cistern and that's what is dripping down.
flushing less often (water saving ) may help a bit.
i am assuming it's not down to a leak at the joint of the loo and cistern or the loo exit/waste pipe.check by drying it thoughly, then flushing and use a tissue to see if any wetness has suddenly appeared.
I had this problem in my downstairs toilet and it was indeed the heat from a small radiator cusing condensation to run off the cistern and down onto the floor .All I done was turned off the radiator and it solved the problem. In your case you probably can't turn the rad off as it would be a bit chilly at bath time, so fit a thermostatically control knob to you bathroom radiator and turn the setting down low.
I would have a close look at the back of the loo- generally speaking the pipe from the cistern enters the loo towards the top. Depending on what age yours is....... if you have plastic piping you will find that there is a seal of some description. very often that seal leaks- and you will only see it happeing during a flush- the water dribbles down around the large outlet pipe and onto the floor. You may have an internal or external flush pipe fitting- ie the pipe pushes inot a hole or pushes over an outlet- no matter which you can buy a replacement seal from Homebase, B&Q and the like for a couple of quid.
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Thankyou everyone....... and no its not a poor aim thing!!!!!!

it is condensation on the cistern, not a leak, i have had a good look. I guess the only thig to do would be to turn the radiater down but with the room being tiled floor to ceiling it will be cold. eek
You could also feed the cistern from a tank in the loft, that could be jacketed thus the water would be that little bit warmer. This is also handy when the water is turned off as you have a reserve in the tank. This saves freezing the goolies off when you have a bath/pee etc!!

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