Toilet leak repairA toilet leak can be anything, from water dripping onto the floor to water continually running through bowl or overflow pipe. I want to cover all the different areas to ensure you get to the bottom your problem. The first step is to decide what part of your toilet is leaking.
If your toilet leak is leading more to water dripping from your flush pipe then pour yourself a coffee, put your feet up and discover an easy solution. The leaking flush pipe This leak is a misery. It conjures up thoughts of soggy wet socks and wading through a swamp just to relieve yourself. Well today you can kiss those soggy socks goodbye. To start with, look under your toilet tank while you flush the toilet. You will see water dripping from the flushpipe where it enter the toilet or where it comes out of your toilet tank. Both joints will be remade to ensure success. Before we start, turn your water off to your toilet (there should be a shut off valve next to your tank)Now, flush to get rid of tank water. Right, let go. 1. Unscrew nut that connects flushpipe to toilet tank. 2. Pull flushpipe away from toilet pan. (this is a rubber compression joint and will pull away quite easily) If this joint looks like it is bolted on to toilet bowl, you will need to cut the metal retaining clips away with a hack saw. You will then replace it with a rubber join.
Dry the flush pipe connector and rubber grommet (by flush nut) Also dry inside the horn of toilet pan and inside cistern outlet.
Once you have thoroughly dried the joints, you need to apply silicone to both sides of rubber seal and grommett. 
Insert flushpipe into bottom of water tank and then other end into toilet pan. NB If the rubber grommett or rubber connector look too badly perished, you will need to replace with new. (Take the part to your plumbing wholesaler to ensure you get the correct replacement) In saying this, the silicone is very forgiving and will seal most old joints without leaking. Now tighten up toilet tank nut and wipe off excess silicone. Leave for 12 hours before testing.(This is where kind neighbours are really worth their weight in Gold:) Now turn the water back on, test, and breath a sigh of relief. Your done.
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