Lately our toilet bowl has started being bit slimy (even regular cleaning and Clorox bleach toilet tabs in the tank is not helping) and there is black build up below the water, along with the water coming out of the tab feeling greasy/oily. I have checked with couple of neighbors and they do not seem to have the problem that we are having. Any idea what I am potentially facing here? I have someone coming to test the water for hardness tomorrow but anything else I should be explore?
Water and Plumbing Question
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Cole
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Check the tank? Maybe a rubber part of the float is disintegrating?
Karate Monkey
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You on muni or well?
Muni, that's the reason that I am concerned about it since neighbors do not seem to have the issue. About 2 years ago I replace my water heater with tankless and in March/April time frame the temp would fluctuate and the problem turned out to be a sticky rubber grommet, which seems to indicate the oily issues coming in from the main water. I am hoping it's not anything serious that would require 1000's of dollars to repair 🙁
There isn't much between the street and the toilet - PRV to get from street pressure to house pressure. (spring/rubber diaphragm)
a meter, shut off valve (or two) - <softener/filters> -> toilet
our vacation home would get the black stuff growing, it was humid, and the change in temp would condense the water on the bowl.
as it got older, it hung, rather than drained.
I'm feeling like the bowl may have gotten slightly etched - do you have a softener?
here is a weird one to try off the top of my head. shut off the water - flush to lower level, clean the crap out of everything, then rain-x the bowl.
keep the water from sticking to it - takes away the moisture supporting growth. just a hunch - a cheap experiment.
if you aren't seeing it in your sink/DW/ice maker etc - it probably isn't supply.
a meter, shut off valve (or two) - <softener/filters> -> toilet
our vacation home would get the black stuff growing, it was humid, and the change in temp would condense the water on the bowl.
as it got older, it hung, rather than drained.
I'm feeling like the bowl may have gotten slightly etched - do you have a softener?
here is a weird one to try off the top of my head. shut off the water - flush to lower level, clean the crap out of everything, then rain-x the bowl.
keep the water from sticking to it - takes away the moisture supporting growth. just a hunch - a cheap experiment.
if you aren't seeing it in your sink/DW/ice maker etc - it probably isn't supply.