Magilla Gorilla wrote:One of you wise Sumpizens may know the answer to a problem that has been vexing me.
The tanks on my toilets (not the bowl) get smelly and have some kind of mold growing in them.
I dump bleach in there and scrub, but still the dark stains remain and the odor comes right back.
How do I get rid of the mold and smell in the toilet tanks?
Thanks!
tangirl wrote:If you do go with a hang on toilet cleaner thing, just don't use to puck that sits there. They get lodged in the toilet and clog it.
wings wrote:tangirl wrote:If you do go with a hang on toilet cleaner thing, just don't use to puck that sits there. They get lodged in the toilet and clog it.
That, and they deteriorate the rubber gasket thingy inside your tank too.
Snailman wrote:Magilla Gorilla wrote:One of you wise Sumpizens may know the answer to a problem that has been vexing me.
The tanks on my toilets (not the bowl) get smelly and have some kind of mold growing in them.
I dump bleach in there and scrub, but still the dark stains remain and the odor comes right back.
How do I get rid of the mold and smell in the toilet tanks?
Thanks!
What kind of water do you have in your house? City/Spring/Well?
Anemone of the State wrote:Take it apart, clean it with bleach, replace the rubber stuff (or keep it away from the bleach), and put it back together.
Bierboy wrote:Anemone of the State wrote:Take it apart, clean it with bleach, replace the rubber stuff (or keep it away from the bleach), and put it back together.
This. Replace all of the rubber. It's cheap. Rubber will pick up odors. Besides you are going to have to do it eventually anyhow.
budhaboy wrote:sounds like you've got a bunch of phosphate in your water supply - you'll need to put a prefilter in the line to the tank - either that or the ceramic the tank is made of has contaminants that are leaching out
still have your reef test kits? test the water.
Magilla Gorilla wrote:Bierboy wrote:Anemone of the State wrote:Take it apart, clean it with bleach, replace the rubber stuff (or keep it away from the bleach), and put it back together.
This. Replace all of the rubber. It's cheap. Rubber will pick up odors. Besides you are going to have to do it eventually anyhow.
Yeah, but I was hoping for an easy solution.
I'll try the 2000 flushes stuff.
tangirl wrote:Replacing the rubber is a very easy solution.
But you've got something screwy going on in there - I've never seen that happen before.
Magilla Gorilla wrote:Replacing the gasgets and stuff doesn't sound "very easy" at all. Sounds like a PITA.
tangirl wrote:Did you dump bleach in and let it sit for a bit?
That 2000 flushes thing will make dry up the rubber, then you'll be replacing it all anyway. My toilet would run randomly for no reason so I replaced the flapper and that fixed it. But when I replaced it, it looked terrible.
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