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• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Advice: Don’t use boiling water for toilets. It’ll melt the wax seal at the base…

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  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I appreciate the advice, but the overwhelming success of that method speaks volumes.

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    • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s not just advice, that’s coming from experience. My dad did that for a while in the winter, to warm his toilet up. Yeah, after a couple months, the base of the toilet started leaking.

      I mean hey, you do you, but wax seals melt when exposed to hot water…

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You offered it as advice.

        I’ll do me.

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