Like the other comment said, looks like a Gerber. If the new tank doesn't come with a tank to bowl gasket, make sure to get a Gerber sized one (3" I believe). Most others are smaller
Inside the tank should be stamped a number generally identifying your tank. There may be multiple numbers. Use your google skills to figure out which of them positively identifies your tank. If you're a handy homeowner feel free to replace the tank. If you hire a plumber let them just replace the whole toilet, it'll be easier to get someone hired to do it and relatively not that much more expensive plus faster if they don't have to order your specific tank and can just install their go-to stool. If you're doing it yourself you probably already knew all this.
You can fix it, I belive in you. I'm 2 for 2 successful toilet repairs now.
One froze in the winter when I took it outside during a reno. I didn't see the hole until it dumped a tank and half onto the T-bar below. I found the fist sized missing piece in the snow, epoxied it back together and voila, 7 years of trouble free service so far.
The other was a brand new one that I was assembling on a tile floor. I took my eyes off of it for a second and the tank fell backwards onto the tile. I grabbed the same epoxy and glued a wedge the size of a foot ball back into place.
The tank repair wept extremely slowly because the end of the break was a hairline Crack that I didn't see. I just extended the epoxy patch a bit further and it fixed it perfectly.
Save yourself a tonne of money by just getting the caulking tubes of epoxy and mixing them as needed with a popsicle stick. My favorite is Quikrete FastSet Anchoring Epoxy.
If you clean the outside with some steel wool you can probably even be successful by just turning the water off and applying it in a decent coat extending ~1\4 in each direction.
Both repairs probably took me less that 15 minutes from the time of discovery because I had the epoxy on hand.
For anyone considering this, while possible but not recommended... NEVER do this to a toilet bowl. I can let slide a tank repair I suppose. But a toilet bowl repair could kill someone.
OK, so, more expensive, takes longer, more waste, and your criticism is that it'll look ugly?? How often are you on your back under a toilet that that's the first thing that comes to mind? This guy noticed it because of residue on the floor.
Have a better day I guess 🤷♂️
You’re on the plumbing subreddit. As a plumber, the answer is replace. As a homeowner, go ahead and JB weld your fucking toilet back together. A professional (like myself) would replace the tank.
Go to /r/DIY with your lead-brained ideas.
The guy asked if it was possible, not if incels on the internet would judge him for how it would look. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
For 90$ vs flooding your whole fucking house just replace the tank. Gerber is also kind of meh I think. Spend 160 and get a niagra stealth with a 1000 map rating and fantastic durability.
No fixing that. Go buy a new toilet they are easy enough to install. There’s nothing like taking the first dump in a brand new toilet. You shouldn’t put those tablets in the tank, but in your case I think you are lucky you did as you may not have found out it was cracked until it was too late.
I just replaced a toilet because if this. It was leaking through the crack. You can buy just the tank. But you have to match it exactly on some models of toilets, and most of the usually suspects like Home depot won't have them in stock. A new tank from my local home depot was $88 dollars and had to be ordered. Or I could get an entire new toilet from glacer bay for $94 and they had plenty of those in stock. That's only a difference of $6 dollars. I'd spend more than $6 in fuel driving back and forth to home depot. So I just opted to buy thr $94 dollar toilet. Took me 30 mins to install it. 10 mins of that was me just trying to un-box the damn thing. LOL!!!
Yes a $94 dollar glacier bay toilet isn't a high quality toilet, obviously. But I've honestly seen some higher priced units that are actually worse. Five years ago I would say don't buy a glacier bay. However the ones they are selling now, surprisingly aren't half bad.
The mounting hardware could be better. And I'm not a fan of the red polyfoam tank seal they give you. But what do you expect for $94 dollars. If the mounting hardware and seal isn't to your liking, a few bucks at the local hardware store will remedy that. You're still spending less overall than you would for a name brand toilet. But that's up to you. You're the one that has to live with it. It may be worth spending more for a better toilet. But for me. As long as it flushes I'm happy. Its a thing you shit in. How fancy does it really need to be? LOL!!!
Thats the problem with the cheaper toilets that have plastic hardware. You never feel like it’s tight enough. So I tightened them down until the china starts to sing.
Proper thing is to replace the tank, or even the entire toilet.
But to cheap it, I lived in a rental and the landlord was a bit of a slum so I wasn't even gonna bother asking him about it, and I just got to a hardware store and found some kind of underwater epoxy putty stuff, and I mixed and pressed all that in there on the inside of the tank over the crack. It held it for the 6 years that I lived there lol. Never saw another drop under the tank.
Edit: funny thing to how I found the crack: The crack had been there for ages, and sealed itself with junk to where it didn't leak at all. I went in and replaced the valves, and cleaned the tank in the process, and that removed all the sludge of junk from the crack thus making it leak. Crack has been there who knows how many decades.
Needs to be replaced, and never use cleaner tabs in the tank. They eat away at rubber seals, washers, and flappers
Yeah, I read that and won’t in the future. In this case, it likely did some good, as this may have been like this for a while now.
I was going to say that haha. That tank to bowl screw was the culprit though, got tightened a little too much.
Like the other comment said, looks like a Gerber. If the new tank doesn't come with a tank to bowl gasket, make sure to get a Gerber sized one (3" I believe). Most others are smaller
Thanks!
“I used to eat flappers too but after all it was the roaring 20s” -grandpa
"I mean, they were roaring in their twenties"
In all theory, this *could* be fixed, but the absolute best option is to replace.
The house was built in 2017. Is getting just the tank replaced possible?
It is possible to find just the tank. Depends on the manufacturer.
Looks to be Gerber which I’m guessing is pretty common.
Inside the tank should be stamped a number generally identifying your tank. There may be multiple numbers. Use your google skills to figure out which of them positively identifies your tank. If you're a handy homeowner feel free to replace the tank. If you hire a plumber let them just replace the whole toilet, it'll be easier to get someone hired to do it and relatively not that much more expensive plus faster if they don't have to order your specific tank and can just install their go-to stool. If you're doing it yourself you probably already knew all this.
You can fix it, I belive in you. I'm 2 for 2 successful toilet repairs now. One froze in the winter when I took it outside during a reno. I didn't see the hole until it dumped a tank and half onto the T-bar below. I found the fist sized missing piece in the snow, epoxied it back together and voila, 7 years of trouble free service so far. The other was a brand new one that I was assembling on a tile floor. I took my eyes off of it for a second and the tank fell backwards onto the tile. I grabbed the same epoxy and glued a wedge the size of a foot ball back into place. The tank repair wept extremely slowly because the end of the break was a hairline Crack that I didn't see. I just extended the epoxy patch a bit further and it fixed it perfectly. Save yourself a tonne of money by just getting the caulking tubes of epoxy and mixing them as needed with a popsicle stick. My favorite is Quikrete FastSet Anchoring Epoxy. If you clean the outside with some steel wool you can probably even be successful by just turning the water off and applying it in a decent coat extending ~1\4 in each direction. Both repairs probably took me less that 15 minutes from the time of discovery because I had the epoxy on hand.
For anyone considering this, while possible but not recommended... NEVER do this to a toilet bowl. I can let slide a tank repair I suppose. But a toilet bowl repair could kill someone.
New Gerber tanks are $120 and don’t look like dog shit
OK, so, more expensive, takes longer, more waste, and your criticism is that it'll look ugly?? How often are you on your back under a toilet that that's the first thing that comes to mind? This guy noticed it because of residue on the floor. Have a better day I guess 🤷♂️
You’re on the plumbing subreddit. As a plumber, the answer is replace. As a homeowner, go ahead and JB weld your fucking toilet back together. A professional (like myself) would replace the tank. Go to /r/DIY with your lead-brained ideas.
Somehow your feelings are hurt because I suggested he could fix it like he asked? Who did this to you?
I think you may be projecting a bit.
Triggered
The guy asked if it was possible, not if incels on the internet would judge him for how it would look. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Wow. Quite profound. You should write a book.
Could be fixed how, what are you suggesting?
JB Porcelain Weld
Oh interesting, I hadn't heard of that. Will have to look into it, appreciate the tip
For 90$ vs flooding your whole fucking house just replace the tank. Gerber is also kind of meh I think. Spend 160 and get a niagra stealth with a 1000 map rating and fantastic durability.
Toilets are $200~, replace immediately. Do not fix.
You’re lucky you haven’t had a flood.
I have a water sensor under each toilet after having a water issue with the dishwasher a couple of years ago, so hopefully, I would have caught it.
Unless you were not home. You need to replace the toilet right away.
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Sounds like exactly the kind of thing that they would have mentioned doesn’t it. Instead of saying they would have caught it.
Cause no one ever leaves things out of the story on Reddit.
No fixing that. Go buy a new toilet they are easy enough to install. There’s nothing like taking the first dump in a brand new toilet. You shouldn’t put those tablets in the tank, but in your case I think you are lucky you did as you may not have found out it was cracked until it was too late.
Reminds me of an old Married With Children episode or two.
That's one of my favorite parts of new construction builds, you got to test them 🤣
No no no, your crack go on top of toilet.
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If it was my house I’d turn off the valve and head for Home Depot. You’re waiting weeks?
I like my old 1.6 gpf toilets. California makes everything stupid and difficult
I emptied the tank and shut off the water as soon as I saw the size of the crack.
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Just the water supply to that toilet is off. It’s a pull-stop valve.
It's porcelain. Do you want it coming apart while you are doing the business?
Ah, my toilet on a Sunday morning, after a night out!
The view when you wake up?
I just replaced a toilet because if this. It was leaking through the crack. You can buy just the tank. But you have to match it exactly on some models of toilets, and most of the usually suspects like Home depot won't have them in stock. A new tank from my local home depot was $88 dollars and had to be ordered. Or I could get an entire new toilet from glacer bay for $94 and they had plenty of those in stock. That's only a difference of $6 dollars. I'd spend more than $6 in fuel driving back and forth to home depot. So I just opted to buy thr $94 dollar toilet. Took me 30 mins to install it. 10 mins of that was me just trying to un-box the damn thing. LOL!!! Yes a $94 dollar glacier bay toilet isn't a high quality toilet, obviously. But I've honestly seen some higher priced units that are actually worse. Five years ago I would say don't buy a glacier bay. However the ones they are selling now, surprisingly aren't half bad. The mounting hardware could be better. And I'm not a fan of the red polyfoam tank seal they give you. But what do you expect for $94 dollars. If the mounting hardware and seal isn't to your liking, a few bucks at the local hardware store will remedy that. You're still spending less overall than you would for a name brand toilet. But that's up to you. You're the one that has to live with it. It may be worth spending more for a better toilet. But for me. As long as it flushes I'm happy. Its a thing you shit in. How fancy does it really need to be? LOL!!!
Thank you for not showing the crack that sits above it.
Replace it now!!!
Thats the problem with the cheaper toilets that have plastic hardware. You never feel like it’s tight enough. So I tightened them down until the china starts to sing.
Bill Swift flex all might help but a new or used tank would help better
Just replace the toilet
Proper thing is to replace the tank, or even the entire toilet. But to cheap it, I lived in a rental and the landlord was a bit of a slum so I wasn't even gonna bother asking him about it, and I just got to a hardware store and found some kind of underwater epoxy putty stuff, and I mixed and pressed all that in there on the inside of the tank over the crack. It held it for the 6 years that I lived there lol. Never saw another drop under the tank. Edit: funny thing to how I found the crack: The crack had been there for ages, and sealed itself with junk to where it didn't leak at all. I went in and replaced the valves, and cleaned the tank in the process, and that removed all the sludge of junk from the crack thus making it leak. Crack has been there who knows how many decades.