Baths and Laundry Rooms: Stopping condensation??

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Author Content threegardeners North Augusta, ON (Zone 5a) October 26, 2007 9:06 PM Post #4127377 Is there any way to stop a toilet tank from dripping water all over the floor? I've thought of even making it a diaper, but it wouldn't be very attractive :( There has to be something out there...maybe a drip pan of some kind? Anything... claypa West Pottsgrove, PA (Zone 6b) October 26, 2007 9:29 PM Post #4127459 I've seen houses that had a valve to mix hot water in with the cold supply for the toilet. It was only used for a few weeks in the summer, though. Expensive! You can get a kit of styrofoam insulation panels that fit inside the tank. It works okay, but it won't stop all of the the dripping. Maybe you could plumb an old hot water heater tank as a supply for the toilet tank that condenses. You wouldn't need to turn it on, just let the water come up to room temperature. It would still require some plumbing though. You might be able to install heat tape on the cold pipe to that toilet, and just turn it on when it's condensing. Is this just a seasonal problem? It used to happen where I lived in Maine but only for a few weeks in summer. Do you have really cold well water? And a nice warm house, I hope. threegardeners North Augusta, ON (Zone 5a) October 26, 2007 9:57 PM Post #4127528 Yes, icy cold well water, and the furnace has been running...I was kinda hoping by now somebody had designed a nice absorbent wrap or something... red_princess_71 Lilesville, NC (Zone 7b) November 2, 2007 7:58 PM Post #4151876 Three, I have the same problem with the dripping water...I have not come up with an idea on how to make an attractive "diaper" for the toilet...but when and if i do, I will pass on the information. I to have very cold well water and i love the water but the dripping has to go. Char threegardeners North Augusta, ON (Zone 5a) November 2, 2007 8:00 PM Post #4151886 yep--it has to go---and soon---let me know when you come up with something. ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) November 2, 2007 10:03 PM Post #4152299 You could always try running a dehumidifier in the bathroom if you've got room--the reason the condensation forms is because there's a lot of moisture in the air and the dehumidifier could help with that. threegardeners North Augusta, ON (Zone 5a) November 3, 2007 8:48 AM Post #4153117 It's not that kind of condensation--it's the toilet tank "sweating" on account of the super cold water coming in it from the well. ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) November 3, 2007 11:27 AM Post #4153605 Actually it is that kind of condensation. The toilet tank is very cold and that causes moisture from your air to condense onto the toilet tank. If you get rid of the moisture in the air, there won't be anything to condense anymore. The trouble is when you have a very cold surface like that, it doesn't take a lot of moisture in the air to cause the condensation, so even if you have fairly low humidity in there you could still see some condensation. In a bathroom with warmer water in the toilet tank the humidity in the room would have to be a lot higher before you'd see the sweat, that why in a normal situation you don't notice condensation unless you've just taken a shower and the humidity is really high. jeri11 Central, LA (Zone 8b) November 29, 2007 11:25 PM Post #4245382 At our camp on the river I had alot of humidity problems and I bought a bucket of something called Damp-Rid or Rid-Damp and it obsorbed alot of the moisture. I imagine it should work in this instance and doesn't require a plug. Jeri

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