Risk of mold after toilet ooze? I had a plumber come to my house to fix two toilets...
I had a plumber come to my house to fix two toilets ( attach it properly to the floor). 6 hours after he gone we noticed hose down on the bathroom floor. I turned out that the overflow piece that is supposed to be lower than the switch to flush the toilet was highly developed and the water started espaping through the slit for the handle. Today we notice 2 wet stains on the garage ceiling ( bathroom is over the garage). One stain be about 10-12 inches contained by diameter.
I have a couple of question:
1. What should I do about the stains? Is it ample just to dry the surface of the ceiling ( the toilet is not leak anymore)? What about any moisture trapped between the bathroom floor and the garage ceiling? Is within a risk of mold growing in that nouns? Do I need to remove a piece of the ceiling and dry the space between the floor and the ceiling?
2. Should I ask for my money fund from the plumber? He said the problem existed before he come but in that shield how come it never leaked past?
Answers: What is the garage ceiling made of , drywall? The paper approval on drywall is a good growth environment.
It sounds like you dried it out to some extent quickly, so it may not become an issue. Additionally how much time do you spend contained by the garage and is the bathroom well ventilate generally? If the answer is little and more or less well, likelihood are its nothing to be overly concerned in the order of yet.
One caveat if you do enjoy mold growth it is likely to be surrounded by the ceiling cavity, so you are unlikely to notice it for a apposite while.
With that said again its probably not worth worrying too heavily, the worry and stress may in fact impact your health than a smallish amount of mold.
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Any plumber that would install any toilet and leave your job without checking that it be operating properly shouldn't be in the business. Regardless of the stage of the overflow tube in the reservoir, the water horizontal should have be set correctly and should not reach the top of the overflow tube unless the overrun valve is broken. If it be my home, I'd remove a piece of the ceiling to allow it to dry, where the hose seeped through from the floor above, and I'd any insist on payment for the repairs for a available job sloppily done, or sue the plumber if he doesn't comply.