Mold at water level in toilet
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Pam Winton on Jan 03, 2014Have similar problem. Doesn't grow that quickly so I'm interested in your replies.Helpful Reply
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RayRay on Jan 03, 2014Could you possibly have mold spoils in the water or air? If the water is in use during the day and not stagnate then something more serious might be going on. Be sure to use bleach. Could this maybe instead be some sort of sediment from the minerals in the water instead of mold?Helpful Reply
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Marcia Crill on Jan 03, 2014That would really make me question your water supply. Kinda scary. But yes, use bleach, (love that stuff). I would check in the back of your tank too, They have the little disks that you can drop into the back to help keep it clean.Helpful Reply
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Susie Mecum on Jan 03, 2014I would say use bleach. Don`t let it sit too long in your tank. After a bit flush it a few times.Helpful Reply
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Dee on Jan 03, 2014Clorex outdooors will do wonders. You can buy it in Home Depot or Lowes.Helpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Jan 03, 2014hang in there....someone will know!Helpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Jan 03, 2014Have 2 other bathrooms, one with out window ( downstairs hallway ) no problem....in any of them, and one is directly behind this one ( with wall between ) no, it is not in use during the day. It is a spare bedroom that I have been working on....unless I use it, but definitely no use in the evening. Koehler.toilet ..same as two others. One in hall bathroom is Gerber. It is mold. Not minerals or I would be fighting that issue everywhere. Highlander, I can not use bleach (lung issues n not spray can products either) I was told that bleach bleaches mold, vinegar kills mold not bleach.Helpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Jan 03, 2014yes cleaned all over...plumber told me not to use disks they rot out the toilet bolts, which makes sence in one bath where we had to replace the toilet this one is only 2 years oldHelpful Reply
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Randi Reiter on Jan 03, 2014Liquid bleach.Helpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Jan 03, 2014Ta da. Found it....on the toilet tank lid!! All I can say is YUK I handled that ! Mold .... Lots. used vinegar on it and no believe this ? .? There are TWO holes in the tank lid they got flushed with vinegar GREAT place for mold to grow..... Tomorrow will tell! Keep up all postedHelpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Jan 03, 2014thanks...will see what tomorrow brings...I found it growing under the tank lid....it was yukHelpful Reply
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Moxie on Jan 03, 2014do you have city water or a well? Do you use a water softener?Helpful Reply
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Melissa Gutilla on Jan 03, 2014it grows in my one bathroom also. It is used a couple timers a day. I dump bleach, white vinegar which ever is closer at the time. I have no idea why it is there either! Never happens in my other to bathroom!Helpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Jan 04, 2014we had mold specialist come....on mold in basement. I was told about bleach from them. They said white vinegar n hydrogen peroxide equal parts killed mold.Helpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Jan 04, 2014town water. No softener. Live in Lockport NY have had water tested, nothingHelpful Reply
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Kathie on Jan 04, 2014Do nt not use each if you have a septic tankHelpful Reply
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Moxie on Jan 04, 2014I would then demise that the culprit is in the water only to that toilet or the air. Obviously as you have noted, there is something different in this bathroom from the other. Check to see (may not be easy to figure out) if there is a vent line coming off the sanitary line to this toilet...maybe something is in it. Same for the sanitary and water lines that spur off to this toilet...there is something different in the utilities to this toilet. Water in ok, water out growing mold. I know that is not an answer per say but since it keeps re-occurring, there must be a source.Helpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Jan 04, 2014good idea But know it is vented Plumber due here next week Will ask him ThanksHelpful Reply
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Kathy S on Jan 04, 2014Try not keeping the lid down and see if that helps.Helpful Reply
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Debi Harper on Jan 04, 2014There is a Lysol bathroom cleaning spray I buy at the Dollar Tree, it works wonders for our bathroom and kitchen at the vacation home beside lake.Helpful Reply
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Sherrie on Jan 04, 2014Keeping the lid down will create mold, I would whether clean the toilet more often then to see a lid left up. Mold needs a warm, moist place to grow.Helpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Jan 05, 2014two days and holding....all gone. Why would anyone put holes in the tank lid of a toilet ? I have always felt the overflows in sinks were a dirty place, and clean them regularly but now the tank lid as well!Helpful Reply
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Doris Kendrick Culverhouse on Jun 25, 2015What worked for you??Helpful Reply
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Barb on Aug 08, 2015Zep has a good cleaner you might try. Also mixing one part hydrogen peroxide and two parts blue dawn dish washing liquid cleans everything beautifully. Hope one of these helps.Help answer this question...Helpful Reply
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Carolyn V on Sep 23, 2015if it is a white stool; I would add some bleach; bleach kills moldHelpful Reply
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Susan Cryor on Sep 23, 2015The mold was generating in the lid of the tank cover. There are holes in that White vinegar kills mold I filled the tank lid with it key it soak and it's been two years NO problemHelpful Reply
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