Old Toilet

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Old toilet in Basement with an elevated wooden tank.
Was not able to test as the water utility is off.

[Bob Elliott]

Originally Posted by jhagarty

Old toilet in Basement with an elevated wooden tank.
Was not able to test as the water utility is off.

Run into them sometimes and never working.
I would say the foundation is more of an issue unless that water spilled out of the tank.

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Yes,
Basement is wet (Home between 95 and 105 years old)
Older stone foundation (18 - 24 inches).
Somewhat visible in the photo are horizontal void areas. At some point, the walls were pointed with mortar and wood pieces used as filler in the void spaces.
Termite activity removed the wood leaving the 1 inch horizontal voids in the wall.

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Easiest way to increase flushing pressure if you don't get enough fiber!!!

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by jhagarty

Old toilet in Basement with an elevated wooden tank.
Was not able to test as the water utility is off.

Only 95-105 years old?? May be older....


That must have been the first upgrade to that house.....even before electricity!!!

[Charley L. Bottger]

I inspected a historical home a few years back that two teak wood commode tanks in use fully updated with modern float valves freaked me out, the lids were even wood

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by cbottger

I inspected a historical home a few years back that two teak wood commode tanks in use fully updated with modern float valves freaked me out, the lids were even wood

Did they have the tin or copper liners, or just the wood?

[Charley L. Bottger]

Originally Posted by jhagarty

Old toilet in Basement with an elevated wooden tank.
Was not able to test as the water utility is off.

I will up your old commode with one old oil burner found this last week in a elevated crawl space

[Charley L. Bottger]

Originally Posted by jjonas

Did they have the tin or copper liners, or just the wood?

Just wood no liners teak swells if kept wet just like boat hulls

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

Was that the bath tub beside it?

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Laundry Tub