Dont know if anyone can give me any advice the tank of my toilet has a big crack running down the back of it so the toilet is constantly leaking.I currently privately rent and my landlord cant make it down til later and it looks like we are going need a whole new toilet.Its been leaking since yesterday and i managed to stop the tank from filling up but that means the toilet cant be flushed either way its not working.I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.Its going take a couple days for the landlord to get a new one and get another fitted ive got nowhere to go until this is done and cant stay in a property with no working toilet i dont know my rights help

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Mum of 2 lovely boysSometimes i cant tell them apart lol

an easy temporary fix is to smear the cracked cistern with putty or silicone sealant, it should last about a week in that state depending where the crack is.
As far as reasonable repair times and not being able to stay there you can get in touch with your environmental health department as they will have access to emergency accomodation IF they deem it reasonable for you to move out on those grounds (cant see it happening myself but techniclly it is feasable)

(08-20-2010 02:37 PM)fatherjack Wrote:  an easy temporary fix is to smear the cracked cistern with putty or silicone sealant, it should last about a week in that state depending where the crack is.
As far as reasonable repair times and not being able to stay there you can get in touch with your environmental health department as they will have access to emergency accomodation IF they deem it reasonable for you to move out on those grounds (cant see it happening myself but techniclly it is feasable)

putty or sillicone sealent

hopefully i'm getting this right, the part that's leaking is the top bit not the bit where you sit on, advice below if it is, if its not sorry i have no clue what to do.

If you have stopped the toilet from filling up you could use a bucket of water to clear the toilet after use, until the landlord gets it fixed, just don't tell him your doing this cause he might leave it for longer. The putty or silicone sealant would be great to as fatherjack suggested.

The silicone idea would be a great temporary fix
Just hope it dont turn into a semi permanant fix like it can do with some landlords
But that should work a treat
If not there are legal requirements for housing and it would be classed as an urgent repair which i would be happy to go into if needs be