Jim Whitehead wrote:
> So, after shutting off the water and mopping up, I was left to ponder what
> are the odds of having mechanical failure of a large rectangular porcelain
> bowl, in the absence of any visible stressors (like someone striking it with
> a sledgehammer)? We hadn't done anything unusual to the toilet in the recentAll it takes is an overtorqued nut (e.g. at the water intake entrance)
to stress the porcelain, and you've got a time bomb waiting to go off.
Of course, if you're lucky, you'll overtorque it enough that the tank
will break right away, while you still have the water intake shut off.- Joe