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obscure-shadow t1_ix1vi3s wrote
Reply to comment by sumjuanelse in My toilet looks like it's about to fall into my kitchen and I have no idea what to do. by BigDogSlices
Any mold inside is a biohazard to some degree
obscure-shadow t1_ix0jb59 wrote
Reply to comment by Darryl_Lict in My toilet looks like it's about to fall into my kitchen and I have no idea what to do. by BigDogSlices
Possibly, though I have seen it not be the case before. Had a leaky bathtub drain that rotted a bit of the ceiling, pulled out the drywall, the floor sheeting around the drain was fine and so were joists, it had been dripping down the u bend just onto the drywall below. Sometimes you get lucky and things aren't as bad as they seem. Not always
obscure-shadow t1_ix0cj7j wrote
Reply to My toilet looks like it's about to fall into my kitchen and I have no idea what to do. by BigDogSlices
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Cut out as much of the rotted stuff as you can that isn't structural
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Identify the source of the leaking and stop any leaks, or if you are unable to handle that yourself, turn off the water to the toilet and drain it until a more qualified person is able to do so. If that is the only toilet in the house you should not be using it anyways and this is definitely an emergency situation that you should reach out to any and everyone possible to get fixed asap.
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Once the leak is stopped you can asses the damage to the structural portion and remediate. This is where further advice becomes useless without having actually seen the situation
obscure-shadow t1_ix1w5ov wrote
Reply to comment by psaux_grep in My toilet looks like it's about to fall into my kitchen and I have no idea what to do. by BigDogSlices
It's probably not a good idea for op to try to diy this from a few sentences off the internet then...