Leaking toilet, sorry boring

[alltheworld]

Toilet installed about a year ago is ever so slightly leaking from the base. Is this something I can fix or what should be done?

[PigletJohn]

do you mean leaking from the pipe that comes out of the back?

Or is it leaking from the bottom of the cistern and running down the outside?

put a few drops of food dye into the pan, and a different colour into the cistern. What colour is the leak?

[alltheworld]

Thank you. I am not sure. Where the toilet meets the floor there is a small amount of water around the edge. I will try food dye and report back!

[alltheworld]

BiZarrely the problem seems to have gone away but if it happens again I will bear in mind the useful tip thanks.

[johnd2]

Could have been condensation if the room was warm and damp and the cold water cold. Maybe the change in weather stopped it.

[ArtyKitty]

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