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Posted by on November 26, 2006, 6:53 pm
Toller wrote:
> > Last time I replaced the toilet, after I installed the new one, I caulked
> > around the base but in the front I left a little hole. The thought was if
> > it leaks from there it will be my clue that the wax ring seal is broken.
> >
> > Well it happened. This afternoon I noticed my floor tile is a bit wet and
> > it traces it to that toilet hole. If I mop up the water after half an
> > hour I get more water leak from there.
> >
> > Only thing is to take the toilet apart, removing the tank, mop up all the
> > junk put in a new wax ring is a three hour project. I am now packing up
> > for a business trip and no time to deal with this at the moment. Should I
> > bite the bullet and do it, or can I "plug" up that hole and deal with it
> > next weekend and tell eveyone to not flush this toilet in the mean time?
> >
> Maybe my toilets are different from yours, but the ring is to give an air
> tight connection and prevent sewer gas from getting out. It should flush
> normally without leaking even if you left the wax ring out. No?
I don't have a toilet apart here to look at, but from what I remember,
I would think it would leak quite badly with no seal at all. The horn
of the bottom of the toilet really doesn't even extend much, if at all,
into the flange below, does it? I thought it sort of sits directly
above it and the wax ring closes off the space. Plus, I've seen lots
of home inspectors identify wet or rot around toilets and say that it's
likely the wax ring.
>
> Last toilet I set with a plastic contraption with rubber seals rather than
> was; figured it would be so much easier next time if I didn't have to clean
> the old wax up. Working so far.
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