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replacing tile - toilet has foam instead of wax hombrewdude 12-19-2006
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Posted by hombrewdude on December 19, 2006, 1:33 am


I just pulled up all the old tile, and took the toilet out.

I have never removed/installed a toilet before.

I noticed a foam ring on top of the drain. I thought this was supposed
to be a wax seal?

I broke the mounting bolts for the toilet, is this a big deal?


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Posted by buffalobill on December 19, 2006, 3:37 am


that rubber ring is sometimes used. the toilet bolts are critical. if
you break the floor flange you must replace/repair it.
see:
www.fluidmaster.com

hombrewdude wrote:
> I just pulled up all the old tile, and took the toilet out.
>
> I have never removed/installed a toilet before.
>
> I noticed a foam ring on top of the drain. I thought this was supposed
> to be a wax seal?
>
> I broke the mounting bolts for the toilet, is this a big deal?


Posted by hombrewdude on December 19, 2006, 10:49 am


I just broke the bolts off.
Not the flange


buffalobill wrote:
> that rubber ring is sometimes used. the toilet bolts are critical. if
> you break the floor flange you must replace/repair it.
> see:
> www.fluidmaster.com
>
> hombrewdude wrote:
> > I just pulled up all the old tile, and took the toilet out.
> >
> > I have never removed/installed a toilet before.
> >
> > I noticed a foam ring on top of the drain. I thought this was supposed
> > to be a wax seal?
> >
> > I broke the mounting bolts for the toilet, is this a big deal?


Posted by avid_hiker on December 19, 2006, 12:39 pm



You should replace the seal anytime you remove the toilet. Take the
foam seal off. If tiling in the area of where the toilet
was........then you need the biggest/tallest wax seal when
re-installing the toilet......if you dont get the bigger one......then
it will not be sealed correctly. ......(you will be raising the height
of the toilet from the flange).


Posted by Harry K on December 19, 2006, 9:50 pm



avid_hiker wrote:
> You should replace the seal anytime you remove the toilet. Take the
> foam seal off. If tiling in the area of where the toilet
> was........then you need the biggest/tallest wax seal when
> re-installing the toilet......if you dont get the bigger one......then
> it will not be sealed correctly. ......(you will be raising the height
> of the toilet from the flange).

Forget the wax seal. Use the new 'waxless' seals. Try a search on
'fernco waxless toilet seals' I used it last summer on a replacement
- I'll never go back to the wax seal.

Harry K


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