House was built in 2005 and it seems the flooring people (or the plumbers) put the flanges on TOP of the flooring (tile and wood). First one I ended up having a plumber cut away the wood flooring and reinstall the flange so it was flush with the flooring. Seals perfectly with normal wax ring, neve r had a problem again.
Now another toilet looked like the wax ring gave way. I pulled up the toil et some leakage on the tile floor and of course the flange was installed on TOP of the tile ! ! For fun I tried the no-seep #10 wax ring, and trying to press it down I can see the bottom of the toilet is contacting the flan ge and the toilet itself barely hits the floor. I am worried I'd get a rock ering effect and the ring would give away over time. So I pulled it up and sure enough the wax ring and the black seal part had separated.
So my first question (since I noticed the old ring had a ton of wax and the re didn't seem to be a black seal part on it), is there some other wax ring that might have worked? Heck it lasted for 10 years.
Or should I just suck it up and pay the plumber to lower the flange? This o ne is more nasty because it is on the second floor and they will have to op en up the dinning room ceiling.
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Thanks.