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?
I just broke the bolts off. Not the flange
buffalobill 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).
The bolts are designed to break easily. Get a new set, about two bucks.
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
Some tiles are pourous, and can absorb the oils in a wax ring. So alternate seals(foam, rubber,etc) are used to protect the tiles.
Just what I saw on a tv show.
later,
tom @
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