On Jan 15, 8:29*am, George wrote:
Harry K wrote:
On Jan 14, 6:25 am, George wrote:
Bob M. wrote:
Has anyone used the Fernco wax-free toilet seals? *Are they really
better than the usual wax ring?
I don't understand the problem with wax. They have been proven in use
for a really long time. I have never had or seen a failure. And it takes
30 seconds to scrape off the old one if you need to pull the toilet for
some reason (just did it last week in an apartment I own to install new
floor covering).

Technology moves on. *That there was nothign wrong....etc does not
mean that something better can't come along.

Agree, but I still don't see the point. I am not a Luddite and have
stuff like in floor radiant heating plumbed with hepex in the house.

One advantage to the waxless... You can pull and replace a toilet
without dicking around with the very messy wax seal. *They are
reusable.

Harry K

I don't understand the "very messy" part. Every time I have ever pulled
one it was trivial to remove any residue with a putty knife. It is only
wax after all.

I don't understand the "very messy" part.

Well, "very messy" is all relative. I'm not taking sides, just hoping
to help you "understand".

With a wax ring, you have to dispose of the wax and clean your putty
knife. Somewhere along the way you got wax on your hands or some
other surface, which now has to be cleaned. You might have to use a
bag or something to keep the wax and whatever you used to clean the
putty knife from messing up the garbage can. You probably had to find
some newspapers or something to put the toilet on to keep any wax from
getting on the floor. etc. etc.

Measured against not having to deal with any of that, one might
consider that "very messy".