On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:25:59 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote:

mcp6453 wrote:
On 7/17/2012 8:04 PM, Red Green wrote:
mcp6453 wrote in
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I have to remove a toilet. It's the first time I've done it. How do
I know which wax ring to buy at Lowes? Any tips to keep me out of
trouble?

http://goo.gl/PCzaB

Why you have to remove it might get some additional tips being a
first timer. For instance, putting tile in you may need a riser.

The toilet is slow to drain. I don't have a snake, and the guy at
Lowes told me that the best solution is to remove it an clean it out.
He said that lots of toilets get damaged with snakes.

It's not really a money thing, but buying a $5 or less wax ring is
cheaper than buying a snake that may or may not damage the porcelain
on the 30-year old toilet.

Heh!

Removing and replacing a toilet, while trivial, is about a 200-curseword
job.

....and that's when all goes well. The first one I did (at my mother's place
about 25 years ago) was installed wrong and the seal didn't fit properly. It
took a while to realize the flange was set too high. It was Christmas Eve and
the hardware stores closed early. $%^%$##$@#$$%Z^%67

If you're going to that much trouble, wait a week and see what shows up on
Craigslist. This is an excellent opportunity to upgrade the fixture.

You don't want a crappy crapper.

While you're at Lowes for the wax ring, pick up a set of anchoring bolts -
they, too, almost always have to be replaced.

Yes, and you might just as well split the thing apart and replace the tank
gasket and the entire guts of the thing. $20 is money well spent, as long as
you're in there.