How do you tell if a toilet is properly seated
 

If it is showing water anywhere at the base, it is not properly
sealed. It is not rare to need 2 wax rings. I usually buy the
one with the plastic sleeve and one plain one. If the floor
flange is at or below the floor level, I start right out with 2.
If it is slightly above the floor level, I try it with 1.

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"Ultraglide" wrote in message
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I had to take out the toilet in one of my bathroomw so that we
could
wallpaper the wall behind it. When I replaced it, I put a new
seal.
Lately, I have noticed that the grout in the ceramic floor is
getting
damp and spreading away from the toilet. There is also what
appears to
be a stain on the floor at the back. I am assuming that the
toilet is
not properly sealed to the drain. I don't recall if I just used
one of
the rings made just of beeswax or one with a plactic ring and
beeswax.
How do I know when it is correctly sealed? There are no
apparent cracks
in the toilet itself.

Any suggestions?
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How do you tell if a toilet is properly seated
 

Ah, beeswax. Those were the good old days. Now it comes from an oil
well unless you have a hive in your pasture.

I'm looking at Fernco's toilet seal for a new bath I'm putting in. It
looks like the best solution and HD carries Fernco.

http://www.fernco.com/FTS.html

RB

Ultraglide wrote:
I had to take out the toilet in one of my bathroomw so that we could
wallpaper the wall behind it. When I replaced it, I put a new seal.
Lately, I have noticed that the grout in the ceramic floor is getting
damp and spreading away from the toilet. There is also what appears to
be a stain on the floor at the back. I am assuming that the toilet is
not properly sealed to the drain. I don't recall if I just used one of
the rings made just of beeswax or one with a plactic ring and beeswax.
How do I know when it is correctly sealed? There are no apparent cracks
in the toilet itself.

Any suggestions?
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How do you tell if a toilet is properly seated
 

The top of the flange should be level (or near to) with the finished
floor. If it is lower then get a spacer ring that goes between the
flange and the sealant ring.

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 17:27:42 -0400, Ultraglide
wrote:

I had to take out the toilet in one of my bathroomw so that we could
wallpaper the wall behind it. When I replaced it, I put a new seal.
Lately, I have noticed that the grout in the ceramic floor is getting
damp and spreading away from the toilet. There is also what appears to
be a stain on the floor at the back. I am assuming that the toilet is
not properly sealed to the drain. I don't recall if I just used one of
the rings made just of beeswax or one with a plactic ring and beeswax.
How do I know when it is correctly sealed? There are no apparent cracks
in the toilet itself.

Any suggestions?
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