advertguy2
DIY Junior Member
Hi,
Installed my first toilet a couple of months ago and needed to use 2 wax rings because the top of my flange was about 1/4" below the top of the new tile floor. My wife and I are noticing a sewergas smell in the new ensuite and believe it's coming from the toilet. As I had mentioned in another thread, I wasn't 100% sure that I had made a seal with the 2 wax rings. So anyways, this weekend I'm going to try and fix this.
I'm hesitant to try the double wax ring thing again. My options are:
1) add extension rings (siliconed down) and then a single wax ring.
2) use one of the fluidmaster waxless seal things from HD.
3) track down a fernco waxless and use that
I've read the online instructions from fluidmaster and they don't appear to have and adhesive between the bowl and their seal. I've seen pictures here where the fluidmaster waxless is stuck on the bottom of a bowl. How is it stuck there?
Will I have problems achieving a proper seal using the waxless things now that I have used wax?
Is the proper flange height supposed to be so that the bottom of the flange is at the same level as the top of the finished floor? If the flange is 1/2" thick then it'll be 1/2" above the floor. Is this proper because I'm redoing another bathroom and want to get it right this time.
Thanks a lot!
Dan
Installed my first toilet a couple of months ago and needed to use 2 wax rings because the top of my flange was about 1/4" below the top of the new tile floor. My wife and I are noticing a sewergas smell in the new ensuite and believe it's coming from the toilet. As I had mentioned in another thread, I wasn't 100% sure that I had made a seal with the 2 wax rings. So anyways, this weekend I'm going to try and fix this.
I'm hesitant to try the double wax ring thing again. My options are:
1) add extension rings (siliconed down) and then a single wax ring.
2) use one of the fluidmaster waxless seal things from HD.
3) track down a fernco waxless and use that
I've read the online instructions from fluidmaster and they don't appear to have and adhesive between the bowl and their seal. I've seen pictures here where the fluidmaster waxless is stuck on the bottom of a bowl. How is it stuck there?
Will I have problems achieving a proper seal using the waxless things now that I have used wax?
Is the proper flange height supposed to be so that the bottom of the flange is at the same level as the top of the finished floor? If the flange is 1/2" thick then it'll be 1/2" above the floor. Is this proper because I'm redoing another bathroom and want to get it right this time.
Thanks a lot!
Dan