Bill_C
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I found an intermittent leak and determined that it is coming from the toilet, either the seal or a leak from the underside of the toilet. I cannot rock the toilet but can rotate it. The leak has probably been going on about a month now. It rarely drips down the drainpipe but it appears that the subfloor has been soaked....there is a spot drilled from the bottom through the floorboards into the subfloor about a foot away from the toilet and the subfloor is wet there. There are at least two layers of tiles over the plywood? subfloor. I have changed out a wax ring before but this may be a little bigger of a job than that. I wonder if the toilet is rotating because the floor is rotted at the flange? Are there any plumbing items that I should have at hand (besides a wax or wax free ring) before I pull this up? Specialty flange that repairs rotted floors on contact or such? What should I be looking for under the toilet itself to rule that out as a source? I'll have to be prepared to replace some of the subfloor and would like to have needed plumbing parts at hand before starting.