atuel
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Sorry if this has been asked/answered, but search is only returning a blank page for me.
So my guest bathroom toilet has a minor leak with a few drips every time it flushes. Its over a crawl so I have access underneath it. The subfloor on one side shows signs of moisture, etc. Nothing rotten yet. Only reason we detected the leak is I had my crawl space sealed and a small puddle formed over time.
Its a PVC flange cemented to the 3" PVC below (flange ouside of 3†pipe). The leak is either the wax ring or the joint where the flange connects to the 3" below. Its difficult to see exactly where as the bathroom was redone at some point and the flange is 1/4" below finished floor level due to tile/hardibacker replacing what I’d guess was lenoleium.
The ring was not a nice healthly yellow color and looked deformed a bit, but hard to tell as looks like they stacked two rings to make up for the extra height. It appeared one ring was completely smashed (1/4†thick) and stuck to the bottom of the toilet and the other stayed stuck to the flange so not sure they ever had a good seal between them. Heres a pic of the ring after pulling the toilet. The flange screws that hold it to the sub floor were all rusted underneath the wax ring.
This is only like the third toilet I've every pulled up and all the previous ones were fine as we only pulled them up to replace the flooring underneath them. Most rings I've seen look damn near brand new aside from the inside of the ring which is exposed to waste. So does this ring look like it could be the cause of my problem? Would a flange extender solve both my problems with giving me the height for a proper wax ring and extending below the joint in question? Never used one, but some people seem to disapprove. I cant cut and replace easily, so that is why I’m considering a flange extender.
So my guest bathroom toilet has a minor leak with a few drips every time it flushes. Its over a crawl so I have access underneath it. The subfloor on one side shows signs of moisture, etc. Nothing rotten yet. Only reason we detected the leak is I had my crawl space sealed and a small puddle formed over time.
Its a PVC flange cemented to the 3" PVC below (flange ouside of 3†pipe). The leak is either the wax ring or the joint where the flange connects to the 3" below. Its difficult to see exactly where as the bathroom was redone at some point and the flange is 1/4" below finished floor level due to tile/hardibacker replacing what I’d guess was lenoleium.
The ring was not a nice healthly yellow color and looked deformed a bit, but hard to tell as looks like they stacked two rings to make up for the extra height. It appeared one ring was completely smashed (1/4†thick) and stuck to the bottom of the toilet and the other stayed stuck to the flange so not sure they ever had a good seal between them. Heres a pic of the ring after pulling the toilet. The flange screws that hold it to the sub floor were all rusted underneath the wax ring.
This is only like the third toilet I've every pulled up and all the previous ones were fine as we only pulled them up to replace the flooring underneath them. Most rings I've seen look damn near brand new aside from the inside of the ring which is exposed to waste. So does this ring look like it could be the cause of my problem? Would a flange extender solve both my problems with giving me the height for a proper wax ring and extending below the joint in question? Never used one, but some people seem to disapprove. I cant cut and replace easily, so that is why I’m considering a flange extender.