Hi,
I am installing a new complete toilet on an offset flange, and when I removed the old toilet (assuming because I had a water leak from toilet wax ring) I saw the old wax ring was not centered over the drain hole. It was centered over the offset flange, 1/2 over the hole and 1/2 over the recessed area of the offset flange.
see pictures
How do I install the new toilet, do I use 2 wax rings, one with reinforced area and one without?
Do I install it the same as it came off but with 2 wax rings to prevent the leak from happening again?
The old wax ring didnt even look smashed down. It looked like new but with erosions on it, kind of like water eroding dirt as it travels through it.
The bolts were in the center of the flange, you can see the outline on the flange where they were.
I had water all around the bolt pattern cutouts and the flange.
I had tile installed a few years back and they reinstalled the toilets with new wax rings and this is now what I have.
The tank fits to the top of the pictures below.
Thanks,
Shad
Please help!
I am installing a new complete toilet on an offset flange, and when I removed the old toilet (assuming because I had a water leak from toilet wax ring) I saw the old wax ring was not centered over the drain hole. It was centered over the offset flange, 1/2 over the hole and 1/2 over the recessed area of the offset flange.
see pictures
How do I install the new toilet, do I use 2 wax rings, one with reinforced area and one without?
Do I install it the same as it came off but with 2 wax rings to prevent the leak from happening again?
The old wax ring didnt even look smashed down. It looked like new but with erosions on it, kind of like water eroding dirt as it travels through it.
The bolts were in the center of the flange, you can see the outline on the flange where they were.
I had water all around the bolt pattern cutouts and the flange.
I had tile installed a few years back and they reinstalled the toilets with new wax rings and this is now what I have.
The tank fits to the top of the pictures below.
Thanks,
Shad
Please help!
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