I installed a toilet a couple of years ago, one of the new Kholer Ready Lock ones with the side skirts. The wax seal failed after about 18 months, I suspect when large guests used it. I replaced the wax ring, and it promptly failed again. Annoyed, I decided to call a plumber to replace the drain pipe because it's an old style lead flange hammered flat on the floor, because it wasn't really a great setup for this ready lock system to start.
Plumber doesn't want to do that and instead reinstalls the toilet with a double wax ring. When he's putting the ready lock system on the floor, he's got to squish a lot of wax out, maybe like an inch comes out of the outside of the base.
Now after getting it installed, the toilet bowl is clearing VERY slow with just water being flushed. I afraid a lot of the wax ring was squished inward into the connection at the flange, which is reducing the drainpipe size at the flange. Without pulling the toilet again and trying yet again with a single wax ring, is there a way to clear the excess in the drainpipe? It seems like a snake, due to the bends of the catchway, will only clear it on one edge of the drain, but not the other 3 edges. It's hard to get a plumber into this area, which is pretty remote. These stupid new toilets have small trapways and are prone to clogging anyway without a quick drain of the bowl.
Pic of the ready lock as it's supposed to look:
This was the original wax ring install that failed (no pics of the new install)
Plumber doesn't want to do that and instead reinstalls the toilet with a double wax ring. When he's putting the ready lock system on the floor, he's got to squish a lot of wax out, maybe like an inch comes out of the outside of the base.
Now after getting it installed, the toilet bowl is clearing VERY slow with just water being flushed. I afraid a lot of the wax ring was squished inward into the connection at the flange, which is reducing the drainpipe size at the flange. Without pulling the toilet again and trying yet again with a single wax ring, is there a way to clear the excess in the drainpipe? It seems like a snake, due to the bends of the catchway, will only clear it on one edge of the drain, but not the other 3 edges. It's hard to get a plumber into this area, which is pretty remote. These stupid new toilets have small trapways and are prone to clogging anyway without a quick drain of the bowl.
Pic of the ready lock as it's supposed to look:
This was the original wax ring install that failed (no pics of the new install)