Assuming you're strong enough to lift an assembled toilet, it's rather easy. turn off the water, hopefully there's a shut off valve right at the toilet, then unscrew the line that goes into the toilet. Once that's done, there should be one bolt on each side of toilet (often covered with a plastic or porcelain cover) Unscrew the nuts on these two bolts, then lift the toilet off. This is best done with the tank empty so once the water is of flush and hold the flush handle down to get rid of as much water as possible before you start on the bolts. Remove the old wax ring and replace it, then do the steps in reverse. Not a hard job usually. However, you might run into problems of the wood being rotted and the bolts turn when you try to take off the nuts. That's a bigger problem but there are solutions. That would take much longer to explain.
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SOURCE: no toilet flange
Go to a hardware outlet(Lowe's, HomeDepot, etc.) and ask for a commode drain extension that can be placed over the existing and bring it up to the level of your floor. I also like the wax rings with the cup molded in. These can be doubled up also but not as reliable as the extension.
Eric
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SOURCE: Toilet on uneven floor
I believe that I qualify... over 300 toilets installed in the past 15 months!!
I would go with the wax rings... but I would press the ring into the base of the toilet before installing the toilet....that way you are sure to have a good seal to the toilet....
If you actually read the directions, the manufacturer will tell you to press the wax ring onto the toilet....then install it onto the floor drain.
I guess that a PLAIN wax ring placed on the floor drain (since it is recessed) before placing the rubber-sleeve equipped ringed toiled is a good safety measure... I have done that an it work about 37 times out of 40.
Good question - BTW.. and well worded. THANKS for being specific and precise!!
Testimonial: "Sounds like a good idea. Not sure about the plain wax ring on the floor however. Doesn't this wax ring need a rubber sleave going into the drain?"
SOURCE: What is the proper way to stack wax rings? I hear
You place the plastic sleeve down toward the drain. If that does not seal due to the floor being higher than the drain mount simply add another wax ring minus the plastic sleeve. You can buy wax rings that do not have the plastic sleeve. In lots of cases you have to use 2 wax rings to get a good seal. Make sure you securely tighten the toilet down.
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SOURCE: Kohller Rialto toilet, can not get toilet to seat
If you tried regular sized wax rings and they failed to seal, try using a double thickness wax ring, maybe the space between the floor flange and the toilet exceeds a regular wax ring size. If the floor has been re-tiled and the floor flange was not adjusted this could be your problem, anyhow good luck!
SOURCE: tiled bathroom floor. Went to install toilet
hi, the tile is supposed to go under the toilet flange (the thing you put the wax ring on), very common "oops", can be rectified by placing another wax ring right on top of the first on. best to make the first one a "horn type" wax ring, then put the plain one (no horn) on top of first and try to smoosh it on just enough to stay in place so when you install toilet it doesn't move,.....cheers!
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