speedlever
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I have never installed a toilet before. But this is a job I would like to tackle myself. I have 3 old Gerber toilets that I want to replace with either a Drake or Drake II, once we decide which to use.
I have one toilet on a wood floor and the other two toilets are on vinyl flooring. I've scanned around the forum looking at the wax ring vs SaniSeal, etc. discussions, but haven't seen much recent activity discussing those options.
I recognize the pros use wax for the most part. But for someone who doesn't do this for a living and wants to take on the job himself, am I better off using one of the non-wax options? I have no idea (until I pull the old toilets) what the flange situation will be. So to minimize extra trips to the big box store, what would your suggestion be? Stick with the wax ring, but get both regular size and jumbo in case a flange is below floor level? Go with SaniSeal, Fluidmaster Better than Wax, Danco, etc?
Thanks.
I have one toilet on a wood floor and the other two toilets are on vinyl flooring. I've scanned around the forum looking at the wax ring vs SaniSeal, etc. discussions, but haven't seen much recent activity discussing those options.
I recognize the pros use wax for the most part. But for someone who doesn't do this for a living and wants to take on the job himself, am I better off using one of the non-wax options? I have no idea (until I pull the old toilets) what the flange situation will be. So to minimize extra trips to the big box store, what would your suggestion be? Stick with the wax ring, but get both regular size and jumbo in case a flange is below floor level? Go with SaniSeal, Fluidmaster Better than Wax, Danco, etc?
Thanks.