I was lucky enough to purchase a defective Toto Drake bowl the other week and had to buy a new one yesterday. My plumber of course is going to be charging me again if I want him to do the install, so I'd like to give this a try on my own...but I desperately need help!
I have tiled floors over concrete in my 1962 home and the guy who installed the tile removed the toilets and put them back on and advised me that if I ever move them, I should be aware that he needed to use two wax rings so that they would be thick enough. I never had a problem with those toilets, but I just wanted to upgrade to the Toto Drakes.
The plumber had used a Hercules Johni-Ring. When I removed the defective bowl, the plastic cone inside the wax ring didn't really make sense to me--it didn't seem to fit all that great and come to find out, most posters on this site advise AGAINST using them. So, my questions are:
1) Should I go buy a double thick wax ring with no cone or two regular thickness rings with no cones, and what brand would you all recommend?
2) Should I put the ring(s) on the toilet flange or the floor flange before installing the toilet, AND do I really want to do the gentle twisting and rocking that I've read about elsewhere or do I just set the toilet down, don't mess with it, and tighten the bolts?
3) Do I need to clean off every little bit of wax from the old ring or just the majority??
4) Anything else I should know or does someone have a link to the BEST toilet installing walk-thru out there?
Thanks,
Sonia
I have tiled floors over concrete in my 1962 home and the guy who installed the tile removed the toilets and put them back on and advised me that if I ever move them, I should be aware that he needed to use two wax rings so that they would be thick enough. I never had a problem with those toilets, but I just wanted to upgrade to the Toto Drakes.
The plumber had used a Hercules Johni-Ring. When I removed the defective bowl, the plastic cone inside the wax ring didn't really make sense to me--it didn't seem to fit all that great and come to find out, most posters on this site advise AGAINST using them. So, my questions are:
1) Should I go buy a double thick wax ring with no cone or two regular thickness rings with no cones, and what brand would you all recommend?
2) Should I put the ring(s) on the toilet flange or the floor flange before installing the toilet, AND do I really want to do the gentle twisting and rocking that I've read about elsewhere or do I just set the toilet down, don't mess with it, and tighten the bolts?
3) Do I need to clean off every little bit of wax from the old ring or just the majority??
4) Anything else I should know or does someone have a link to the BEST toilet installing walk-thru out there?
Thanks,
Sonia