HudsonDIY
Member
Wasn't sure to post this here or in the plumbing forum. I'm sure this has been covered before but I wasn't able to find any posts so I apologize in advance. This has to be a very common problem.
I recently reseated the toilet in my guest bath as my wife was complaining of sewage smells and I assumed the wax ring had degraded. Turns out I was right. However in the process I uncovered another issue which may have caused the wax ring to leak sewer gas.
The toilet is mounted on a PVC closet flange and the mounting holes on both sides of the flange have cracked. Not so much the toilet won't stay put but I'm sure it will eventually cause problems. My question is this, short of chipping up my concrete floor, cutting off the drain pipe and installing a new closest flange is there another less drastic fix?
I recently reseated the toilet in my guest bath as my wife was complaining of sewage smells and I assumed the wax ring had degraded. Turns out I was right. However in the process I uncovered another issue which may have caused the wax ring to leak sewer gas.
The toilet is mounted on a PVC closet flange and the mounting holes on both sides of the flange have cracked. Not so much the toilet won't stay put but I'm sure it will eventually cause problems. My question is this, short of chipping up my concrete floor, cutting off the drain pipe and installing a new closest flange is there another less drastic fix?