Gerber Maxwell Wall Hung Toilet

[Gojira]

Hi Terry,

When you install a Gerber Maxwell wall hung toilet what specific type of seal do you use for the wall drain? Thanks!

Mark

 

[Terry]

Hi Terry,

When you install a Gerber Maxwell wall hung toilet what specific type of seal do you use for the wall drain? Thanks!

Mark

That would be a Neopreme seal.

 

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[Bruce Dahl]

Terry, I updated my 66 American Standard to the Gerber 20-021. I tried a neoprene seal, but it didn't seem to fit the plumbing. I tried 2 wall hung wax seals, but both failed after a short time. The waste pipe has more of a bowl shape to it where the toilet outlet is square. Do I need to update the hanger and or plumbing? If so, with what? If not, do you recommend a particular seal?

 

[Terry]

The pipe coming from the wall should be round and protruding past the wall 5/8"
I should have taken pictures of the one I installed yesterday in Seattle.

 

[Bruce Dahl]

It pipe sticks out about 5/8". The neoprene seal fits the toilet fine, but i find it odd that it's pushing against the flange. Will the neoprene will give that much?

 

[Terry]

5/8" works all the time.
I hang the bowl from the top two bolts first, then push down on the bowl and thread nuts to the lower bolts.
The Neopreme will compress. You can tighten three nuts fairly good and the forth basicly hand tight or you may break the bowl.

 

[Bruce Dahl]

Great tip on the 4th nut. Every time I hang the toilet I'm afraid i'll break it.

I didn't have confidence the neopreme would crush enough, but I'll give it a try.

Thanks for the help!!

 

[Jadnashua]

A tripod will always be able to be stable...but, trying to get 4 points all in line is much more problematic, which is the reason why you don't want to try to tighten all four bolts - the porcelain does not bend, it breaks.