I am having a very frustrating problem that I hope someone here can help me with! I installed a Toto Aquia (II, maybe?) toilet in our upstairs bathroom about 4 years ago. We like it a lot. However, I was doing some tiling in our basement this week, and when I removed a wall panel to get it out of the way it exposed the drain pipe from this toilet and I noticed it was damp at the bottom. Just a bit, not enough for a puddle or anything, but damp. I had my husband flush the toilet while I watched the pipe and sure enough, a few drops of water came down.
On the bathroom side, everything looks fine, no water anywhere it shouldn't be. No water stains on the ceiling below. Seems to be just a very small leak. I figured it was probably an issue with the wax ring, so I pulled the toilet, cleaned it up, and reset it with a new ring.
Here is the problem. I've redone it 3 times now and I can't get rid of this leak. I've tried different wax rings, shimming the toilet so the wax ring isn't squished to nothing, etc. My flange is a smidge over 1/2" above the finished tile floor, and the last wax ring I've tried is just a regular Johni Ring. I'm quite frustrated at this point because nothing I'm trying seems to make any difference. I was considering trying something like a Danco HydroSeat flange fixer, but I'm not sure if that would make any difference and I'm not sure it would work with the Toto.
I'm attaching pics of the flange and of the toilet base piece (the Toto Aquia has a different setup than a regular toilet, the wax ring goes between the plastic base piece and the flange). Any suggestions would be very appreciated!
On the bathroom side, everything looks fine, no water anywhere it shouldn't be. No water stains on the ceiling below. Seems to be just a very small leak. I figured it was probably an issue with the wax ring, so I pulled the toilet, cleaned it up, and reset it with a new ring.
Here is the problem. I've redone it 3 times now and I can't get rid of this leak. I've tried different wax rings, shimming the toilet so the wax ring isn't squished to nothing, etc. My flange is a smidge over 1/2" above the finished tile floor, and the last wax ring I've tried is just a regular Johni Ring. I'm quite frustrated at this point because nothing I'm trying seems to make any difference. I was considering trying something like a Danco HydroSeat flange fixer, but I'm not sure if that would make any difference and I'm not sure it would work with the Toto.
I'm attaching pics of the flange and of the toilet base piece (the Toto Aquia has a different setup than a regular toilet, the wax ring goes between the plastic base piece and the flange). Any suggestions would be very appreciated!
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