ShannaMar
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Okay, so I am new to this forum. And new to plumbing, for that matter. I am going to sound a little like ggirl here, so bear with me. My toilet was leaking from the base. My roommate said maybe it was the wax ring. She and I talked about it and she said instead of just replacing the wax ring, maybe we should just replace the toilet.
WELL. I replaced the toilet and put a new wax ring in (we got an all-in-one setup). I did not caulk under the base of the toilet.
Everything was fine for one night. The next morning the base of the toilet was leaking again. At this point I am at a loss. Here is some additional info: 1) when I cleaned up the flange, around the flange the concrete was erroded away and there was water down in the crevice the eroded concrete created, 2) I am not sure if the wax ring I put in was a good one; it came with the new toilet and it appeared sub-standard to another wax ring I had seen, and 3) it bugged me that when I put the closet bolts up through the flange they had no concrete or anything to rest on because the crevice was eroded and there was water underneath. This did not create a very good situation for the bolts to stick upright when I was placing the toilet on it.
I am thinking of paying a plumber to come fix it. But, I want to know what may be wrong first. Do you think the wax ring was just not situated right? Maybe I did not twist the base of the toilet enough to create a good seal? Or do you think it has to do with the crevice in the concrete around the flange that is holding a little water and maybe it just filled up the couple times over night after flushing and leaked out of the base in the morning.
Ugh. Please help.
WELL. I replaced the toilet and put a new wax ring in (we got an all-in-one setup). I did not caulk under the base of the toilet.
Everything was fine for one night. The next morning the base of the toilet was leaking again. At this point I am at a loss. Here is some additional info: 1) when I cleaned up the flange, around the flange the concrete was erroded away and there was water down in the crevice the eroded concrete created, 2) I am not sure if the wax ring I put in was a good one; it came with the new toilet and it appeared sub-standard to another wax ring I had seen, and 3) it bugged me that when I put the closet bolts up through the flange they had no concrete or anything to rest on because the crevice was eroded and there was water underneath. This did not create a very good situation for the bolts to stick upright when I was placing the toilet on it.
I am thinking of paying a plumber to come fix it. But, I want to know what may be wrong first. Do you think the wax ring was just not situated right? Maybe I did not twist the base of the toilet enough to create a good seal? Or do you think it has to do with the crevice in the concrete around the flange that is holding a little water and maybe it just filled up the couple times over night after flushing and leaked out of the base in the morning.
Ugh. Please help.