Mookie3333
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Good day all,
I discovered a moldy corner on the wall/ceiling of my first floor bathroom. I broke out the sheetrock, and noticed that when the toilet directly above was flushed, I'd get 15-20 drops of water down that wall.
I pulled up the toilet, remembering that I'd installed a SaniSeal (green) waxless ring on that toilet about 5 years ago. That's a Toto Drake on an old lead/brass flange. When I removed the seal, I found it soaking with water, and I thought that was the problem.
I replaced with an extra thick wax ring, reseated the toilet, and bolted it down. Now, 2-3 days later, I notice water still dripping from the same location upon flushing. I have to hope that I didn't do something correctly, or the wax ring was too thick and didn't compress properly (maybe it was too cold?). Because the other alternative is that maybe there's something wrong with the lead bend, or the hub where it meets the CI stack (all in the same location of where the leak is coming from).
It's a bummer to have to go back into the tenant's place to pull up the toilet yet, again. In retrospect, I should have measured the tolerances (flange to top of surface), depth of horn, etc. to ensure a thick wax ring was the right thing to use - maybe it was too thick? I'm planning to go back in with a fluidmaster waxless ring (blue funnel), or even the saniseal again. If I could get another 5 years out of it until the tenant moves, that's all that I need, until i can mess with it again properly.
In any case, what's the likelihood of something being wrong with the lead bend/stack? This is a 110 year old house. Bend looks solid to me, but this time I'll thoroughly inspect for cracks etc (up to where I can see).
I discovered a moldy corner on the wall/ceiling of my first floor bathroom. I broke out the sheetrock, and noticed that when the toilet directly above was flushed, I'd get 15-20 drops of water down that wall.
I pulled up the toilet, remembering that I'd installed a SaniSeal (green) waxless ring on that toilet about 5 years ago. That's a Toto Drake on an old lead/brass flange. When I removed the seal, I found it soaking with water, and I thought that was the problem.
I replaced with an extra thick wax ring, reseated the toilet, and bolted it down. Now, 2-3 days later, I notice water still dripping from the same location upon flushing. I have to hope that I didn't do something correctly, or the wax ring was too thick and didn't compress properly (maybe it was too cold?). Because the other alternative is that maybe there's something wrong with the lead bend, or the hub where it meets the CI stack (all in the same location of where the leak is coming from).
It's a bummer to have to go back into the tenant's place to pull up the toilet yet, again. In retrospect, I should have measured the tolerances (flange to top of surface), depth of horn, etc. to ensure a thick wax ring was the right thing to use - maybe it was too thick? I'm planning to go back in with a fluidmaster waxless ring (blue funnel), or even the saniseal again. If I could get another 5 years out of it until the tenant moves, that's all that I need, until i can mess with it again properly.
In any case, what's the likelihood of something being wrong with the lead bend/stack? This is a 110 year old house. Bend looks solid to me, but this time I'll thoroughly inspect for cracks etc (up to where I can see).