OutHouse
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I need some help figuring out what to do to get my toilet from leaking. The toilet was installed about 20 years ago and I started to see the wood around the base of the toilet turning dark. I removed the toilet and took a picture of the flange with the wax seal. (Flange&Wax.jpg) A small amount of water had been leaking around the flange area and running down the PVC pipe to the floor below.
I removed all of the wax from the toilet base and flange. (Toilet_Flange.jpg) When I test fitted the toilet on the flange, I found that the toilet did not sit flat on the floor. Toilet exit contacts the flange/PVC pipe, rocking. Is there a way to modify the flange so the toilet can sit flat on the floor and seal with a standard wax ring? Or is there some other issue? Or other solutions?
I did install a new standard wax ring and shim the toilet, but it started leaking again after a few months.
Is it possible my toilet can have a crack? What is the best way to check for them?
Flange&Wax.jpg
Toilet_Flange.jpg
I removed all of the wax from the toilet base and flange. (Toilet_Flange.jpg) When I test fitted the toilet on the flange, I found that the toilet did not sit flat on the floor. Toilet exit contacts the flange/PVC pipe, rocking. Is there a way to modify the flange so the toilet can sit flat on the floor and seal with a standard wax ring? Or is there some other issue? Or other solutions?
I did install a new standard wax ring and shim the toilet, but it started leaking again after a few months.
Is it possible my toilet can have a crack? What is the best way to check for them?
Flange&Wax.jpg
Toilet_Flange.jpg