I'm glad i saved this old PM from bottomset n installing a wax ring for a toilet when I had a question - sorry to rat you out:
1. First ring is used as a product that fills in all the gaps where the flange and floor meet. Water does not get along with wax so you want no chance of water ever getting down the gaps.
2. Use a "normal" wax ring that does not have a horn embedded. Too often this horned ring is not useful for its application and if there is a height issue with the flange, this flange will bottom out on the toilet's underside or the flange.
Wax rings compress down and spread across the underside of the toilet so the perfect connection exists to seal the toilet to the drainage system properly. I believe that someday soon wax rings will be eliminated and we'l start using quick connect fitting built into the underside of the toilet.
I cannot even begin to tell how many times I've seen thousands spent on property damage claims in relation to toilets leaking at the base due to wax rings or other methods of connection to the toilet to make a seal.
Originally Posted by abrown83
I'm not a plumber but have installed toilets in my own house & all this advice about the wax ring is pretty simple stuff & any idiot with half a brain could figure it out & giving this kind of advice wouldn't necessarily mean he's a plumber.
Of course, the last line about how many times he's seen damage by improperly installed toilet fixtures definitely implies that he's a plumber. In all my years I've seen exactly zero examples of serious damage by improper toilet installation & I've worked in the construction industry.
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