Thank you very much for the video, I had a dought but you make sure I was right adding an other wax ring thank you one more time I'll give 5 stars but I don't how, good lesson Have a nice day
Always seat the toilet firmly to the floor as to not get wobble. The wax ring has no memory flex back and once it's crushed it will stay down. Wobbling will crush ring on it's sides and leave gaps at the top of it which creates leaks.
With 2 wax rings, is there any way wax could get down into the drain pipe? Looks like it could "spill over" and get down in the drain? thanks, GREAT video!
Initially when I installed the toilet, the manual says to adhere the wax ring onto the toilet first and I did that. 5 months later, its leaking underneath. So now I need to buy 2 new rings since the old one is useless. The question is do I place the 2 wax rings on top of the flange or do I follow the manual to adhere it to the toilet first?
I had this flooring on top of old flooring situation where a silicone seal was not tall enough and using the spacer made it too tall. So I went back to a jumbo wax ring. And it’s still leaking. So I think I have to put in two rings as you picture here. My question is about the sequence of installation. Do you put the ring with the drop flange on the toilet, then the plain ring on the toilet flange on the floor, and then place the toilet - in that order?
I have a leaky toilet problem. Let me start at the beginning. The toilet is in the basement and attaches to a concrete floor. The toilet is the small round style and began peeing a trail of water out the side . I removed the toilet about 5 times replacing the wax ring twice and trying other trick seals a couple of times with maybe a couple of weeks of no leaking. Then I replaced the flange and purchased a new elongated toilet and the game just reset and its groundhog day everyday since. I am wondering now if the area under the toilet where the wax ring seats is too high and needs two wax rings ? The closet flange sits on top of the floor and vinyl sheet flooring is the finished floor so there shouldn't be an issue with flange height . Could use some one else's ideas at this point, This has been going on for over a year now. Oh I forgot to mention , the drain pipe makes an immediate 90 deg turn at the bottom of the flange fitting. Which made me consider splash back leakage.
Difficult to say what is happening. Good point about the 90 degree turn. If you remove the toilet, send me some pictures of the problem area and I will see if I can provide some suggestions.
Thank you. Every video I searched on the internet said do not use double wax rings so I'm glad your video is there. Yet, no video showed how to install them. Please add some explanation. Do you put one on the toilet and drop it over the other. Do you smear the first one into the flange recesses to avoid leaks, then add the second one on top. Do you smoosh the top wax ring over the first one to seal the space between them. When the top ring has a black horn, how do you ensure you get a good seal between the first ring and the second one's horn. Should one just buy two rings with no horn? Your drawings explain the concepts, but there's a big difference between real world and design pictures.
Excellent video ! Just short ,sweet,& to the point !😁
Thank you! 👍
Very helpful video excellently done.
Thank you very much for the video, I had a dought but you make sure I was right adding an other wax ring thank you one more time I'll give 5 stars but I don't how, good lesson
Have a nice day
Always seat the toilet firmly to the floor as to not get wobble. The wax ring has no memory flex back and once it's crushed it will stay down. Wobbling will crush ring on it's sides and leave gaps at the top of it which creates leaks.
Good point.
Great video. Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
They make those jumbo size wax rings too right?
Yes those might work just fine.
With 2 wax rings, is there any way wax could get down into the drain pipe? Looks like it could "spill over" and get down in the drain? thanks, GREAT video!
Lol it's ok. Don't lose any sleep over it
I could, but I've never seen a problem develop from it and you're welcome:)
Initially when I installed the toilet, the manual says to adhere the wax ring onto the toilet first and I did that. 5 months later, its leaking underneath. So now I need to buy 2 new rings since the old one is useless. The question is do I place the 2 wax rings on top of the flange or do I follow the manual to adhere it to the toilet first?
I like to put both on the floor flange, then carefully lower toilet, feeling the squish of the wax rings and knowing that it's sealed.
@@gregvancom When you do stack them from the floor up, is the one with the horn on the floor with the flange, followed by the plain ring on top?
I had this flooring on top of old flooring situation where a silicone seal was not tall enough and using the spacer made it too tall. So I went back to a jumbo wax ring. And it’s still leaking. So I think I have to put in two rings as you picture here. My question is about the sequence of installation. Do you put the ring with the drop flange on the toilet, then the plain ring on the toilet flange on the floor, and then place the toilet - in that order?
I don't think there is any manufactures instructions for double wax rings, however, I like to stack them on the bottom and then set the toilet.
Thank you 👍🏽
You’re welcome 😊
Great Video but you sound like my father and I cried a little bit 😅 He uhh never taught me nothing 🥺 Great Video.
I have a leaky toilet problem. Let me start at the beginning. The toilet is in the basement and attaches to a concrete floor. The toilet is the small round style and began peeing a trail of water out the side . I removed the toilet about 5 times replacing the wax ring twice and trying other trick seals a couple of times with maybe a couple of weeks of no leaking. Then I replaced the flange and purchased a new elongated toilet and the game just reset and its groundhog day everyday since. I am wondering now if the area under the toilet where the wax ring seats is too high and needs two wax rings ? The closet flange sits on top of the floor and vinyl sheet flooring is the finished floor so there shouldn't be an issue with flange height . Could use some one else's ideas at this point, This has been going on for over a year now. Oh I forgot to mention , the drain pipe makes an immediate 90 deg turn at the bottom of the flange fitting. Which made me consider splash back leakage.
Difficult to say what is happening. Good point about the 90 degree turn. If you remove the toilet, send me some pictures of the problem area and I will see if I can provide some suggestions.
Thank you. Every video I searched on the internet said do not use double wax rings so I'm glad your video is there. Yet, no video showed how to install them. Please add some explanation. Do you put one on the toilet and drop it over the other. Do you smear the first one into the flange recesses to avoid leaks, then add the second one on top. Do you smoosh the top wax ring over the first one to seal the space between them. When the top ring has a black horn, how do you ensure you get a good seal between the first ring and the second one's horn. Should one just buy two rings with no horn? Your drawings explain the concepts, but there's a big difference between real world and design pictures.
I like using just two wax rings stacked on top of each other without any other materials.
Is water that leaks from a bad wax ring, down to the floor below, soiled water?
It can be both.
So the wax ring needs to be little higher than floor.
It usually is.
I prefer waxless seal to wax ring.
I to use waxless seal as they are more forgiving and if you have trouble seating the toilet you may end up replacing the wax ring again.
For me, it would depend upon the situation.