Stack Two Wax Rings Toilet

After researching around a bit i noticed lot of people in my situation used double stacked toilet wax rings to compensate for the height disparity so i took one plumber s advice and bought two wax rings.

Stack two wax rings toilet.

How to install two wax rings in a toilet. If the toilet is. I have a toilet im setting and theres a gap beetween the toilet and the wax ring. Can i stack two wax rings on top of eachother to seal a toilet.

If the toilet s floor flange height is slightly less than 1 4 inch above the flooring you can use an extra thick wax ring to make up the difference. I explain to the customer that the stacked wax is the reason it leaked the first time i have been to so many leaks due to stacked wax. You can buy an extra thick wax ring or you can just buy two rings and stack one on top of the other. A regular thin wax ring along with fluidmaster s jumbo wax ring extender kit which included extra thick wax ring with a built in polyethylene flange similar to oatey 90203 jumbo.

Whenever you remove a toilet for any reason replace the wax ring seal between the toilet and the toilet anchor flange sometimes called a closet flange attached to the floor. Double stack wax rings. Made from a molded wax loop around a short plastic tube wax rings are pretty foolproof inexpensive and shape themselves to fit almost any toilet and floor drain. Installing a flange extender or using an extra thick wax ring will work much better in the long run.

Once you stack the wax rings line up the bolt holes and push the toilet down towards the floor. I already am using a taller ring and its in a poured slab so it will be a job to mess with the flange itself. Plus its a office building that i am leasing so i dont want to do anymore than i have to. Do not be tempted to stack up two wax rings because this setup tends to leak.