Answer by mogar
remove bolts at position of toliet
turn take up off
pick up toliet
replace wax-ring(buy at home depot)
place toliet back down
do it in inverse order
excellent luck.
Answer by chefgrille
Mogar is right.But, is the filling up link to your toilet flex-line, or hard pipe?
f it`s flex-line you should be capable to clean up and go the throne without disconnecting it.But do turn the fill up off as aforesaid and so blush to try to get all the filling up out.Hard pipe is a bit more trying.Then you simply reput the wax ring and place it back together.Warning, it is a bit of a messy job, so take a ton of ancient towels equipped.
Answer by Jim W.
Hi itfactor,
I see this all the time, and it`s normally NOT the wax bowl ring. The most usual origin of puddling next to the pot is the shutoff valve.
Before you do ANYTHING ELSE, make certain you name the beginning of the leak FIRST. This is elementary to do. Just dry the country well and lay down some paper on the floor. Make certain you place it all the way around and below the shutoff valve as well. The beginning of the escape will be revealed in a really little number of time.
If it`s the shut-offvalve that`s dripping, make certain it`s turned full on by turning the handle counter-clockwise. Once that`s done, simply tightening the bonnet nut on the top of the valve (just SNUG, NOT TIGHT! will end it from leaking in the overwhelming amount of cases.
If it IS the wax seal linking the throne and drain extend beyond, your exercise is cut out for you, but you can do this yourself. Click the video link below for a pretty excellent view of what you`ll take to get it done.
http://www.ehow.com/video_2329601_removing-toilet.html
You`ll receive several videos on different stages of the job.
Excellent luck and take some laughs while you`re doing it
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