Double Thick Wax Ring

Now set the toilet with a regular wax seal.

Double thick wax ring.

Wax rings come in two standard thicknesses one that is about 1 1 2 inches thick and an extra thick variety that s about double that. I m working on a toilet with a leak at it s base. Using two rings was suggested to me but ive never had to do it before. 10 extra thick toilet bowl wax ring gasket with plastic flange sleeve is rated 4 6 out of 5 by 43.

Based on the location of the leak i know it must be the wax ring gasket. Oatey johni ring wax 3 in jumbo toilet wax ring with bolts for universal. Y 2020 m 10 d 1 h 16 bvseo bulk prod bvrr vn bulk 3 0 12. When you have the top of the highest spacer slightly higher than the tile use a nut and washer on the closet bolt to secure the sandwich together.

Only seen a few flanges that their surface was so badly pitted and i had to use the grinder. Fluidmaster better than wax rubber 5 5 in wax free gasket for universal. These three videos will show you h. Thd sku 256416.

For pricing and availability. I have a toilet im setting and theres a gap beetween the toilet and the wax ring. Oatey no seep extra thick toilet bowl wax ring this extra thick wax ring has 40 percent more was for problem areas and is designed to fit 3 in. Packy ma use a spacer like this.

For just a couple of bucks more skip the double stack or extra thick wax rings and add the height instead for the job done right its no big deal on most flanges. 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. 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. You can seal between the existing flange and the spacer s with a small amount of bowl wax.