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A pretty handy customer called and said he had a toilet repair and that there was water leaking from between the toilet bowl and floor. This is usually indicative of the wax ring leaking.
There is a wax ring that compresses between the bottom of the toilet bowl and the drain flange that carries the waste away. The toilet bowl is held in place with some bolts that screw to a metal ring surrounding the toilet flange. If the toilet bowl moves or a bolt rusts then this seal is broken and you get all kinds of nasty stuff on your floor.
The customer said he tried to replace the wax ring but the metal ring that holds the bowl to the floor had broken, which is why he called us. The answer was a reinforcement ring.
Instead of replacing the old mounting ring, which would be a hassle, a reinforcement ring screws directly on top of the old ring and keeps the toilet in the same footprint. If you are upstairs with a wood subfloor, you can screw it into the wood joists to hold it in place. For a concrete slab, you pre-drill a hole and use a tapcon screw. Then just re-install the toilet. By the way, if you've been thinking you will replace the toilet, now would be a great time, since you already have the old one off, especially to a more efficient toilet.
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