Finally got around to replacing the wax ring on the toilet this week. Simple enough job.
Unfortunately once I got everything back together and tested, the toilet was still leaking. The wax ring seemed to be sealing everything up just fine. Finally with a little more investigating I discovered the culprit: a tiny 5 mm long crack at the base just outside the wax ring.
I wasn’t able to get a very close look at it without dumping the remaining water out of the bowl, but it looked like it may have been a manufacturing defect.
So I guess it’s off to Lowe’s sometime this week to shop around for another toilet. We’d been meaning to upgrade the toilets anyway…just not quite so soon.
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Have replaced a toilet or two, little cracks like that can happen if you’re pushing down a bit to hard when screwing down the toilet. Or if you’re pushing down to hard when positioning the toilet on the wax seal.
You should keep the toilet though, and put it on your front porch. It’s economical lawn furniture. Fill it with ice, and you have a place for your beer.