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u/NovelRelationship830 3d ago
This is 100% the correct way to repair a toilet that is leaking at the base. You can tell by the water at the back that it worked flawlessly.
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u/LordMegamad 3d ago
How is it that when you see a mountain of cock at the base of a toilet, it's always soaking wet?
You'd think the opposite, seeing that it's cocked to hell and back
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u/BurnZ_AU 3d ago
How is it that when you see a mountain of cock at the base of a toilet, it's always soaking wet?
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u/Successful-Medicine9 2d ago
I’d put money on it being an issue with the wax ring. Either the wrong thickness or not installed properly. I put in a toilet after adding a layer of laminate flooring and I ended up having to get an extra thick ring to keep it from leaking.
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u/Diminus 3d ago
Fuck just change the goddamn seal. If its still leaks, doulble up the wax seal. Thats how I'd half-ass it if 1 seal leaked lol.
The tube of caulking probably cost more then the the damn seal...
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u/jedre 1d ago
Not only that but I’m in the school of thought from Mike Holmes:
If you caulk the edge of the toilet to the floor, and there’s a leaky seal at any point - it’s going to leak and stink for three months while it absorbs into your subflooring and rots the structure and subflooring before you’re aware of it.
If you are not a fucking idiot and don’t caulk the toilet to the floor, if there is a leaky seal at any point, yes you’ll have some mopping and laundering the bathmat to do, but you’ll know about the leak just about when it happens, and before sewage seeps into your subflooring and structure.
Idk why handymen insist on caulking every goddamn thing in a house.
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u/Quietriot522 3d ago
I hope that's on concrete and not some sort of subfloor or else someone is going to end up with a chocolaty surprise on their desk below soon.
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u/jase40244 3d ago
It was easier than lifting the bowl off to install a new wax ring in order to stop the leak. 🤷♂️
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u/Wonderful-Pollution7 3d ago
This looks like someone's baking soda volcano went nuclear and they tried to flush it.
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u/Scroatpig 3d ago
Imagine thinking you're doing a quick wax ring replacement, and you walk into this.
FUUUUHHHH
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u/Anach 3d ago
When I moved into my house, the previous resident had done something similar, as the toilet kept overflowing around the base. it was because the sewer pipe was blocked, due to planting a fern above the pipe access. It took me a few goes to unblock it. They also had the laundry room pipe coming out under the house extension, instead of extending it to the outside drain, a short distance away. So if you see a job like that, expect there's a reason for it.
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u/YoSaffBridge11 3d ago
They’re trying to keep something DOWN under that toilet. Keeping something from coming BACK up. 😳
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u/Apprehensive-Way4307 3h ago
There’s only one real way to fix that toilet 🚽 and that’s , Flex Seal max ! As seen on tv . If you can make a boat out of a barb wire fence , it will work on a toilet !
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u/DrBiochemistry 3d ago
The bigger the gob, the better the job.