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sewer smell in bathroom
Author: namvet68 (PA) i have replaced j trap in sink wax ring in toilet and ran a snake thru vent pipe but still have same smell any suggestions please would be helpful Edited 1 times.
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Author: packy (MA) there's always a possibility you didn't get the wax seal right on the toilet. dampen a few paper towels a tuck them all around the base of the toilet. this will give a good temporary seal. see what happens..
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Author: srloren (CA) Good suggestion Packy
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Author: namvet68 (PA) thank you i caulked around toilet base seems to do the trick Edited 1 times.
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Author: srloren (CA) Namvet, what you really should do is take up the toilet and bleach wash the floor and bottom of the toilet then let it all dry and reinstall the toilet with the proper amount of wax rings, then caulk all but the very back side of the toilet. All the best you...love my Vets.
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Author: bernabeu (SC) proper amount of wax rings = ONE the BACK (bottom) of the flange should rest ON TOP OF the finished floor else: poor seal and y'all get to breath sewer gasses AND your subfloor INVISIBLY rots away ============================================== "Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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Author: srloren (CA) Bern you know that they aren't always installed properly. Hell am entire industry has bee created to resolve the problem...but I know you knew that.
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Author: packy (MA) done correctly, something like this is perfectly acceptable to me.. this is unacceptable to me...
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Author: bernabeu (SC) srloren, but the OP did NOT know that ============================================== "Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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Author: srloren (CA) Also Bern, I find that with low volume Flush toilets, its best to trim with a Razor Knife the Plastic inside to the wax. This stops any interference with the flush water and helps move waste to the sewer.
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Author: bernabeu (SC)

? what plastic ?

if the flange is installed correctly there is no need for plastic !

the horn on the bowl fits INTO the flange, the wax ring is merely to trap sewer gasses

a PROPERLY installed toilet connected to PROPERLY installed piping will work just fine (but stink) w/o a wax seal

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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638

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Author: srloren (CA) Bern for you... [s15.postimg.cc]
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Author: bernabeu (SC) like I said above - the plastic serves NO PURPOSE on a PROPERLY installed flange ============================================== "Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638 Edited 1 times.
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