Posted: 12/20/2008 6:01:33 AM EDT
| I have to replace a rubber gasket on my toilet. What would be a good sealant to use. Should I use some sort of silicone product? |
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I you refering to the wax ring the toilet sits on or another type of gasket ring? Need a little more info. The gasket where the water supply enters the tank. Get a new Fluidmaster tower and just use the rubber gasket that comes with it. No leaks. Edit: The "trick" (if you want to call it that) to getting either plastic or rubber fittings to seal is to tighten them "just enough." They are usually hand-tightened just past snug. If you tighten them too much (not near as tight as one would think) that will cause them to leak. It's hard thing for us ham-handed brutes to learn. 
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I you refering to the wax ring the toilet sits on or another type of gasket ring? Need a little more info. The gasket where the water supply enters the tank. Get a new Fluidmaster tower and just use the rubber gasket that comes with it. No leaks. OK thanks. |
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Are you talking about the wax ring ? Don't use any sealant just make sure the wax ring in the right size. You usually need to stretch it out a bit and fit it around the flange to get a good fit. Also make sure you don't end up squeezing it under the toilet drain or you won't be able to fit a full size crap in the toilet and you'll end up taking it back off again.
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I you refering to the wax ring the toilet sits on or another type of gasket ring? Need a little more info. The gasket where the water supply enters the tank. Get a new Fluidmaster tower and just use the rubber gasket that comes with it. No leaks. Edit: The "trick" (if you want to call it that) to getting either plastic or rubber fittings to seal is to tighten them "just enough." They are usually hand-tightened just past snug. If you tighten them too much (not near as tight as one would think) that will cause them to leak. It's hard thing for us ham-handed brutes to learn. ^ ^ ^ This I end up getting paid to replace things homeowners already tried to replace cause they took channel locks or a big ass wrench to a no-burst, fluidmaster, or a new trap setup under the sink and cant get it to stop leaking no matter how much they keep tightening it (the instructionon all of those say clearly hand tight + a quater turn ) once they have been overtightened the parts are usually useless. I love it when someone tried to replace a toilet supply line and now its got teflon tape, pipe dope and marks from a pipe wrench on it ––-and one frustrating drip. I end up doing a lot of call backs on apprentices who fall into this same trap. 
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