We had a bad wax ring in the upstairs bathroom, and when the plumber took the toilet off, he realized the flange upon which the toilet sits was actually an inch higher than the floor, so no wonder the wax was not sealing properly. Of course, the flange is PVC-ish plastic stuff, so removing it means drilling it out of the pipe it's in, and of course the pipe is also plastic, so drilling just might crack it somewhere along its length. And of course it runs the length of the house before dropping to any place accessible. AND of course the flange is an offset flange, meaning somebody screwed up and plumbed for a toilet that's farther from the back wall, so if we went that route we'd need a new toilet, too. And our toilet, you guessed it, is almond.
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We had a bad wax ring in the upstairs bathroom, and when the plumber took the toilet off, he realized the flange upon which the toilet sits was actually an inch higher than the floor, so no wonder the wax was not sealing properly. Of course, the flange is PVC-ish plastic stuff, so removing it means drilling it out of the pipe it's in, and of course the pipe is also plastic, so drilling just might crack it somewhere along its length. And of course it runs the length of the house before dropping to any place accessible. AND of course the flange is an offset flange, meaning somebody screwed up and plumbed for a toilet that's farther from the back wall, so if we went that route we'd need a new toilet, too. And our toilet, you guessed it, is almond.
We replaced the wax and so far it's holding.