OT plumbing help. The area around one of our toilets has a bad smell.

Not this shite again!

Are you on a city system or septic/mechanical?

The P trap shouldn't be letting the smell come back in like that.

Do you even wax ring bro?

If you sit on the toilet and it wiggles, replace wax ring. If wood floor replace wax ring and possibly wood around it.

Only a year old, shouldn't be the wax ring already.

Put a ring on it bro

No matter how level a tile floor feels they are almost NEVER perfectly level on a tile floor.

Tile is likely the culprit to why your wax ring is no longer sealing.

after you change the wax ring you should put plaster of paris around the bottom of the base (apply as if it were caulk, but don't use caulk)

The plaster will harden so it wont rock anymore, the rocking on uneven tiles is what wore the wax down.

Yes you can use the plastic shims but many times they get swept away when people mop.

If the plaster of Paris has time to set it will form a solid base that wont be missing in a few months.

It sounds like you've run across a bad application, plaster of Paris isn't supposed to be brittle when setup.

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if it is the wax ring, should the plumber who installed it handle this?

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it's probably as easy as changing your AC filter.

Wax ring probably cost 4 bucks

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They make plastic shims for leveling toilets. If you try to level it with grout it will just break. It's not plaster of Paris used on tile floors.

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pennies will work also.