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re: OT plumbing help. The area around one of our toilets has a bad smell.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:48 am to Sl4m
Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:48 am to Sl4m
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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.
I own a commercial plastering company chief.
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Posted on 1/29/14 at 10:58 am to GonePecan
You need to pull the toilet and make sure your flange isn't cracked. Once you are sure you have a good flange the fixture can be reset with a quality wax ring and then bedded in with either plaster as the previous poster mentioned or grout which is what I use. If you don't shim and bed in the fixture you may be doing this again shortly.
Did anybody give this guy a bid yet?
Did anybody give this guy a bid yet?
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:03 am to learnthehardway
Much easier to use for the novice than wax. Cost a bit more but so much easier than messing with the wax crap shoot.
Posted on 1/29/14 at 11:54 am to learnthehardway
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Once you are sure you have a good flange the fixture can be reset with a quality wax ring and then bedded in with either plaster as the previous poster mentioned or grout which is what I use. If you don't shim and bed in the fixture you may be doing this again shortly.
Yeah, this has gone above my skill level.
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