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We had a plumber out/he put two wax rinds in to fix our leaky toilet. Now 2 days later it is clogged,related?

We had a plumber out/he put two wax rinds on top of the exsisting wax ring to fix our leaky toilet. Now 2 days later it is clogged. WE have hardly used the toilet. Do you think the excessive wax rings may have caused a blockage?

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  • Tim C
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    No, it cannot because there is a lip on the bottom of the stool. Any excess would squeeze out away from the pipe.

  • 1 decade ago

    If the face of the closet flange is too low, common in tiled bathrooms, the toilet trap face is too far from the closet flange allowing for gaps between the wax ring and the toilet/closet flange, and leaks.

    In those instances a flange extender is used. Screwed into the floor and caulked to the existing flange. Then a "no-seep" wax ring with horn is installed to lessen the chance of leaks.

    A plumber would never ever use an existing wax ring as you now learned what would happen. Always remove old and replace with new. When in doubt use a "no-seep"

    Also over plunging the toilet can blow out the wax ring and cause a toilet to leak at the base.

    Source(s): me plumbing supervisor
  • 1 decade ago

    You didn't have a Plumber in your house. You had some lazy handyman who was not skilled at all in working on toilets. First, he should have removed the old wax seal and cleaned the flange and toilet bottom. I'll bet he slid the upper wax seal over when he sat the toilet down on the two rings. This will cause the wax to block the discharge hole of the toilet, forming a clog. Make him come back and do it right.

    Source(s): 35 years Plumber
  • 1 decade ago

    Although a possibility, not a probability. The two wax rings were to assure that you had a good seal between the bottom of the toilet and the flange it sits on. Some of the wax goes out, some does go in as it is pressed on, but mostly it goes out due to the construction of the toilet's outlet which should fit pretty snugly into the flange inside diameter.

    There are reasons for installing two wax rings. Some have to do with the flooring on which the toilet outside rim sits not allowing the bottom of the toilet, thus the outlet, to seat properly.

    I would pull the two nuts that hold down the toilet after shutting off the supply and draining the whole thing, pull the toilet and install a waxless ring. This fits the bottom of your toilet outlet, but has a rubber fitting that fits down inside the flange. This allows the toilet to fit to the flange without wax, and does give some allowance for flooring that is either too high or uneven.

    Then reinstall the entire unit.

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  • DAVE W
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    There is no reason to have 3 wax rings under that toilet!! Plus what plumber in his right mind would add 2 rings on top of a old one. The make a extra thick wax ring with a collar for problem areas which should of been used. My opinion, a lazy plumber and shabby work has caused it to be clogged by to much wax spreading to far inward towards drain restricting the flow. I have changed many of wax rings.

    When you have this fixed i would like to hear what the problem was.

    Source(s): 27 years construction
  • 1 decade ago

    As one of the fellows said, it's possible but not real probable that there's a correlation between the two recent events. However, assuming you can't or don't want to do the job of replacing the wax or non-wax ring yourself, your next best option, and one that you might use in the future time and time again, would be to go to any decent home center, or hardware store and purchase a toilet auger. They're simple to use and probably anyone in a hardware store can show you how to use one. They only cost about $10, and can save you a lot of housecalls by plumbers in the future.

  • 1 decade ago

    Of course. If there is a total of 3 wax rings it most likley squeezed into the pipe and plugged it. The plumber should have known better.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    My dad is a plumber and that is not likeley what the problem is. It could be that there is a crack on the toilet because when you tightin a toilet down to much it cracks the marble. or it could be a leaky supply line thats behind the toilet

    Source(s): Dads a Plumber and i am in training
  • biff
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Not likely. Sounds like some thing stuck in toilet. Remove toilet and check!!

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