My house is a little over 4 years old. You would think that I would not be facing any serious plumbing problems. You would think wrong.
I have already learned to fix a leak under a sink. Now I am going to try to learn something a little bigger, with your help.
Within the last few weeks, my wife noticed some moisture near the bottom edge of one of our toilets. Not much, but maybe an eye dropper full of water was on the floor. So she asked me to look at it. After close observation, I determined that when you flush the toilet, a small amount of water seeps from one side of the toilet, where it meets the floor. I might add that this toilet is in the guest bath, and is not used very frequently, so it could have been leaking for some time.
Once upon a time, I watched a DIY show about how to replace a toilet. When I got to the end of the show, I thought to myself, "that didn't look hard, I could do that". However, I was stupid and didn't record that particular show for future reference. Sure wish I had a "do-over" for that one.
From my very limited knowledge, and what I remember about that show, there is a wax ring that seals the toilet to the floor. It is that ring that I think could be leaking.
So...what do you all think? Could it be the wax ring? Should I attempt to do this myself? Or should I take it apart, and hire a plumber to put it back together? I am really good at taking things apart, but somethings it is harder to put them back together.
Has anyone done this successfully? Is there a book that would explain it?
This does not need to be done immediately, i.e., the leak is small, and I can tell the kids not to use that particular bathroom, but it will need to be fixed in the very near future.
Once again, thank you for all your help.
Oh, one more thing. Tyler, I was told that Santa would bring me a digital camera, so I can finally post some pics.