Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe (Post 2409995)

Easy job. Requires: one wrench (or specific socket), two rags, one $2 putty knife, one new $5 wax "donut," preferably a small wet/dry vac or a bucket with sponge, one plastic grocery bag, and someone strong enough to lift toilet up and set aside and able to repeat process in reverse. Gazillion YouTube videos on this.

1. Turn off supply valve and disconnect water line to toilet. Valve is often a diamond-shaped or plastic pop-out looking thing;
2. Flush toilet. Remove remaining water (as much as reasonably possible) with vac or sponge from bowl and tank;
3. Remove nut caps (2) and unbolt toilet from floor. Lean toilet over partially;
4. Quickly stuff a rag half way into bottom toilet hole where it connects to floor this is to limit dripping;
5. Quickly stuff a rag half way into hole in floor to which toilet connects. This is to prevent you from enjoying the odor of sewer gas. And from dropping anything into the abyss;
6. Leave bolts in floor in place, the ones that are standing up about 2-3 inches;
7. Lift up and set toilet aside. Adjacent tubs work great for this, but don't crack porcelain;
8. Use putty knife to scrape away existing wax donut ring. Plastic bag helpful here;
9. Replace wax donut ring with new;
10. Remove both rags.
11. Set toilet on new ring. "Smoosh" around a little to settle it and achieve a good seal;
12. Re-attach nuts to standing bolts, and nut bolt caps;
13. Re-attach water supply line, check for leaks and turn on water supply valve;
14. Allow tank to refill. Flush a couple times, ensure water-tightness around toilet base and supply lines;
15. Throw out plastic bag with old wax donut ring. For those of you who like to sniff kids' hair, Do not eat this kind of donut.

Yeah- pretty much it, done yourself for under $10 and a half-hour.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe (Post 2409995)

Easy job. Requires: one wrench (or specific socket), two rags, one $2 putty knife, one new $5 wax "donut," preferably a small wet/dry vac or a bucket with sponge, one plastic grocery bag, and someone strong enough to lift toilet up and set aside and able to repeat process in reverse. Gazillion YouTube videos on this.

1. Turn off supply valve and disconnect water line to toilet. Valve is often a diamond-shaped or plastic pop-out looking thing;
2. Flush toilet. Remove remaining water (as much as reasonably possible) with vac or sponge from bowl and tank;
3. Remove nut caps (2) and unbolt toilet from floor. Lean toilet over partially;
4. Quickly stuff a rag half way into bottom toilet hole where it connects to floor this is to limit dripping;
5. Quickly stuff a rag half way into hole in floor to which toilet connects. This is to prevent you from enjoying the odor of sewer gas. And from dropping anything into the abyss;
6. Leave bolts in floor in place, the ones that are standing up about 2-3 inches;
7. Lift up and set toilet aside. Adjacent tubs work great for this, but don't crack porcelain;
8. Use putty knife to scrape away existing wax donut ring. Plastic bag helpful here;
9. Replace wax donut ring with new;
10. Remove both rags.
11. Set toilet on new ring. "Smoosh" around a little to settle it and achieve a good seal;
12. Re-attach nuts to standing bolts, and nut bolt caps;
13. Re-attach water supply line, check for leaks and turn on water supply valve;
14. Allow tank to refill. Flush a couple times, ensure water-tightness around toilet base and supply lines;
15. Throw out plastic bag with old wax donut ring. For those of you who like to sniff kids' hair, Do not eat this kind of donut.

Yeah- pretty much it, done yourself for under $10 and a half-hour.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by mtdjed (Post 2410061)

Whoops, I broke the Porcelain, Whoops, can you call the Plumber. Whoops, I broke my glasses. Whoops, I broke the inlet valve. Whoops, do we have any large bandages.

Originally Posted by mtdjed (Post 2409927)

Looking for recommendation of contractor for replacing wax toilet ring and price.

Originally Posted by mtdjed (Post 2409927)

Looking for recommendation of contractor for replacing wax toilet ring and price.

Originally Posted by nova1968 (Post 2410137)

Not everyone have the time or patience to do such a project especially if the poster is 80

Originally Posted by Pairadocs (Post 2410237)

You may want to re-think this, check out just how incredibly easy this is. Utube can show you, or just talk to someone in plumbing at Ace location. No special talent tools, or skills needed. Two small women, my sis in law and I did this in much less than an hour when our hubbies were gone on hunting trip. Turn off the little water valve behind toilet, loosen the 2 floor bolts and the bolt holding the tank to the stool (also easy to do) push some old towels down the drain to soak up any water that didn't vacate the bowl when flushed. Would not have taken the two of us but it made it much easier to lift off the toilet tank. We used an ordinary putty knife to loosen the old wax ring, it came up easily once loosened around the edge, new ring was super inexpensive, put it down and it's self seating, lifted the stool back on, fastened the bolts back to floor, lifted the tank on, fastened those screws, put top on tank, turned water value to on. Much less than an hour to do.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2409994)

Personally, I would never hire a handyman for plumbing or electrical work, unless I was very familiar with their capability.