We had an emergency call out for a upstairs toilet that was leaking. Turned out the client had installed new vinyl flooring and reused an ol
d toilet waxseal. Westarted by changing the wax ring on the toilet for a new one that was taller than what was already installed.
> Why did we put a taller one in?
The new vinyl flooring raised the height of the floor enough that a regular 2 inch wax gasket would not seal. We opted for a jumbo (4 inch) gasket after measuring the gap between the vinyl surface and the waste flange.
Here’s the Jumbo wax ring that we picked up from the local Home Depot.
Next came the ceiling repair – first we had to break away the drywall and get our head and inspection light up in there to see what the water damage was like. Luckily, the water had stayed in a small space. Water likes to travel, if you find water has travelled down a stud or drywall panel, you’ll need to cut it away and change it. Water on drywall causes mould – it may not be visible immediately, but if left – it will surface eventually. It makes sense to deal with it straight away when making a ceiling repair.
We cut away the old drywall up to the dry points and made a nice rectangle space for new drywall. Then the new drywall went in.
Prepare the surface
What did we use to match the texture?
If the surface area was only a few inches we would have opted for a spray can repair, but given that the surface area was 4 ft square approximately, we opted for a textured paint.
The textured paint we got from Home Depot (again because it was local) worked out great. Some tips if you do decide to do this yourself, treat the paint, as paint, except, apply by dabbing onto the surface and layer. Also, you’ll need to paint as this product dries yellow.
After – ready for painting.
The client was really pleased with the outcome because it was cost effective in both materials and labour and blended in nicely.
