# Toilets

> Replacing toilets, wax rings, flanges and running toilets. Ask with your Sheet attached: homeowners who’ve done it and verified pros answer, and anyone can read it.

## Before you ask

The rough-in distance, what the flange looks like, and what leaks or runs.

- **Attach your Sheet** so people see your sizes and the math.
- **Your town is enough.** Never your address; check photos for house numbers and plates.
- **Is it safe?** A safety question here goes to pros verified in plumbing, unless you pick another trade. Only they can call it safe or unsafe.

## Replace a toilet

Toilet, 12″ rough-in: a toilet for a 12″ rough-in, elongated bowl, a wax seal, a 12″ supply line and new closet bolts.

What people get wrong:

- **Measuring from the baseboard.** The rough-in is from the finished wall.
- **Reusing the wax ring.** A used ring never seals again.
- **Cranking the nuts.** Porcelain cracks.

[The worked example, every line's math and the code notes](https://studsheet.com/sheets/toilet) · [Your own sizes in the app](https://app.studsheet.com/p/toilet)

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## How the community works

- **Open to read** from anywhere, no account needed.
- **Sign in with your email** to ask, answer and vote. No password.
- **The best answers rise:** votes, “worked for me” and a solved mark. Verified pros carry a badge.

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