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Clean Excess Silicone

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Toilet Install With Flange Sitting To Low

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What happens here

After securing the flange, clean up any excess silicone that has squeezed out into the interior of the pipe. Use a rag or a gloved finger to wipe around the inside edge of the flange. This ensures a smooth, unobstructed path for waste and prevents silicone from interfering with the wax ring seal.

Goal: Prepare for wax ring

Tools and materials

  • Rag — Wiping away excess silicone

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and then we're going to shoot some brass screws in. These are solid brass wood screws. These are two inches long and then now we are going to wipe off all that excess silicone that's on the inside there. You can see it. Use a rag if you need to. You can see that flange is completely secured. It's locked down and going nowhere and it's setting on the finished floor. Now we're ready for a wax ring. So with a wax ring I like to just

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