Toilet

[mmorris]

Our CK29 has a ceramic toilet. I'm assuming that it has a wax seal like a household toilet?

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[travelin texans]

No, most likely it's a foam seal/gasket.

[Stan]

It could be either. Not sure if the 2008 came with a ceramic toilet. My 2007 came with a plastic toilet and foam gasket. Upon switching to a ceramic, I installed a normal wax ring.

[mmorris]

I called Thetford and the china Aqua Magic II does not have a wax ring. They said that the present ring was probably kinked during installation or that it has "settled" over the eight years of it's life, allowing a little tank smell into the bathroom. Amazon carries the replacement ring.

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[Stan]

regardless if it came with one or not, you can use the wax ring.

[Tonemeister]

Just my 2 cents worth.....but due to temperatures inside RV during summer storage, wouldn't that potentially cause wax ring to "melt"?

[Stan]

Up here in the NW, we don't have THAT much heat. Maybe in the hot desert climate. Interesting question though.

[hondavalk]

Its a combination of heat and floor flex that make a wax ring the wrong choice for an RV.

[travelin texans]

I've removed the toilets in almost every rv we've owned for one reason or another & not one of them had a wax ring, all had the foam gasket.
Also residential toilets are generally caulked around the base, not one rv toilet has been.

[Lloyd]

Originally Posted by travelin texans

Also residential toilets are generally caulked around the base, not one rv toilet has been.

I don't chalk around the base of a residential toilet.
Reason being---if it starts to leak, it will run down, not out, and the floor will be soaked before you catch it.

[hondavalk]

In commercial bathrooms many architects spec caulk for sanitary reasons. Where a variety of people are using a commercial toilet there's some hit and miss going on with people's aim . It's to keep stuff from flowing under the toilet.