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The RIDGID Model No. 2006 Faucet and Sink Installer is a multipurpose under-sink plumbing tool. This tool is used to fasten and remove plastic basin nuts, supply line nuts, along with 7/8" and 1" hex nuts. The tool also features an aluminum insert for turning angle stop handles, and another aluminum insert for holding strainer baskets in place. Its extra long construction makes it ideal for hard to reach applications. The RIDGID Model No. 2006 Faucet & Sink Installer is a great addition to any toolbox.
Features
   Extra long to turn hard to reach mounting nuts on faucets, sprayers and ball cocks
   Notched ends engage 2, 3, 4, and 6 tab basin nuts
   Open slot allows easy access over existing supply lines
   Shut off valve attachment turns hard to reach angle stops without marring chrome
   Strainer basket attachment holds drain unit in place while tightening strainer nut
   7/8" & 1" metal or plastic hex nuts
   Light weight, high strength plastic construction with durable aluminum inserts

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THE TASK AT HAND - REPLACING THE WAX RING

When the property owners takes it upon themselves to replace a wax ring, marketing gets in the way of "what worked for years" and it is toted as better, improved, more reliable. The horn/flanged ring is made to believe that it is necessary when it isn't. If your flange is in bad enough shape where you need to have a horn on the end of the ring, there comes a place and time that you should be addressing the situation of your toilet flange, no? Marketing drives the consumer to purchase something they had no intention of buying to begin with. What is common with horned/flanged wax rings are closet bolts, the bolts that hold the toilet down to the floor through the closet flange. Almost always, these closet bolts are metal, meaning they will rust. The finish on the bolts are always shiny and bright, alluding that the product you are installing is good. It's clearly not. Those bolts in a very short period of time will start to rust due to the wet location design and the bolts will slowly deteriorate, rust and seize up, forcing the removal and replacement of the bolts, "The Next Time" and why wouldn't they want you back? They are making money off of you! They don't have to make thousands of dollars, just a few, one customer at a time that truly adds up.

Don't you think it's worth a few more dollars to put in something that lasts for an indefinite period of time, something that will be quite easy to deal with years down the road when the time comes? Apparently for some, no. It's by personal choice for sure but the consumer has a way of being sucked into a bad situation without knowing it. The horned/flanged wax ring is recommended by experts, comes free with cheap no good closet bolts even when you buy a toilet. You're convinced that it is a worthwhile purchase for this very reason. What gets everyone in trouble is the design of that horned wax ring that no one knows about.


THE HORN OF A WAX RING


When the plastic horn is embedded into a wax ring, it is supposed to be placed in the center of the ring, dividing the wax evenly between the two planes of wax that make up the total distance of the thickness of the ring. However when a toilet is placed onto a closet flange, the horn can sometimes hit the edge of the inside of your piping system and cause the horn to now push up to the bottom of the toilet, or have the exact opposite effect and push down to the flange, pushing out all the wax between the horn and the flange, leaving the toilet with the great probability of leaking. If there is any time that you as a property owner wants to grimace and shake your fists angrily after reading about this revelation about horned wax rings, now is the time to do it. It will come as a freedom of knowing that those 3 trips to your local hardware store after resetting the toilet numerous times looking on the internet, calling up friends and family, asking your neighbors did nothing to stop the leak under your toilet.


It had everything to do with the 'type' of wax ring you was using, the one that marketing told you was better and more reliable. When they first designed the horned/flanged wax ring, they probably built it as a novelty to increase sales of a product that didn't have much activity on the shelves since toilet resetting isn't a common ritual in the home. What probably became obvious quickly when the horned wax rings hit the shelf was that the sales of wax rings then skyrocketed. How? The product not working for all applications, and there sits next to the now famous and 'better' flanged wax rings, the common, ever so innocent plain wax ring that's worked for decades without a single failure to name, as long as it is used correctly.

Now the makers of horned wax rings have a gold mine on their hands, lets figure out how to get more sales since they know that half of them will create leaks. Sell them with closet bolts in an All-in-One kit, like you the property owner is too lazy to reach for two items instead of one? Make a sweet deal with the manufacture of certain toilets where this glorious horned wax ring comes with the cheapest bolts made come with the toilet, making the consumer believe that they do not need to buy anything else, it comes with the toilet. Here is an image of what that buying decision creates:

 
The wax ring as we know for years has been the number one product that provides a water and gas leak proof connection to the bottom of your toilet and plumbing system in your home. People commonly call these rings 'Bees Wax' or "Honey Rings" between the toilet and closet flange. Flanged or horned wax rings became available around 20 years ago as a design that was meant to deflect water downwards into the center of the piping below the actual surface of the closet flange. This would provide an ability to still seat a toilet knowing there was questionable condition of a lead bend leading to a brass closet ring. But with any new product comes conditions and variables, and here is why I believe the horned/flanged ring has become not only the most problematic, but the most costly to consumers in property damage claims along with installation errors that have cost millions.

For as many years that Dunbar Plumbing has been in the plumbing profession, we have noticed over time the sharp increase in "toilet leaks at base" service calls. Our first line of thinking pointed us towards the do it yourself sector that has been ever growing over the past decades, property owners taking it upon themselves to replace a wax ring under a toilet. What first leads them to wax ring replacement to begin with?




Improperly flushing toilets. Toilets that were builder's grade or bare minimum in cost and quality. Home builders follow the bare minimum in design and even though it is new white and shiny does not mean it's going to provide years of longevity without problems. Anyone that has a toilet that is reading these very words will understand the frustration found in unreliable toilets, wondering if what you flush will not go down. These type of toilets are so common in newer homes that it is guaranteed that a plunger will be a purchased item sitting next to the toilet for the "next time."

When consumers finally tire of this ongoing scenario, purchase of a better or better flushing toilet is the next smart buying decision. This is where you can tell when the customer has reached a threshold where cost doesn't bother them at all on the buying decision. They want piece of mind that the toilet they purchase is a final one with no second guessing. Clogged toilets can be very common when small children reside in the home, or that fearful moment when the toilet clogs when company arrives. An embarrassing, sometimes horrible experience that becomes when someone flushes something like female hygiene products or uses large amounts of toilet paper. Why people think it is customary to treat someones home like that, knowing the possibility of a clog is rude. Read more...