WE FOUND OUT OUR TOILET HAD BEEN LEAKING UNDERNEATH for quite sometime(just purchased house)and the top 3/4 in subfloor was rotted so we replaced that after cutting out a large area around the wet area now we set the toilet onto a new gasket that drops into the cast iron pipe to adjust for floor height and broken off cast iron pipe head then put the tall wax gasket and mounted the toilet . this was three days ago and tonight i found water at the front of the commode where did we go wrong?

If you broke the ring that the bolts connect to all you have to do is to go a hardware store and buy a replacement ring. Sometimes its a whole ring thats adjustable and someones its a half ring, so you would need two. Just screw the ring down to something solid, preferably the new floor(assuming it goes under the current ring).

we replaced the ring that holds the bolts because it had a finite crack in it is this probably our issue again?and could this be caused by over crankiing on the toilet bolts?

Be sure to also check around the toilet tank because something may have come loose during the work that you did.

Take the toilet back out and look at the ring again(the ring being the part the bolts are attached to). And also try to notice if the wax seal is squished or not like its supposed to be. Make sure it isn't too big or too small for the job. If the toilet flange is level with the floor, use a small wax seal(with horn). If its below the floor, use a big wax seal(with horn). The horn being a piece of hard rubber(or plastic) extending from the center of the wax seal towards the drain. If the toilet rocks when you put it back and the bolts are tight, then you are going to have to put some kind of shim under the toilet. A wood shim is easiest but will eventually rot(but by the time it does that, it might be time for a new toilet!).

Heres a link to the kind of replacement ring that I was talking about: Ring

It doesn't have to be that exact one but one it like. They also make ones that are half ring.

THANKS ADAM I THINK THAT WAS THE PROBLEM WE USED A LARGE WAX RING AND THE FLANGE WE REPLACED IS EVEN WITH THE FLOOR nice to now the flange was cheaper at ace tho in case we got to start over

Sometimes when you replace the toilet bowl ring, it doesn't seat properly, and thus doesn't seal. Before tightening the bolts, I usually sit on the toilet, SOFTLY, so it seats evenly. Try this, or you can email me at john@ripbugs.com or www.ripbugs.com. Good Luck.