Toilet On The Floor

Look at the floor flange area.

Toilet on the floor.

Carefully lift the tank off the bowl and place out of the immediate area then remove the nuts from the floor bolts. Remove the nuts from the mounting bolts that hold the tank onto the bowl with a wrench. Measure the distance from the wall to the floor bolts before removing. Lay a tarp or newspaper down to protect your floors.

The location of the. Remove the toilet and turn it on its side. Standard toilets have a measurement of 12 from the wall to the floor bolts. Materials flange extender optional toilet wax ring or foam gasket plastic toilet shims silicone caulk.

If the toilet flange sits below the finished floor the toilet will leak. Then make an outline of the toilet on the floor with masking tape. Install the wax ring and lower the toilet onto the flange. Toilets usually rock because they are not resting flush against the floor.

In order for this not to happen the toilet flange must sit above the finished floor by at least 1 4. Water on the floor or a running toilet could signal the need for a minor repair a major one or even a new toilet and a few simple tests can help you decide which it is. Measure the depth and width of the gluing edge of the bowl. It s simple the watertight seal between the toilet bowl and wax ring will eventually fail.

Lift the toilet from the floor with a slight twisting and rocking motion. Twist will break any remaining seal between the toilet and floor hopefully. Put the toilet on the tarp. Underneath the toilet base is a round toilet flange that connects the toilet to the drain pipe.

If the flange is a little higher than the surrounding flooring the toilet becomes raised slightly in the center allowing it to rock to either side. Next move your caulk gun to the inset depth you just measured and apply caulk directly to the floor maintaining the inset depth as you follow the tape. Steve used an oatey 4 replacement toilet flange for cast iron pipes.