Secure Toilet Flange To Rotted Floor

Flush the toilet to empty the tank.

Secure toilet flange to rotted floor.

Soak up the last of the water inside the tank with a sponge wringing it out into a bucket. Put the toilet mounting bolts in the flange pointing up and use some wax from the old wax ring to hold them in place. Screw the new flange into the subfloor. Attach using your used or new screws and bolts.

With the toilet flange in place you are ready to install the toilet with a new wax ring. If the flange is lower than or flush with the floor they make foam rings that cover the distance for a proper seal. Cdx plywood works well here because of the recurring chance for water damage. Screwdriver use a multi bit screwdriver to loosen screws and remove the toilet.

Closet toilet flanges must be 1 4 above a finished floor. If you discover minor rot around the toilet flange install a closet flange support under the flange to transfer the weight of the toilet to solid wood. Slide the two closet bolts in their slots and align their caps with the holes. Toilet flange bolts have new bolts on hand in case your existing parts are stripped or rusty.

Make sure that there are no spaces between the flange and the floor before screwing it into place. Screw the toilet flange onto the concrete use tapcon anchors or a similar type of masonry concrete screws to fasten the toilet flange to the concrete slab. Cut out a new piece of subfloor from the proper size plywood or particle board. This is so the wax ring seals properly to the flange and the hub on the toilet.

3 remove the two hold down bolts one on either side of the toilet. If a proper seal is not achieved it will result in leaking. Remove the two closet bolt nuts securing the toilet base to the floor. Screw the new flange to the floor using a screwdriver and the new screws that came in the product package.

Wrench this is needed to unfasten the existing bolts on your toilet and around the flange. You can leave the new toilet flange off stub the new soil pipe up to the floor and then install the new flange after you have finished repairing the floor. Place the super ring replacement toilet ring over the waste line making sure the mounting bolts are in the same place as the original bolts were one bolt on each side of the flange. Wax ring this secures the flange to the base of the toilet.

Lift the toilet off the flange and set it aside.