Can you guess how the floor flange is attached to the concrete floor i don t recall.
Set a toilet flange over heated floor.
I used a flange repair ring and got by.
So what i am thinking is i basically cut a round or square i guess now that i think about it piece to go under the flange.
Place a level on the back of the toilet.
Then i leave a gap of 1 4 or so to the rest of the flooring that will be.
This might help you if you are trying to set a toilet with a high flange.
Insert two new closet bolts into the slots in the closet flange.
This particular toilet flange was 5 8 above the floor level.
This video shows the correct way of how to install a new toilet flange over tile floor step by step.
Seems like the floor flange was pretty rusted and some just plain eaten away built around 76.
When you are replacing a toilet or resetting an existing toilet after a repair there are a few key things to check to ensure a good seal and prevent leaks.
A toilet is a necessity in any home and proper installation is a must to ensure that it works well.
Am installing some allure vinyl floating floor in bathroom i am also installing a new toilet flange and toilet since i replaced the subfloor there.
A key component to toilet installation is the closet flange.
Set the toilet on top of the flange making sure the two closet bolts pass through the holes in the toilet s base.
Or just as bad setting the flange so that it is sticking up above the finished floor and wondering why the toilet rocks.
Set it back into position over the floor drain making sure the holes in the toilet base slide over the flange bolts.
Use a ratchet wrench to tighten the four stainless steel screws that secure the flange to the floor.
I installed one of my toilets a couple or three years ago so my memory is a bit foggy.
Leaky broken or misaligned toilets are a hassle for everyone involved.
Toilets are sealed to the floor flange with a wax ring but the height of the flange and the tightness of the flange bolts.
The sioux chief flange is installed above tile with the.
Push the toilet carefully to the.
Press a new wax ring tight to the flange.
Too bad more folks haven t asked this question before they set the flange on the sub floor and later wonder why the toilet leaks around the wax ring.