Toilet Installation Instruction

Does the closet flange have to be at the same height (even) with the finish floor? I recently installed new tile in my bathroom that used to have sheet vinyl. The new finish floor is now approx. 5/16" higher than the top of the existing closet flange. I am worried about two things:
1. The entire weight of the toilet will be setting on the tile. When I tighten the toilet or if there is a heavy person on it, will the tile get cracked.
2. Will the typical wax seal still provide an adequate seal?

Mike,
Great question. The top of the flange needs to be 3/8 inch higher than the finished floor. You need to add one or two flange extenders and maybe an extra wax ring.

Man, that's no joke. Just had to tear out part of a brand new hardwood floor (which raised the floor height about a quarter inch higher than the old vinyl floor). It leaked and ruined a few of the boards. When I pulled the toilet up, the wax ring looked practically new. In other words, the toilet was setting too high on the finished floor to press down and compress the wax ring.

What distance should the center of the drain hole be away from the DRYWALL to install the esisting toilet in a diferent place in my bath remodel? You are going to tell me to measure the old one but I am remodeling while living in the house and need the toilet while I am preparing the bath for the switch. Mark

I just had a toilet installed and three days later, there is still an odor. It still smells the same as when he had the old toilet removed for several hours while he returned to the warehouse for more supplies. Is this normal for a few days, or did he fail to follow a critical step? I did see him put in the new wax ring.

Josh,
It is not normal for there to be an odor. The ring may not have made complete contact with the toilet.

my question is were putting a small building in are yard by the pool for a toliet and sink,we have a septic tank and there is a clean out pipe right there,to connect to what all do we need to install the toliet as far as venting and things like that..thanks a bunch patti

Patti,
Your comment made my night..... :-> You need some sweet plumbing skills. Or a friend like me who is a master plumber to come over and tutor you.

I just installed new toitet. When I tightened bolts connected to flange I noticed it never got tight. I took off the toilet and noticed flange had pulled out of floor. How do I reconnect flange without taking up any floor tile? Can flange be gorilla glued to subfloor instead of screws which pulled out?

I recently had tile installed over a vinyl floor in the bathroom. I reset the existing toilet with a new wax ring with plastic horn. The toilet now rocks a little from side to side. It does not leak and no oder is present. I have a shim on both sides to stop the rocking. Should I leave like this and just use grout or thin set to fill in the space? The toilet originally had a very hard "caulk" type bead between the toilet base and the floor that I had to scrape off. I could use that again if I knew what it was. It would be much harder than grout and would keep the pot from rocking.

I am installing plumbing underground at this time. I have a couple of questions about the installation;

1. Does the bathtub need to have a pee trap at teh drain, or does it simply tie into a 90 degree connection?

2. Do I need to install a pee trap at any of the fixtures?

I am having a slab on grade foundation poured for a home I'm building. I've got to draw out the locations where the toilet drains are going based on the floor plan. I saw where you wrote the standard distance from the back wall is 12 inches. Is that to the closest edge of the opening or the center of the opening? Since the bathroom walls aren't load bearing I have flexibility but I want to get as close to the plan as possible.

How far should the toilet be from the wall?

When framing a wall for a new toilet is the wall 12 inches from the outside of the pipe or from the centre?

I am finishing my basement and I would like to install a bathroom. The rough plumbing is already done but I don't think the toilet drain is far enough away from the wall to put a toilet in once the wall is framed out with 2x4's. What is the standard and minimum distance from a wall for a toilet? What are my options if there is not enough room?

Thank You!

The bolt holes on the flange do not match up with the mounting holes in the bottom of the commode. (this is a re-install d/t new floor covering) Is there ant way to rotate the flange? I need about 5 degrees in a clockwise direction for the holes to align. Thank you.

Also in addition to the above question regarding flange bolt holes, I can get the bolts into the grooves, but when I try to tighten them up, they pop right out of the groove!

just installed new toilet all went well until hooked up water. Water flow to tank is good but will not come thru the float thingy it just comes out in drops so takes tank forever to fill after flushing. Any suggestions. Thanks

I am in similar situation as Mike. We put subfloor, pinewood then vinyl on top of the basement concrete floor. Our floor is now about half inch higher than the top of the flange. The plumber said the risk of the flange extender is that he can not guarantee there will be no leak from the joints.

What is the better and proper way to install the toilet in my case?

thanks

Sorry, I mean flange spacer, not flange extender. The problem is the plumber couldn't find a flange extender that fit into the flange that he used.

Here is the picture of the rough-in.

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I am in similar situation as Mike. We put subfloor, pinewood then vinyl on top of the basement concrete floor. Our floor is now about half inch higher than the top of the flange. The plumber said the risk of the flange extender is that he can not guarantee there will be no leak from the joints.

What is the better and proper way to install the toilet in my case?

thanks