Placing Toilet

JonM

I did a job last week and it included a granite tile (12 x 12) floor...I will be having the toilet placed Tuesday....what, if anything, should be placed between the toilet and the floor. I have seen plumbers puty on regular ceramic tiles, but I wouldn't want to have the oils bleed into the granite tiles.

bert0168

I have seen the putty on floors before and IMHO it's done if whomever set the toilet isn't sure of the wax ring seal (read hack).

Looks like crap and I would be worried about oil bleed as well.

I would think if the floor is solid and flat it is unnecessary. If the floor isn't flat the toilet shouldn't be set until it is.

Bring on the plumbers!

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Originally Posted by CCCo. Yep, you guessed, sold by a fancy white guy, installed by the brown army.

Mellison

I have seen plumbers use plaster,caulk and putty.
My preference has always been the same grout used for the floor.

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structolite

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KillerToiletSpider

They make putty that is safe for use on marble, granite, and other stone surfaces.

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bert0168

Not being a plumber, why would the toilet need to be puttied, grouted, caulked or otherwise sealed to the floor beyond the wax ring?

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KillerToiletSpider

I don't use wax rings.

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Mellison

The wax ring seals the "plumbing".
The other methods help, in addition to the jonnie bolts, fasten the bowl to the floor.

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skyhook

Keeps to pee and cleaning chemicals out.
I run blue low tack tape around the base of the bowl and floor. Then poly-seam seal (caulk), press it in deep with finger, wipe off excess with a damp sponge, remove tape.

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bert0168

OK. Makes sense to me. I still don't like the looks of ones I've seen.

But maybe I haven't seen one done properly yet. (or is that the point..................)

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skyhook

The bowl might not always sit flat on the floor. In that case, sanded grout might be a solution. Everybody has seen toilets and urinals with a 1/2" of moldy caulking. Any gaps of more than 1/8" are better when filled with grout first, than a thin layer of silicone or good grade caulking to keep it in place.

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ROCKSTARPLUMBER

Why use tape if you are using a water based sealant? The sealing of the bowl beyond the wax ring also helps with the potential of methane gases escaping through areas where water will not.

TimelessQuality

Polyseamseal is not water based.. good stuff though!

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ROCKSTARPLUMBER

You through me off when you said you cleaned up afterwords with a damp sponge. I ASSumed it was waterbased.

BCConstruction

i have always used clear silicon with good results. I can count on my hands the times i have had a perfectly flat pan which didnt need it.

ROCKSTARPLUMBER

Required here by code, to seal bowl of toilet to floor.

skyhook

Saves on clean up. Too much water and wiping will dilute the caulking or remove it altogether.
Keep the tape tight to the bowl and floor. Faster, easier and happier customers.

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ROCKSTARPLUMBER

Doesn't make since to me, but hey, to each his own. Rinse out the sponge thoroughly and walla. But, I am just a plumber.

Ron The Plumber

What RSP just said.

skyhook

Our Standards and clientel are clearly different.

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