Toilet Flange 1/2" Proud Of Floor

stp57

I'll use some PT plywood underneath, except I'll paint it some brown color so leaks won't be as obvious.
Steve

cleveman

While I was checking my post, which I hoped twice was finished by now, an ad for a poor man's bidet popped up.

I think I can rig up the same thing with some 1/4" copper tubing and a shut-off valve. I won't connect it with hot water, however, for fear that the woman in the house will never get off the can.

What say ye?

Ebbo

Is there any particular reason why you are installing the toilet before the flooring has been installed? Floor tile first, then the toilet install. If for some reason this is for now the only working toilet in the home, them just shim it with plywood for the time being, then uninstall the toilet, remove shims/plywood, put your floor down, and replace the wax seal you used with a new one.

Gatell Plumbing

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neolitic

Does anyone ever read the thread
before they reply?

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Ron The Plumber

Is this a trick question?

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CookeCarpentry

And give logical, sensible replies?

I ask you, sir, where would the fun be in that?!?!

Good day!

lee clark

Wood under the flange and against the concrete floor is good for only a few years.
The proper solution is to grout the flange to the floor with a fairly rich, stiff mixture, extending the grout to the outer edges of the stool. Spread a sheet of plastic over the mess, trim it to the edge of the stool. Set the stool and tighten the bolts lightly, use a trowel and a paint brush and finish the grout flush with the outer edges of the stool. Let it set up for 24 to 36 hours, hrs, lift the stool, remove the sheet of plastic and set the stool on a wax seal.
This work-a-round will last as long as if it had been done properly in the first place.

The alternative is to jack hammer a big hole in the floor and start over.

Lee Clark "handyman"

protechplumbing

Just shoot some spray foam under the toilet and be done with it

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BCConstruction

Just empty 2-3 tubes of silicon around the flange, toilet then place toilet over flange and let it sit for few days before use. Works everytime for me.