Toilet Flange Extension Cement Slab Floor

In a typical toilet installation the floor flange that sits inside the drain opening below the toilet should be positioned so that its bottom surface rests flush against the finished floor or no more than 1 4 inch above or below the floor this ensures that the flange makes a watertight seal against the wax ring that fits between the drain opening and drain outlet horn on the underside of.

Toilet flange extension cement slab floor.

The hydroseat offers an easy one piece installation that fixes wobbly or leaking toilets and broken or damaged flanges. If using a plastic flange ring be careful not to crack the ring by screwing the anchors in too far. Screw the toilet flange onto the concrete. I had to complete a couple of toilet flange installs on a concrete floor.

With the toilet flange in place you are ready to install the toilet with a new wax ring. Yes when the bowl is set on a cement or tile floor and i have it i push cement or preferably grout or even thinset into the seam between the base of a bowl and a clean dry floor after the bowl is bolted to the flange. I installed one of my toilets a couple or three years ago so my memory is a bit foggy. Seems like the floor flange was pretty rusted and some just plain eaten away built around 76.

A dry towel will clean up the bowl and floor followed 20 minutes later with a damp towel to remove hazing. Can you guess how the floor flange is attached to the concrete floor i don t recall. Step 5 clean up around the bottom of the toilet and place the new wax ring on the repaired flange. Installed together with a wax ring the hydroseat technology ensures a tight leak free seal and features a self centering rubber funnel that fits any toilet or closet flange.

I used a flange repair ring and got by.