Raising Bathroom Floor Toilet Flange

This is in my basement bathroom so i have no access under the floor.

Raising bathroom floor toilet flange.

Third you can take off the flange as well as the toilet and trim down the waste pipe that comes up through. Raising the closet flange 2. The process of raising your floor is just a matter of adding thickness to it. Once you have an exact measurement go to your local flooring or home improvement store and purchase tile with the thickness that you need.

A regular thin wax ring along with fluidmaster s jumbo wax ring extender kit which included extra thick wax ring with a built in polyethylene flange similar to oatey 90203 jumbo. The floor is now about one half to three quarters of an inch higher than it was. I am planning to use a new wax ring and bolts but i m not sure whether i need to raise the flange or if the wax ring would make up the difference. This is quite a job and takes a while.

After researching around a bit i noticed lot of people in my situation used double stacked toilet wax rings to compensate for the height disparity so i took one plumber s advice and bought two wax rings. Second you can raise your floor by laying down thicker tile. Here are the steps to take in raising a toilet flange. All these things mean that it needs to be replaced.

I have a new tile floor down in my bathroom which has left the closet flange below floor height. Jladd ny is there any type of spacer that can raise my closet flange 2 inches to meet up with my new floor height. References the family handyman. The guy at the home center was stumped.

Install a ceramic tile floor in the bathroom. Another option for raising a toilet flange after installing thicker flooring is to use a push in or expansion type flange. Give the grout 24 hours to dry and sand down the rough edges. The original cast iron flange is still in place.

Take note that a damaged toilet flange would result in leaks which are really unpleasant in terms of both appearance and smell. First you can pack grout into the gap between the floor and the flange.