Raising Bathroom Floor Toilet Flange

This is quite a job and takes a while.

Raising bathroom floor toilet flange.

References the family handyman. I have a new tile floor down in my bathroom which has left the closet flange below floor height. To do this you ll want to first measure how much higher the toilet flange is currently sitting above your bathroom floor. Another option for raising a toilet flange after installing thicker flooring is to use a push in or expansion type flange.

First you can pack grout into the gap between the floor and the flange. 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. Once you have an exact measurement go to your local flooring or home improvement store and purchase tile with the thickness that you need. Second you can raise your floor by laying down thicker tile.

All these things mean that it needs to be replaced. The guy at the home center was stumped. The process of raising your floor is just a matter of adding thickness to it. Jladd ny is there any type of spacer that can raise my closet flange 2 inches to meet up with my new floor height.

Also it could get damaged if you are removing your toilet floor to do any re decorating in your bathroom. The original cast iron flange is still in place. 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. Install a ceramic tile floor in the bathroom.

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. The floor is now about one half to three quarters of an inch higher than it was. Here are the steps to take in raising a toilet flange. Raising the closet flange 2.

This is in my basement bathroom so i have no access under the floor. Third you can take off the flange as well as the toilet and trim down the waste pipe that comes up through.