How To Fix Toilet To Floor Boards

A step by step video of how to repair the floor under your toilet replace it put new flooring and set the toilet etc.

How to fix toilet to floor boards.

When you install a toilet on a wood floor you won t encounter any more difficult problems than you would installing one on any other floor covering. See even more great ideas at www cam. If only the area directly below the flange is rotted you can install a two piece steel closet flange support. How to fix wood that got wet from a leaking toilet.

But if your floor is severely rotted say more than an inch beyond the flange you re stuck replacing the flooring around the toilet. You may have to shim up the toilet or use a toilet base slab to prevent rocking. How to fix a rotten floor around the toilet. Then make an outline of the toilet on the floor with masking tape.

Measure the depth and width of the gluing edge of the bowl. Peel back the flooring around the fixture and you will. If your toilet has been leaking there is a danger the wooden subfloor will be damaged as a result. Water on the floor around your toilet is never a welcome sight and it means extra trouble if it s been there for a while.

If the flange is set on the subfloor you may need a flange extender. First set the toilet in place without the wax ring and square it up to the wall. The process to repair the subfloor is not easy but it needs to be handled promptly to avoid further damage to the wooden floor below which could eventually result in the toilet falling through.