How To Secure Toilet To Floor

The first thing that needs to be done when installing a toilet on concrete is to make sure that the place you intend to install the toilet has the necessary pipes.

How to secure toilet to floor.

Underneath the toilet base is a round toilet flange that connects the toilet to the drain pipe. There must be a 3 inch diameter drainage pipe rising up from the concrete as well as a water supply pipe coming from an adjacent wall. In this video this old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey explains how to fix a wobbly toilet. We would place the toilet pan on the floor and mark out the foot print with a pencil and the remove it again the next step would be to cut a hole in the floor under the pan for a key this would create a lock between the pan and the floor.

I can remember when i started my apprenticeship as a plumber every toilet pan was secured to the floor with a sand and cement mix mortar. 2 flush toilet and hold down the lever to empty tank. 1 turn off water to toilet by closing shut off valve. In this example the toilet has held firm since 2010 see photos below.

Fixing down a toilet without drilling and using screws. The closet flange connects the waste pipe to the underside of your toilet bowl. Great for fixing down a toilet to a ceramic tiled porcelain tiled or plastic floor without the use of screws. It helps seal the.

Diyers often set the toilet and then apply a tiny bead of caulk along the outside edge. Toilets usually rock because they are not resting flush against the floor. Toilets should be caulked to the floor to prevent side to side movement that can break the wax seal and to prevent splashes or overflows from puddling under the toilet and rotting the floor. If the flange is a little higher than the surrounding flooring the toilet.

That doesn t always provide a good enough bond to the floor. 3 sop up remaining water from tank and bowl with sponge or turkey baster.