Floor Under A Toilet

The toilet has to be removed and the flooring cut to go around the floor drain.

Floor under a toilet.

Since you re raising the level of the floor you ll likely need to raise the level of the flange that skirts the drain as well. Enough to create two square frames to fit between the floor joists and under the cuts. But if your floor is severely rotted say more than an inch beyond the flange you re stuck replacing the flooring around the toilet. Peel the flooring several inches beyond the rotted area.

Water is so prevalent in bathrooms that it is an expectation not an anomaly. If only the area directly below the flange is rotted you can install a two piece steel closet flange support. Make sure to make your nails flush with the wood. Clean the flange well or use a new one and install over the drain and new wood.

On the walls ceiling and the floor. If there is any leaking that occurs in a toilet it would happen through the floor and not on the floor. Then i leave a gap of 1 4 or so to the rest of the flooring that will be. Am installing some allure vinyl floating floor in bathroom i am also installing a new toilet flange and toilet since i replaced the subfloor there.

Access a crawl space or basement and locate the plumbing drain below the toilet. Then the toilet is reset so the base covers the cuts around the drain. Toilet drains are 3 or 4 inch in diameter and have a p trap below the toilet. A toilet would actually never leak right onto the floor.

You may need to scrape the flange with a small putty knife and use a wire brush to get it clean and free of any corrosion or debris. If you re installing a new floor pedestal sink and toilet you should install the laminate flooring first so it s under the sink and toilet. A spongy floor around the toilet is a strong indication that the subfloor has absorbed water. Put on safety glasses and work gloves.

When choosing bathroom flooring consider how it will perform under stress and the stress event in this case involves water lots of it. Repair floor under toilet nail the plywood to the floor joists. Discover swollen discolored wood a sure sign that the subfloor needs replacing. Because laminate flooring floats above the sub floor on top of underlayment it will expand and contract slightly with the temperature and humidity of the room.