Hello,
My bf and I are baffled. We are replacing an old floor and he removed the existing toilet with ease. Came off in 5 min. There was a rubber gasket that we replaced with a wax ring. The left bolt in the flange have been moved to the furthest position it could be away from the wall with the right bolt parallel. However when we go to replace the EXACT SAME toilet, it is now too close to the wall and the tank does not go in with ease or sit flush, there is no room, it hits the wall. How is this possible??? The same toilet was on for years with no leaks or issues, there was no offset flange. We were able to shimmy the tank back on (by tilting it and then forcing it, bad idea) but my bf said that it came off with ease so it should go on too....and when we shimmied it on he couldnt tighten bolts properly which resulted in water leaking when we test flushed. The flange is bolted firmly underground so that did not move! We put the tank on facing properly with flush valve in the front. WHAT ARE WE MISSING?? We've asked around and everyone seems baffled. I'm attaching a pic. The bolts are 10" away from wall. Please any advice or help is appreciated.
Cheryl
My bf and I are baffled. We are replacing an old floor and he removed the existing toilet with ease. Came off in 5 min. There was a rubber gasket that we replaced with a wax ring. The left bolt in the flange have been moved to the furthest position it could be away from the wall with the right bolt parallel. However when we go to replace the EXACT SAME toilet, it is now too close to the wall and the tank does not go in with ease or sit flush, there is no room, it hits the wall. How is this possible??? The same toilet was on for years with no leaks or issues, there was no offset flange. We were able to shimmy the tank back on (by tilting it and then forcing it, bad idea) but my bf said that it came off with ease so it should go on too....and when we shimmied it on he couldnt tighten bolts properly which resulted in water leaking when we test flushed. The flange is bolted firmly underground so that did not move! We put the tank on facing properly with flush valve in the front. WHAT ARE WE MISSING?? We've asked around and everyone seems baffled. I'm attaching a pic. The bolts are 10" away from wall. Please any advice or help is appreciated.
Cheryl