Jeff_Bathroom
Member
Hi,
this is my third full bathroom remodel and it's the master bathroom.
It's been a long, long, haul but it's looking pretty nice. I just finished installing
the towel bars, toilet paper fixture and finally the toilet. As the title indicates,
I have quite a space in the front...maybe 3/16". It's fairly flush from about
a third of the way from the front to the back. I tested the plumbing, flushed
etc and no leaks. But, I'm concerned about that space in the front. If a big boy
like me leans forward putting my weight on the front, will that break the seal?
And, what to do about it if anything. I will caulk the gaps to make it look good.
I have not had to do that with my two other toilet installations where I also did the floor tiling.
I was pretty careful to try to make the tile flat around the toilet. I dry-layed the toilet
and saw how bad it was going to be. Maybe I should have stopped there but I went
ahead and installed the wax seal and tightened it down. By the way; I turned the toilet
upside down and took a level to it. Seems the toilet isn't very flat. That normal?
I was thinking of "softly" inserting some wood shims in the front, binging them
in just til they're snug, but not enough to mess with the seal. Then caulk around
it all. Sound ok? Or does anyone have a suggestion. By the way; I thought about
grouting around the base which would solve the problem. But, I use epoxy grout
and I thought it would probably be horrible to try to remove the toilet some day
if a leak occured. That epoxy is so darned hard to remove. Anyway, that's the situation.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Jeff
this is my third full bathroom remodel and it's the master bathroom.
It's been a long, long, haul but it's looking pretty nice. I just finished installing
the towel bars, toilet paper fixture and finally the toilet. As the title indicates,
I have quite a space in the front...maybe 3/16". It's fairly flush from about
a third of the way from the front to the back. I tested the plumbing, flushed
etc and no leaks. But, I'm concerned about that space in the front. If a big boy
like me leans forward putting my weight on the front, will that break the seal?
And, what to do about it if anything. I will caulk the gaps to make it look good.
I have not had to do that with my two other toilet installations where I also did the floor tiling.
I was pretty careful to try to make the tile flat around the toilet. I dry-layed the toilet
and saw how bad it was going to be. Maybe I should have stopped there but I went
ahead and installed the wax seal and tightened it down. By the way; I turned the toilet
upside down and took a level to it. Seems the toilet isn't very flat. That normal?
I was thinking of "softly" inserting some wood shims in the front, binging them
in just til they're snug, but not enough to mess with the seal. Then caulk around
it all. Sound ok? Or does anyone have a suggestion. By the way; I thought about
grouting around the base which would solve the problem. But, I use epoxy grout
and I thought it would probably be horrible to try to remove the toilet some day
if a leak occured. That epoxy is so darned hard to remove. Anyway, that's the situation.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Jeff