Putting closet flange on riser

[Reach4]

If the PushTite does not go to the floor, use a rasp to take out the interfering part of the top of the pipe.

 

[Zennifer]

yea why dont you? except you already have a ring that should work

It won’t go any closer to the floor. It’s now already flush! The height of the plastic is apparently too much? The switch would be to get the thinner metal?

 

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[Zennifer]

If the PushTite does not go to the floor, use a rasp to take out the interfering part of the top of the pipe.

It does now- it’s flat and screwed down with no gap. The toilet still appears to rock right on the flange.

 

[Zennifer]

Would it work to “waste” a wax ring seeing if it is in fact rocking on the flange? Install it, then pull it off to check coverage?

 

[Reach4]

Flange is placed. Good deal.

Rocking is usually because the base is not completely flat, rather than the toilet being high-centered by the closet flange.. You want shims. With no wax, place shims. Keep the shims in place. Lift the toilet. Drop the wax, and drop the toilet on wax and shims.

There are different favorites for shims. Terry prefers to put the shims aft. I think that makes them less visible, plus it tends to leave a tad more water in the bowl.

At what point you trim the shims to length will be personal choice. My method was to mark the shim, take it to a saw to cut to length, and then to put the shim into place with the trimmed edge pretty much at the toilet edge.

 

[Terry]

It does now- it’s flat and screwed down with no gap. The toilet still appears to rock right on the flange.

Sometimes it's the tile flooring. I shim at the back of the bowl, making sure the front of the bowl meets the floor.
I use a clear polyseamseal around most of the bowl, leaving a gap near the wall incase the seal goes bad, and water can be spotted back there as a warning. The caulking also prevents urine and water going under a toilet bowl, a youngster missing the target can happen. I've also done service calls where it was the oldster missing the target. I told him he should start turning the light on while using the bathroom at night.

 

[Zennifer]

Flange is placed. Good deal.

Rocking is usually because the base is not completely flat, rather than the toilet being high-centered by the closet flange.. You want shims. With no wax, place shims. Keep the shims in place. Lift the toilet. Drop the wax, and drop the toilet on wax and shims.

There are different favorites for shims. Terry prefers to put the shims aft. I think that makes them less visible, plus it tends to leave a tad more water in the bowl.

At what point you trim the shims to length will be personal choice. My method was to mark the shim, take it to a saw to cut to length, and then to put the shim into place with the trimmed edge pretty much at the toilet edge.

How to I tell if it’s on the flange? It’s pivoting/rocking at that point. However, is what your saying that it’s not even likely with a standard (cadet 3) toilet and a flush at the bottom flange?

 

[Zennifer]

Sometimes it's the tile flooring. I shim at the back of the bowl, making sure the front of the bowl meets the floor.
I use a clear polyseamseal around most of the bowl, leaving a gap near the wall incase the seal goes bad, and water can be spotted back there as a warning. The caulking also prevents urine and water going under a toilet bowl, a youngster missing the target can happen. I've also done service calls where it was the oldster missing the target. I told him he should start turning the light on while using the bathroom at night.

After removing the toilet, my husband decided he needed to sit…

 

[Reach4]

You could use bits of wax, or modeling clay, or stiff dough for a test fit. See where the contact is, if any. How about an old piece of carbon paper to mark the toilet if/where there is contact.

You could use a whole wax ring, but that seems messier.