Hello
I have a quick question for the folks on this forum.
A few months back I had a leaky toilet. I removed the toilet to find the underlayment & subfloor rotten and the toilet flange completely broken on a cast iron drain pipe. The previous owners had simply installed a toilet with a wax ring and funnel into the drain pipe without a flange.
I rebuilt the floor, installed a pvc closet flange with a rubber seal into the cast iron pipe, and screwed to my new floor. The flange sits on top of my finished floor and rises 13mm above. My Kohler toilet has a toilet base height of about 14mm, leaving very little clearance when I compress my new wax ring.
So I installed the wax ring and tightened the bolts. The toilet sits so close to the height of the flange that the wax essentially flattened and does not hold the water (see picture)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11605577@N02/1185476837/
Any suggestions for how to improve this situation? Does my toilet sit too close to the flange and if so, would I need to get a new toilet that has a higher toilet base. My flange install appears to be pretty standard when comparing to plumbing do-it-yourself books.
Many thanks
Bpen
I have a quick question for the folks on this forum.
A few months back I had a leaky toilet. I removed the toilet to find the underlayment & subfloor rotten and the toilet flange completely broken on a cast iron drain pipe. The previous owners had simply installed a toilet with a wax ring and funnel into the drain pipe without a flange.
I rebuilt the floor, installed a pvc closet flange with a rubber seal into the cast iron pipe, and screwed to my new floor. The flange sits on top of my finished floor and rises 13mm above. My Kohler toilet has a toilet base height of about 14mm, leaving very little clearance when I compress my new wax ring.
So I installed the wax ring and tightened the bolts. The toilet sits so close to the height of the flange that the wax essentially flattened and does not hold the water (see picture)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11605577@N02/1185476837/
Any suggestions for how to improve this situation? Does my toilet sit too close to the flange and if so, would I need to get a new toilet that has a higher toilet base. My flange install appears to be pretty standard when comparing to plumbing do-it-yourself books.
Many thanks
Bpen