jpkara
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Question about toilet installation
Hi - I replaced an old, cracked cast iron closet flange when I redid my bathroom floor. After the floor was installed I installed a twist and set flange so that the flange sits on the finished floor without any space between the flange and the linoleum. The flange is screwed to the subfloor. When I install the toilet it meets the flange and extrudes the wax ring to the point where there's no longer any wax between the bowl and the flange. The flange installation looks like the attached photo (which is not an actual photo of my installation, but represents the situation pretty well)
It seems like everything is installed properly yet the bowl doesn't sit on the floor - its about 3/8 inch high in the back and the bowl is tilted forward. The bowl is a 35 year old American Standard.
What am I missing? Were installation specs different when this bowl was made?
regards-
Jim
Hi - I replaced an old, cracked cast iron closet flange when I redid my bathroom floor. After the floor was installed I installed a twist and set flange so that the flange sits on the finished floor without any space between the flange and the linoleum. The flange is screwed to the subfloor. When I install the toilet it meets the flange and extrudes the wax ring to the point where there's no longer any wax between the bowl and the flange. The flange installation looks like the attached photo (which is not an actual photo of my installation, but represents the situation pretty well)
It seems like everything is installed properly yet the bowl doesn't sit on the floor - its about 3/8 inch high in the back and the bowl is tilted forward. The bowl is a 35 year old American Standard.
What am I missing? Were installation specs different when this bowl was made?
regards-
Jim
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