Installing Flooring Around Toilet Flange

Then i leave a gap of 1 4 or so to the rest of the flooring that will be.

Installing flooring around toilet flange.

If it will simply sit on top of the flooring with legs then the flooring will go throughout the whole space. Don t tile around the toilet flange the circular piece that connects to the drain pipe and upon which the toilet itself will rest until the end. Tile the areas away from the toilet flange first. A small curve around the toilet base will be left untiled as the square tiles will not meet the shape of the flange.

As for the toilet you will want to get the flange to floor level. The installation process is the same for a tile floor a hardwood or carpeted bathroom floor. In a typical toilet installation the floor flange that sits inside the drain opening below the toilet should be positioned so that its bottom surface rests flush against the finished floor or no more than 1 4 inch above or below the floor this ensures that the flange makes a watertight seal against the wax ring that fits between the drain opening and drain outlet horn on the underside of. So what i am thinking is i basically cut a round or square i guess now that i think about it piece to go under the flange.

When tiling a bathroom mark out your desired grid pattern on the floor and lay tile over the unobstructed areas first. Step 2 prepare the templates using the measuring tape measure the flange s diameter and add an additional inch to the entire measurement on the outside. If the flooring raises the toilet more than 1 2 inch off the flange install a flange extender or a conventional wax ring may not seal the toilet. Am installing some allure vinyl floating floor in bathroom i am also installing a new toilet flange and toilet since i replaced the subfloor there.