Installing Toilet Flange On Tile Floor

How to install a new toilet on a toilet flange.

Installing toilet flange on tile floor.

This replacement flange is for broken flanges or flanges that sit below the finished tile floor. Screw the toilet flange onto the concrete. Installing the flange above the floor is known to help prevent leaks the height of the flange allows for enough wax to properly seal the flange in place and keeps water from escaping. They re super easy to install.

The installation process is the same for a tile floor a hardwood or carpeted bathroom floor. Once the flange is fixed the next step is to replace the toilet. Set your toilet flange into position on top of the tile with the back holes lined up parallel to the wall behind and the two slots parallel to the two walls on each side of the toilet. Use tapcon anchors or a similar type of masonry concrete screws to fasten the toilet flange to the concrete slab.

With the toilet flange in place you are ready to install the toilet with a new wax ring. Let s answer the wax ring question. Does the wax ring on the flange or bottom of the toilet bowl. When you are replacing a toilet or resetting an existing toilet after a repair there are a few key things to check to ensure a good seal and prevent leaks.

Toilets are sealed to the floor flange with a wax ring but the height of the flange and the tightness of the flange bolts. If using a plastic flange ring be careful not to crack the ring by screwing the anchors in too far. You ve finished tiling and now what do you do about the toilet flange. You also want to make sure the toilet sits level and does not rock on the floor as this can compromise the seal.

A toilet drain flange can sit above or below the finished floor level.