Floor Under A Toilet

Discover swollen discolored wood a sure sign that the subfloor needs replacing.

Floor under a toilet.

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. Access a crawl space or basement and locate the plumbing drain below the toilet. If only the area directly below the flange is rotted you can install a two piece steel closet flange support. Water is so prevalent in bathrooms that it is an expectation not an anomaly.

If you re installing a new floor pedestal sink and toilet you should install the laminate flooring first so it s under the sink and toilet. Since you re raising the level of the floor you ll likely need to raise the level of the flange that skirts the drain as well. If there is any leaking that occurs in a toilet it would happen through the floor and not on the floor. Repair floor under toilet nail the plywood to the floor joists.

Because laminate flooring floats above the sub floor on top of underlayment it will expand and contract slightly with the temperature and humidity of the room. 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. You may need to scrape the flange with a small putty knife and use a wire brush to get it clean and free of any corrosion or debris. Toilet drains are 3 or 4 inch in diameter and have a p trap below the toilet.

On the walls ceiling and the floor. Put on safety glasses and work gloves. A spongy floor around the toilet is a strong indication that the subfloor has absorbed water. A toilet would actually never leak right onto the floor.

Then the toilet is reset so the base covers the cuts around the drain. Peel the flooring several inches beyond the rotted area. Toilets tend to leak below typically into a basement and seeing cases where a toilet is actually leaking on to the floor is quite rare. But if your floor is severely rotted say more than an inch beyond the flange you re stuck replacing the flooring around the toilet.

The toilet has to be removed and the flooring cut to go around the floor drain. It goes under the flange and transfers the load of the flange and toilet and you out onto more solid surrounding wood. Enough to create two square frames to fit between the floor joists and under the cuts. Make sure to make your nails flush with the wood.