Large Gap Between Toilet And Floor

The best thing really is pull the tolet shorten the plumbing connection its a lot easier than you think.

Large gap between toilet and floor.

By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine. Cut the caulk tube tip square and drag the caulk gun toward you as you lay in a thick bead of caulk along the inside edge of. The toilet should sit directly on the floor. I have a house with stained concrete floors instead of any flooring on it and one of my toilets wasn t installed exactly right.

This still leaves a large gap that i need to some how cover. How to fill the gap between the bathtub flooring. Looks much better also. Of course my new toilet has a different footprint than the old toilet and rests on the new floor at the back of the toilet but the old floor at the front.

Apply one bead directly along the edge of the tub and the second bead along the edge of the wall. Fill gaps between 1 4 and 1 2 inch in width with two beads of caulk set side by side. There shouldn t be a gap. Water has a way of seeping into any available opening and the bathroom expansion joint between the bathtub and the flooring is no exception.

I very roughly hand cut some pieces of flooring and doubled them up under the front of the new toilet to at least keep it level. Caulk then set the toilet. The key is getting a good caulk seal between the toilet and the floor which prevents rocking and protects against leaks. He put round spool like things under the toilet to.

He recommended laying down ceramic tile to raise the floor up to the level of the toilet but i don t think even ceramic tile will do that. I had a new toilet installed and the plumber left it up quite high because it would take too long to grind the flange down i didn t want to pay him for more time.