Raised Floor Toilet Installation
Measure the distance from the top of the toilet flange to the top of the finished tile floor.
Raised floor toilet installation. Standard rough in sizes are 10 12 and 14 inches. The raised drainage platform was a necessity because the main drain the big black one on the right in the first picture did not have a place where we could connect the bathroom drainage to the rest of the house s drainage. Clean the existing top of the toilet flange well with a rag. Check the fit of.
Round down to the nearest standard size. Instructions remove the toilet. If your toilet measures 12 you can expect to buy any standard toilet and install it comfortably in the existing location without much hassle. Clean the top of the old flange to ensure that the flange extension can sit neatly in place.
If you have an older toilet with four bolts measure from the wall to the rear bolts to get the rough in. Then apply a bead of silicone caulk on the top edge of the flange. Purchase a toilet flange extension ring thick enough to raise the toilet mounting surface so that it s. Set the toilet on paper or a trash bag to keep bees wax off the floor.
To access the toilet flange remove the toilet from the drain and set it aside. This is done by. So instead of breaking concrete we built the floor up to accommodate the plumbing. Measure the distance from the wall to the floor bolts before removing.
When you tile your bathroom floor the combined thicknesses of the tiles and backer board can raise the floor as much as an inch or more above the closet flange. You can t compensate for this much. Remove the two bolts from the toilet flange on the bathroom floor. To get the rough in size measure the distance from the wall behind your existing toilet to the center of the floor bolts.
Standard toilets have a measurement of 12 from the wall to the floor bolts. To raise the toilet floor buy a right toilet flange lifting ring thick enough to lift the toilet raising surface so that it is some inches higher the level of the raised tile floor.