Line the bolts up on the sides of the bowl and gently place the toilet on the repaired flange and press to the floor.
How to install a toilet clamp ring in cement floor.
The benefit to this technique is that you can be sure that the ring is in the proper position when placing the toilet over the flange.
This is basically a durable plastic ring which fits over the drainage pipe to create a place where the toilet can gain solid purchase.
You have two options for placing the new wax ring.
Yesterday while making my rounds a tenant in one of the apartments approached me and mentioned their toilet was loose.
With the drainage pipe ready the floor flange must be installed.
Press firmly all the way around the wax ring but don t deform it.
Fit the flange over the pipe to place it flat against the concrete floor.
If your toilet measures 12 you can expect to buy any standard toilet and install it comfortably in the existing location without much hassle 1 x research sourcestep 2 turn off the water off at the supply valve.
I had to complete a couple of toilet flange installs on a concrete floor.
Tilt up the toilet and push the new wax ring into place.
You can rest the new toilet bowl on its side on a padded surface to protect the floor and the toilet and attach the replacement wax ring to the bottom of the bowl.
This is so that no new water rushes into the toilet basin while you re busy trying to remove it 2 x research sourcestep 3.
Pros usually prefer to apply the wax ring this way in order to guarantee a good seal around the toilet.
Step 1 measure the distance from the wall to the floor bolts before removing.
Clean up around the bottom of the toilet and place the new wax ring on the repaired flange.
Press the rounded side of the wax ring over the pipe stub that surrounds the opening on the bottom of the toilet.
Pick up the toilet again bending at the knees and not the back.
With the toilet flange in place you are ready to install the toilet with a new wax ring.
Here at our wall street apartments.
Standard toilets have a measurement of 12 from the wall to the floor bolts.
