Large Gap Between Toilet And Floor

By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine.

Large gap between toilet and floor.

Water has a way of seeping into any available opening and the bathroom expansion joint between the bathtub and the flooring is no exception. Looks much better also. Fill gaps between 1 4 and 1 2 inch in width with two beads of caulk set side by side. How to fill the gap between the bathtub flooring.

He put round spool like things under the toilet to. 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. Caulk then set the toilet. The toilet should sit directly on the floor.

There shouldn t be a gap. It is a gap of about 1 2 inch. The key is getting a good caulk seal between the toilet and the floor which prevents rocking and protects against leaks. The flange in the floor wasn t placed exactly.

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. Mortor like u would use for tile it kinda depends on what kind of floor the toliet sits on. 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.

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. 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.