How To Install A Toilet Flange For Tile Floor

A toilet drain flange can sit above or below the finished floor level.

How to install a toilet flange for tile floor.

This replacement flange is for broken flanges or flanges that sit below the finished tile floor. In a typical toilet installation the floor flange that sits inside the drain opening below the toilet should be positioned so that its bottom surface rests flush against the finished floor or no more than 1 4 inch above or below the floor this ensures that the flange makes a watertight seal against the wax ring that fits between the drain opening and drain outlet horn on the underside of. The installation process is the same for a tile floor a hardwood or carpeted bathroom floor. Set your toilet flange into position on top of the tile with the back holes lined up parallel to the wall behind and the two slots parallel to the two walls on each side of the toilet.

Next install a new wax ring. Does the wax ring on the flange or bottom of the toilet bowl. Rest the toilet bowl on its side place it on a towel or cloth to protect the floor and attach the replacement wax ring to the bottom of the bowl this technique helps ensure the ring is in the proper position when placing the toilet over the flange. This video how to install toilet flange above tile on concrete floor or concret slab shows the process of installing toilet flange above porcelain tile or ov.

Let s answer the wax ring question. There are two options this step.