How To Install A Closet Flange On A Concrete Floor

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.

How to install a closet flange on a concrete floor.

Yesterday while making my rounds a tenant in one of the apartments approached me and mentioned their toilet was loose. Next install a new wax ring. The process is generally the same but the flange is secured down before the floor is finished. An off set toilet flange is different from a traditional toilet flange in that the top opening which the wax ring and toilet sits above is offset from the insertion point by varying amounts.

This is basically a durable plastic ring which fits over the drainage pipe to create a place where the toilet can gain solid purchase. Sometimes this amount can be up to an inch and a half. With the drainage pipe ready the floor flange must be installed. Screw the toilet flange onto the concrete.

There are two options this step. Installing an offset flange in place of a traditional straight flange is not compliant with building code. It is considered a modification that is. Use a pencil or grease pen to mark the drill holes around its.

With the toilet flange in place you are ready to install the toilet with a new wax ring. Though above floor installation is considered the right way to fit a flange some swear by attaching it level with the floor. Use tapcon anchors or a similar type of masonry concrete screws to fasten the toilet flange to the concrete slab. Here at our wall street apartments.

If using a plastic flange ring be careful not to crack the ring by screwing the anchors in too far.