Replacing Floor Under Toilet

Then the toilet is reset so the base covers the cuts around the drain.

Replacing floor under toilet.

Peel the flooring several inches beyond the rotted area. If you re installing a new floor pedestal sink and toilet you should install the laminate flooring first so it s under the sink and toilet. Since you re raising the level of the floor you ll likely need to raise the level of the flange that skirts the drain as well. The piping beneath the toilet in a mobile home is held in place with suspension lines.

The toilet has to be removed and the flooring cut to go around the floor drain. A spongy floor around the toilet is a strong indication that the subfloor has absorbed water. How to fix a rotten floor around the toilet. But if your floor is severely rotted say more than an inch beyond the flange you re stuck replacing the flooring around the toilet.

How to repair the sub floor under a leaky toilet. Enough to create two square frames to fit between the floor joists and under the cuts. It goes under the flange and transfers the load of the flange and toilet and you out onto more solid surrounding wood. Because laminate flooring floats above the sub floor on top of underlayment it will expand and contract slightly with the temperature and humidity of the room.

The toilet in a mobile home connects to the main drain in the same manner as toilets do in framed houses or manufactured homes. If the subfloor is spongy under your leaking toilet the toilet may have started to wobble and the problem is quickly going to get worse unless. Peel back the flooring around the fixture and you will. Replacing a wax ring or even the entire toilet is easier than replacing the subfloor under a toilet.

A spongy floor around the toilet is a strong indication that the subfloor has absorbed water. If only the area directly below the flange is rotted you can install a two piece steel closet flange support.