Second you can raise your floor by laying down thicker tile.
Raising bathroom floor toilet flange.
Take note that a damaged toilet flange would result in leaks which are really unpleasant in terms of both appearance and smell.
The floor is now about one half to three quarters of an inch higher than it was.
The process of raising your floor is just a matter of adding thickness to it.
Another option for raising a toilet flange after installing thicker flooring is to use a push in or expansion type flange.
This is quite a job and takes a while.
Raising the closet flange 2.
Also it could get damaged if you are removing your toilet floor to do any re decorating in your bathroom.
The original cast iron flange is still in place.
References the family handyman.
Once you have an exact measurement go to your local flooring or home improvement store and purchase tile with the thickness that you need.
Here are the steps to take in raising a toilet flange.
This is in my basement bathroom so i have no access under the floor.
Jladd ny is there any type of spacer that can raise my closet flange 2 inches to meet up with my new floor height.
The guy at the home center was stumped.
After researching around a bit i noticed lot of people in my situation used double stacked toilet wax rings to compensate for the height disparity so i took one plumber s advice and bought two wax rings.
Install a ceramic tile floor in the bathroom.
All these things mean that it needs to be replaced.
Give the grout 24 hours to dry and sand down the rough edges.
Third you can take off the flange as well as the toilet and trim down the waste pipe that comes up through.
To do this you ll want to first measure how much higher the toilet flange is currently sitting above your bathroom floor.
I am planning to use a new wax ring and bolts but i m not sure whether i need to raise the flange or if the wax ring would make up the difference.
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.
