Finish Floor After Removing Toilet

Underneath there are the bolts that are holding the toilet to the floor.

Finish floor after removing toilet.

Measure the depth and width of the gluing edge of the bowl. References this old house. You should then be able to lift the toilet off the floor leaving only the drain opening. Stuff an old rag in the hole in the floor called the closet flange.

Removing the toilet before floor replacement can be quite difficult. Rest the toilet on an old blanket or newspapers. Remove the toilet and turn it on its side. Whether you hire your plumbing contractor to remove the toilet or simply do it yourself your flooring project will be much easier.

After removing a pedestal you should be able to lay the floor without any extra cutting but you ll have to cut around a toilet flange. Against a toilet however there is no new sheet to form a seam and nothing to cover an expansion gap leaving an obvious channel in the floor around the toilet. Try spraying the toilet bolt nuts with penetrating oil if they won t budge. Cutting flooring around these obstacles is difficult even for the.

Then make an outline of the toilet on the floor with masking tape. This hole is a direct path to the soil pipe that leads to the sewer or septic system. After a new wax ring is in place on the floor flange you should have completely scraped away the old one with a putty knife position the pick up stix beneath the rim of the new toilet bowl. The rag prevents sewer gases from entering your home.

Cut through the putty that holds the toilet to the floor using a sharp utility knife. If you re removing the entire toilet and not just removing the back tank to paint behind the toilet you ll need to remove the bolt caps. This procedure doesn t require much accuracy however. If that doesn t work you may have to cut the bolts with a hacksaw or split the nuts with a nut splitter.

Just use a flathead screwdriver to pop them off. Toilet bases are often oddly shaped with many curves and rounded corners. Next move your caulk gun to the inset depth you just measured and apply caulk directly to the floor maintaining the inset depth as you follow the tape. Most toilets are held to the floor by two bolts one on each side of the flange at the bottom of the toilet.