How To Install A Closet Flange On A Concrete Floor

Sometimes this amount can be up to an inch and a half.

How to install a closet flange on a concrete floor.

Plastic tko flanges use extra brass closet tee bolts attach the tips of the tee bolts with added nuts between the top of the flange and the bottom side of flange in all the extra holes just the tips only so the tee s are on the underside of the flange set flange to your finished grade when concrete gets poured concrete will cure around these tee s and gave the flange a secure set. The process is generally the same but the flange is secured down before the floor is finished. With the toilet flange in place you are ready to install the toilet with a new wax ring. Fit the flange over the pipe to place it flat against the concrete floor.

Closet flange installation 2 flush with the floor. It is considered a modification that is. Here at our wall street apartments. Installing an offset flange in place of a traditional straight flange is not compliant with building code.

Use a pencil or grease pen to mark the drill holes around its. There are two options this step. 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. Screw the toilet flange onto the concrete.

This is basically a durable plastic ring which fits over the drainage pipe to create a place where the toilet can gain solid purchase. With the drainage pipe ready the floor flange must be installed. Yesterday while making my rounds a tenant in one of the apartments approached me and mentioned their toilet was loose. Use tapcon anchors or a similar type of masonry concrete screws to fasten the toilet flange to the concrete slab.

Next install a new wax ring.