How to fill the gap between the bathtub flooring.
Large gap between toilet and floor.
The best thing really is pull the tolet shorten the plumbing connection its a lot easier than you think.
Apply one bead directly along the edge of the tub and the second bead along the edge of the wall.
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The flange in the floor wasn t placed exactly.
I very roughly hand cut some pieces of flooring and doubled them up under the front of the new toilet to at least keep it level.
Fill gaps between 1 4 and 1 2 inch in width with two beads of caulk set side by side.
The key is getting a good caulk seal between the toilet and the floor which prevents rocking and protects against leaks.
It is a gap of about 1 2 inch.
He put round spool like things under the toilet to.
The toilet should sit directly on the floor.
Of course my new toilet has a different footprint than the old toilet and rests on the new floor at the back of the toilet but the old floor at the front.
Water has a way of seeping into any available opening and the bathroom expansion joint between the bathtub and the flooring is no exception.
Mortor like u would use for tile it kinda depends on what kind of floor the toliet sits on.
There shouldn t be a gap.
Caulk then set the toilet.
I have a house with stained concrete floors instead of any flooring on it and one of my toilets wasn t installed exactly right.
Looks much better also.
Cut the caulk tube tip square and drag the caulk gun toward you as you lay in a thick bead of caulk along the inside edge of.