Replacing Floor Under Toilet

Peel the flooring several inches beyond the rotted area.

Replacing floor under toilet.

Peel back the flooring around the fixture and you will. The toilet in a mobile home connects to the main drain in the same manner as toilets do in framed houses or manufactured homes. 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.

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. The toilet has to be removed and the flooring cut to go around the floor drain. 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. But if your floor is severely rotted say more than an inch beyond the flange you re stuck replacing the flooring around the toilet.

The piping beneath the toilet in a mobile home is held in place with suspension lines. 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. Most times the sagging subfloor repair only requires replacing a small area while the flooring itself will have to be totally replaced because you can t match it. The flange is anchored to the floor through anchor screws and holds the toilet in place through retaining bolts.

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. It goes under the flange and transfers the load of the flange and toilet and you out onto more solid surrounding wood. Discover swollen discolored wood a sure sign that the subfloor needs replacing. Then the toilet is reset so the base covers the cuts around the drain.

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.