When the toilet was removed the toilet wax ring was still in its original shape.
Toilet flange slightly too high from new floor.
The last option when your flange is too high is to replace it.
I just changed a toilet in the master bath.
First seat the flange where it should go and confirm that the toilet flange height will not be more than a inch above the finished floor.
Here you can see the results of a toilet having been installed on a toilet flange that is below the floor level.
Make sure you don t crack the pipe or you may be in trouble.
Make any needed adjustments and purchase the best new flange.
In this video we show you how to remove your old toilet flange clo.
This particular toilet flange was 5 8 above the floor level.
1 1 filling in the gap.
How to correct a toilet flange too high.
You ll need to remove your old flange and the fitting from the pipe coming up from your bathroom floor to do this.
It s easier to get your flange flush with the floor if you first lay your flooring before you install the flange.
Start by removing your toilet and breaking the outer flange portion off.
This might help you if you are trying to set a toilet with a high flange.
A sign that the wax ring was not sealing the toilet from sewer gases or preventing water escaping from under the base of the toilet.
For those that don t already know the proper toilet flange height is when it s flush with the finished floor.
I found that the flange was almost 3 4 higher than the tile.
If you ve already laid your flooring and the toilet flange is too high or unlevel there are a few things you.
Needless to say this makes a stability and caulking a major problem.
You can use a hammer and a chisel.
There is a third option that sometimes works and that is to use a waxless sealing ring though they tend to be leaky and it sounds like your flange is too tall even without the ring.
1 3 measure the radius of the toilet flange.
Using a cement board for floor build up.
1 4 spread mortar on the entire floor area you need to build up.
Is your toilet flange too high.
1 2 measure the floor area.
Unfortunately with a flange that is too high you typically have two choices raise the floor or lower the flange.
