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23 February 2017, 10:04 PM | #33 |
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Are you guys HAPPY now!?!?!?!? Its 4:00 in the morning, and I am up with insomnia thinking about my floor!!!!!!!!! (I wish that were the reason, a family member has a serious health issue and it has been stressful for us all the last couple days, difficult to sleep, doing all the remodeling right now is a way to try and keep my mind off of it). But back to my floor....
I KNOW, I KNOW.... it is going to be WAY more difficult putting down tile with the toilet in the way, the thing is I am PARANOID about the seal. I keep having disaster images of water flowing out from underneath the toilet when it flushes (absolutely not a drop so far) or sewer gasses seeping up from below. I look like a Dorklehead walking in to my bathroom sniffing like a madman to the point I hyperventilate every half hour. There was definitely an odor at first, but I had .... well.... "garbage" from the drain pipe and flange all over my bathroom floor after scraping off the old wax. I washd the floor with some bleach water and am waiting for THAT odor to disperse before sniffing again. All indications are though that the seal is fine, and I am scared to death if I lift up the Toilet, (break the seal) and put in a new wax ring it will somehow get screwed up, and I'll have water and odor coming out from under my toilet after every flush. For that, I would rather swear, break things, scream and generally bring myself to the verge of a nervous breakdown dealing with the tiling. I understand it probably won't look as good either.... I don't know... I will look at it again in the morning Oh wait.. it IS morning |
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Now for your hopelessly irrational seal nightmares. The wax ring creates the seal, not the contact with the floor. Buy a wax ring that compensates for the thickness of the tile above the slab and you will have a perfect seal. It's too easy. Pull the toilet up. Lay your new tile. Make sure it's flat, level, and even where the toilet will sit. Do the grout. Measure the height of the tile and buy a wax ring for that added thickness. Reinstall the toilet. Caulk around the base with a clear sealant (keeps cleaning solvents and what not out from there). Shazam! You'll have a nice new throneroom. |
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23 February 2017, 10:21 PM | #35 |
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I purchased a double height ring wax seal and still have it... If I pull it up... I also installed new bolts to the flange...... So those won't break. And the flange was in pretty good shape.. that's why I didn't remove it..... My brain hurts.
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23 February 2017, 10:41 PM | #36 |
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Only California would get into the toilet regulation business, such a sad state of affairs out there
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Paul I've been doing this stuff for a while and I would never recommend putting the toilet down fist. I saw in a previous post you were worried about it settling into grout?
If you let the tile fully dry before putting anything on it you shouldn't have any issues with anything settling. Also if anyone buys your place in the future and want to change the toilet they now have to re-do the floors again. The only time I have seen an issue with putting the floors in first is when the toilet doesn't get a seal on the wax ring because the new flooring is so much higher than the old flooring now they make double height wax rings, wax rings with pvc in the middle etc. good luck my friend and I hope it goes easy for you, but if I was going to give any input it would be, pull up the damn toilet do the floors and then put the toilet in. |
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Plastic cling wrap is porous and will leak sewer gas if you use it to cover the drain. You can seal the pores with a spray on vegetable oil after you've secured the wrap in place. Or, you can use a plastic coffee can lid over the drain. Secure with duct tape. Seal with electrical tape. This will keep the odors out while you wait for the mortar and grout to cure. |
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24 February 2017, 03:40 AM | #41 |
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FINE!!!!!! You convinced me!!! I am pulling the Toilet today before I lay down the tile! Everybody happy!?!?!?
Whose toilet can I poop in for he next 24 hours while the thin set dries? |
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Good choice Paul, now just make sure you install everything you need.
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idk where paul finds the time to do all these projects what with the misses around.
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Good decision Paul!
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A wise man once said you want to live in the second house you remodel.
Definitely true for me. I have made some mistakes that no one else knew about but bugged me to no end. Like the tile lines that never quite lined up the way I wanted. Damn, I am ticked at myself just thinking about that and I sold that house 15 years ago.
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And when the job is done.
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Lol. Well done Jocke!
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looks low flow.
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I am a tile contractor.... pull it up and tile. Then reset. No need to worry about it sealing. It will with plenty of wax from the ring. I've also never seen it done the other way either.
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I drove past Paul's house today, and he's put his old toilet out by the curb for the trash man to haul away:
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;) He needs one of the fancy Japanese toilets that wash, dry, etc.
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To all of you making fun of me:
Tomorrow the Toilet goes back on, then grout. I... I have to go to the bathroom. |
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Smart move. I too have a Toto
Now get yourself a 350e washlet |
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