Posted by Hill on December 30, 1997 at 09:23:48:
In Reply to: Re: Re: toilet flange posted by Bill Conner on December 30, 1997 at 08:12:36:
A "little" proud may be OK - try it and if it rocks - then shim it with cedar shakes.
My problem with using silicone around the toilet base comes from years in service where the
silicone hid leaking problms for so long as to damage the floor and
actually rot the floor joists. It really is just a personal
opinion... We (plumbers) are finding that with low flush toilets we get
better results with the old #1 wax rings without the inserts - less restrictive to
the low volume of water coming out of the toilet.
Hill
: I'm withion a few days of installing a toilet and have mounted flange "on" wood floor - so the top of the actual metal ring is a little proud of the finished floor. Is this wrong? And would you recommend a wax with or without the plastic horn? As I recall, you recommend against "sealing" the base to the floor, but then what should I use to "shim" the base over a slightly non-level floor?
: Thanks.