West104
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Hello all. My building manager has told me my toilet is leaking into the bathroom below. The building is about 18 years old. Upon his inspection this is how he describes the problem. I have a 12 inch toilet on a 10 inch rough in. The toilet is clearly hitting the back of the wall with 2 layers of 5/8th sheet rock. The bolts securing the toilet have been moved to the extreme forward position on the flange. I measure the bolts at 11 inches. So basically the bolts have been pushed forward an inch on the flange. When the toilet is secured to the floor bolts part of the toilet horn misses the drain opening and hits the floor. Question: Is it possible to push the bolts that far forward on the flange. If the toilet horn is sitting on the floor wouldn't this fall under a building code violation or a health code violation? Based on how a flange is designed it looks like the bolts could be moved forward or backward. But when you move them back and forth the distance between them decreases. Would there be that much play in the holes of the toilet to accomodate this distance variation? Thanks for your input. I'm now having a licensed plumber look at the problem but wanted to share this with the professionals and get their insight.