Just bought and older property. The flange is centred about 10.25" from the wall, 10" rough in I assume?.
The toilet sits with the tank touching the wall. The flange bolts are tilted forward into the holes, on the toilet, which are centred about 10.75" from the wall. It fits, almost, but not quite
I removed the toilet. The floor has been raised with tile and backer board so there is currently about 3/4" of spacer on top of the flange which brings it flush with the tiled floor. This is not enough since the wax ring has clearly not been fully in contact with the bowl.
Sounds a stupid question but is a toilet with holes 10.75" from the wall a 10" or 12" toilet? If it's any help it's a Glacier Bay and I believe they had a 10" model but discontinued it some time ago. I think it would maybe be OK with an 11" rough in but what I have is not quite enough.
In a typical install, how much gap would there normally be between the tank and wall i.e. how much clearance does the manufacturer normally allow? Any spec sheets I've seen show exactly 10" or 12" from the mounting holes to the back of the tank but surely they allow some margin?
What is the best way to deal with this situation? I'm suspecting a new toilet may be the easiest solution?
How about the flange height? Should I stack 2 wax rings? Horn or no horn? What about one of these waxless adapters? Or maybe just another spacer with a single wax ring? So many possibilities.
The toilet sits with the tank touching the wall. The flange bolts are tilted forward into the holes, on the toilet, which are centred about 10.75" from the wall. It fits, almost, but not quite
I removed the toilet. The floor has been raised with tile and backer board so there is currently about 3/4" of spacer on top of the flange which brings it flush with the tiled floor. This is not enough since the wax ring has clearly not been fully in contact with the bowl.
Sounds a stupid question but is a toilet with holes 10.75" from the wall a 10" or 12" toilet? If it's any help it's a Glacier Bay and I believe they had a 10" model but discontinued it some time ago. I think it would maybe be OK with an 11" rough in but what I have is not quite enough.
In a typical install, how much gap would there normally be between the tank and wall i.e. how much clearance does the manufacturer normally allow? Any spec sheets I've seen show exactly 10" or 12" from the mounting holes to the back of the tank but surely they allow some margin?
What is the best way to deal with this situation? I'm suspecting a new toilet may be the easiest solution?
How about the flange height? Should I stack 2 wax rings? Horn or no horn? What about one of these waxless adapters? Or maybe just another spacer with a single wax ring? So many possibilities.
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