JohnC
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I would very much appreciate anyone's advice on whether and how to correct a problem.
I was nearing the end of my bathroom remodel, but my pace was slow and my better half demanded that I call in a contractor to finish off the tile flooring more quickly. The floor is 5/8 plywood with another 3/4 ACX that I added to give it real nice stiffness. I asked the contractor to put down modified thinset, ditra, then unmodified, then 13" porcelain.
All went mostly well, but there might be trouble around the toilet drain. When setting the tile, the contractor cut a round hole to fit around the toilet drain pipe. The hole is a bit large in my opinion, but more critically, that tile and its hole is a offset to one side of the drain pipe. The result is that about 1/3 of the hole edge is over 1 " away from the drain pipe and outside the bolt points for the flange. The tile hole is also located underneath a good part of the closet flange bolt flange and the extra subfloor that I added is visible through the slot under the flange
I have several worries: That the closet flange has less support around one third of its perimeter, there is a clear leak path through the closet flange slots to subfloor if the wax seal shifts or breaks dwn over time, and it will be a much messier process to dig out the wax ring in the future.
Should I ask the contracter to cut out this tile (or half of it) and replace it with one that is cut closer to the drain pipe. If so, what precautions should they take to avoid piercing the ditra. To make life easier for everyone, would it might make sense to cut the tile with a grinder, chip it or half of it away, and then lightly grind down the thinset for the replacement and new thinset.
Thanks for any advice on this matter.
JohnC
I was nearing the end of my bathroom remodel, but my pace was slow and my better half demanded that I call in a contractor to finish off the tile flooring more quickly. The floor is 5/8 plywood with another 3/4 ACX that I added to give it real nice stiffness. I asked the contractor to put down modified thinset, ditra, then unmodified, then 13" porcelain.
All went mostly well, but there might be trouble around the toilet drain. When setting the tile, the contractor cut a round hole to fit around the toilet drain pipe. The hole is a bit large in my opinion, but more critically, that tile and its hole is a offset to one side of the drain pipe. The result is that about 1/3 of the hole edge is over 1 " away from the drain pipe and outside the bolt points for the flange. The tile hole is also located underneath a good part of the closet flange bolt flange and the extra subfloor that I added is visible through the slot under the flange
I have several worries: That the closet flange has less support around one third of its perimeter, there is a clear leak path through the closet flange slots to subfloor if the wax seal shifts or breaks dwn over time, and it will be a much messier process to dig out the wax ring in the future.
Should I ask the contracter to cut out this tile (or half of it) and replace it with one that is cut closer to the drain pipe. If so, what precautions should they take to avoid piercing the ditra. To make life easier for everyone, would it might make sense to cut the tile with a grinder, chip it or half of it away, and then lightly grind down the thinset for the replacement and new thinset.
Thanks for any advice on this matter.
JohnC