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  1. mousejockey

    toilet flange is uneven, how much is too much

    Day two with new toilet, no leaks so far. But thanks for the response.
  2. mousejockey

    toilet flange is uneven, how much is too much

    Well I hope I'm not speaking too soon but I think we got it. Believe it or not it seems that the toilet had a leak under the bowl, we looked and looked and it had some irregularities but no definite holes but yesterday we put a new gasket and filled the tank, didn't flush. The strip of paper...
  3. mousejockey

    toilet flange is uneven, how much is too much

    We'll see in a bit but we set the toilet last night and just filled the tank, no flushing. The floor is uneven so I was able to slide srtips od paper towel under one side and it is soaked this morning. Shortly we will pull the toilet
  4. mousejockey

    toilet flange is uneven, how much is too much

    I think the biggest problem is the flange is bent in places but we have just now put on a Better than Wax seal, it came with a ~1/2 foam extender which was way too much but by itself didn't seem to be high enough so I bought another one and peeled the 1/4 inch foam gasket and added it to the...
  5. mousejockey

    toilet flange is uneven, how much is too much

    Here are some pics, I think I know what I have to do. Remove the vanity we just installed, the section of new flooring, the old tile squares and the flange. Then grind around the flange and then some to get the concrete flat and any high spots around it. Then check the height and add a spacer if...
  6. mousejockey

    toilet flange is uneven, how much is too much

    I've tried sanding a 3/8 plastic flange spacer to level it up, used a standard wax seal, a thick wax ring, a Danco Perfect seal wax ring both with the flange spacer and without. One side of the spacer is 1/8 below the flooring the other 1/4 above. I used caulk to seal the spacer to the flange...
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