thatsnowinnebago said:I just put some toilet shims (the plastic two piece wedge ones) under the screw holes and ran the tapcons through them. Then a bunch of shims under the toilet to make up for the current lack of tile. That's the next phase, along with the walls. But at least now we can do our business in two places in the house now!
Needs a bench in front of it so you can fold clothes while on the E36 M3ter.
wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L) said:Yeah, not to pile on, but caulked toilets are one of my buttons. It's like finding 1/2" thick bondo. That said, no judgement to how others do stuff.
To OP: I love a nice, spacious, industrial bathroom with noisy washer/dryer to make operations more...covert.
There's a kegerator down there too, in case you work up a thirst.
jgrewe said:In reply to wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L) :
How is protecting the wood decking from all the possible ways water can get under a toilet a 'button' for you? Splashy kids in a tub, toilet overflowing, cleaning the bathroom, all those things will let water get under the toilet and rot the wood and in 5 years all those screws are just along for the ride. Adhesive caulk solves that problem and helps the flange do its job by keeping some of the stress off of it.
You guys can take pride in your NASA blueprinted toilet installs and I'll sleep well knowing my buildings aren't slowly getting screwed up by the average tenant that can break an anvil.
Sorry. This is also incorrect.
Caulking a toilet can PROMOTE floor rot, by trapping an unseen flange leak.
I didn't say don't caulk a toilet. Go ahead and caulk it if you want to. They look better.
I said toilets are NOT held in place with caulk.
If you are seating a toilet and fail to secure the flange properly before seating it because you are counting on caulk to hold the toilet down, you are executing poor workmanship. That's akin to not nailing a stud because you expect the Sheetrock to hold it in place.
jgrewe said:In reply to wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L) :
How is protecting the wood decking from all the possible ways water can get under a toilet a 'button' for you? Splashy kids in a tub, toilet overflowing, cleaning the bathroom, all those things will let water get under the toilet and rot the wood and in 5 years all those screws are just along for the ride. Adhesive caulk solves that problem and helps the flange do its job by keeping some of the stress off of it.
You guys can take pride in your NASA blueprinted toilet installs and I'll sleep well knowing my buildings aren't slowly getting screwed up by the average tenant that can break an anvil.
Kind of like people who caulk shingles. Maybe your results speak for themselves, but I've encountered enough where people exasperated a problem I had to fix, and their fix was harder to clean up than it needed to be.
However, again, if it works for you, cool.
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