How To Install A Toilet Flange On Cement Floor

With the drainage pipe ready the floor flange must be installed.

How to install a toilet flange on cement floor.

Clean up around the bottom of the toilet and place the new wax ring on the repaired flange. Screw down the flange with a masonry drill and then fit the heads of locking bolts into the grooves on the flange. Use tapcon anchors or a similar type of masonry concrete screws to fasten the toilet flange to the concrete slab. There are two options this step.

Screw the toilet flange onto the concrete. Fit the flange over the pipe to place it flat against the concrete floor. The floor flange is a durable ring that fits over the drainage pipe creating a solid foundation for the toilet. If using a plastic flange ring be careful not to crack the ring by screwing the anchors in too far.

Next install a new wax ring. Line the bolts up on the sides of the bowl and gently place the toilet on the repaired flange and press to the floor. The flange should be placed over the pipe so it lays flat against the concrete floor. With the toilet flange in place you are ready to install the toilet with a new wax ring.

Use a pencil or grease pen to mark the drill holes around its.