Need to replace toilet, rough-in 20" from the wall, toilet has four mounting holes

rutledge5 · #1 Jun 28, 2008, 05:53 PM

In a nutshell, we need to replace our existing toilet. However, the toilet has a rough-in of about 20"+ to the closet flange and the toilet has four mounting holes on the base. The toilet is connected to the closet flange via the front two holes (and nothing in the back two holes). I bought the new toilet today and noticed that it only had two mounting holes, which is designed for a 12" rough-in.

Does anyone know of any toilets that have four mounting holes? What should we do in this case?

Thanks for your help on this!

rutledge5 · Jun 29, 2008, 06:41 AM

MASSPLUMBER2008 ... YOU ARE THE MAN!

Just what you said was going on! It turned out that the closet flange was 14" from the back wall and that the other two bolts were simply there to hold the puppy down. I went in the basement and found that when this toilet was installed (Trylon, Manufactured in 1948), they didn't use the bolts on the closet flange to secure it to the floor. The added two bolts in the floor and used the front two holes to the front of the toilet ... instead of the two holes provided with the closet flange.

Never would have known it if you didn't clue me in to it! THANKS!



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