Hello Guru!
Adding a 1/2 bath, I screwed & glued in my new flange right onto the sub-floor.
I'm good to tile around it, (haven't picked final flooring yet- maybe carpet or even THIN "stick-on" tiles) raising the floor to approx 1/4" above or below the top of the flange, is this correct? I guess I'm asking what the acceptable tolerance between floor line and top-of-flange is, before you start into specialty seals and such. Could the thin sticky-tiles raise the floor too little ?
I've done a BUNCH of reading here and while I think I'm OK, it sure would be good good to hear it once! (Or while not as much fun, it would be even BETTER to find out if I'm wrong now!) :)
Thanks!!
Brian

I am a flange wookie myself but a friend of mine told me the top of the flange should be 1/4 inch above the floor max I believe.

I would like a pro to chime in to see if what I learned was correct or not. One thing I do not know is did they mean 1/4 inch above the subfloor or the finished floor.

Doug

I fish... therefore I am

Brain and Doug,

Let me put this to rest once and for all. Toilet flanges are meant to be installed tight against the finished floor. A flange already installed on a floor and then tile installed making the flange recessed a little is acceptable because the flanges only purpose is to secure the bowl to the floor. However if you raise the flange above the floor line too high it will cause the bowl to rock and then you are faced with the choice of lowering the flange or shimming the toilet. I can see no advantage to raising the flange 1/4" off either the sub or finished floor. If any one else can I am always open to learn new plumbing practices. Cheers, Tom

Thanks Tom!
I know it has to drive you crazy to answer the same questions again and again, but it sure does feel better reading it again. Thank you!