Toilet removal

[okis]

Will it take a “ special “ honey ring ? I’d like to this in one shot. I’m thinking get one with a pipe collar.
I’m putting in a Vinyl Plank floor and don’t want any surprises.

[DonaandDon]

Welcome!

Need a little more information.

I have replaced my toilet and it does have a special base plate the screws or bolts to the floor. No way ring as the toilet has a rubber seal the marries to the base plate.

However, Everything below the base plate was glued together including my base plate.

[RogerR]

Household toilets can be "raised" with a ring when adding flooring. But I doubt it would fit most camper toilets that are made completely differently. I would suggest instead that you embed the toilet into the new floor.



If your old toilet is not leaking at the floor than simply trim the flooring around it and maybe use some kind of trim at the base. If it is leaking you need to replace the floor seal before installing the flooring. Another way to finish around the base use a silicone caulk to cover the edge of the flooring and seal it to the toilet. Silicone is removable but will hold any water from getting down the gap between the toilet and the flooring.

[okis]

Originally Posted by DonaandDon

Welcome!

Need a little more information.

I have replaced my toilet and it does have a special base plate the screws or bolts to the floor. No way ring as the toilet has a rubber seal the marries to the base plate.

However, Everything below the base plate was glued together including my base plate.

Hi DonandDon,
I have a Jayco jay flight RLS 28 made in 2006 .
Plumbing was my first trade to learn then I got smarter and became an electrician. My reason for asking is the closet bolts coming up from the floor I assume from a flange. Which made me think possibly I need a wax ring or a wax ring with what we used to call a tunnel. Like I first stated I want to do this in one shot. Can I take the toilet up by taking the nuts off the bolts and lift the toilet straight up easy replacement?

[Grumpy]

Originally Posted by okis

Like I first stated I want to do this in one shot. Can I take the toilet up by taking the nuts off the bolts and lift the toilet straight up easy replacement?

Comes off just like the one in the house.

[Kahoneys]

There are some good utube videos showing how. You have to reach behind the toilet and loosen 2 bolts that clamp the bowl to the base and you need to take that off first, then you need to take the base off of the floor and that is two more bolts and be careful not to strip or turn them out of the floor. If you do then it is a big can of worms and requires taking the floor up to reset new base bolts. I think that they are all 7/16" nuts and bolts

[Camper_bob]

There is a foam sealing ring on the bottom of the toilet where the "drop tube" interfaces with the closet flange. Similar to a "wax ring", but not wax, more like closed cell foam. Often they come with a coating of some kind of silicone product on them.

https://www.amazon.com/Thetford-3323...ateway&sr=8-13

The toilet should be held down with closet bolts. As long as they're not rusted, it should be pretty easy to remove. I've replaced 3 toilets in various units in the last couple years. The one in my dad's POS old trailer had rusted closet bolts that just spun when you tried to remove the nuts. We ended up cutting them out with a sawzall (it was all we had at deer camp) and replacing them with new bolts purchased at the local hardware store.

If you're going to lay down a thicker flooring, take a look at the toilet base. The three that I dealt with had an outer base around the "drop tube". You could lay the flooring all the way up to the closet flange, then perhaps trim up the plastic "outer" housing on the pedestal to accommodate the taller floor. You would need to be pretty exact because that's the part of the base that holds your weight when you sit on the toilet. Otherwise I would do as others have suggested and trim the floor REALLY close to the toilet base and seal it.

[okis]

The toilet is a one piece unit held down by two closet bolts, no rusty bolts. As soon as I can finagle a towel from the linen closet I’ll pull it up and set it in the shower. Then it’s the flooring dudes turn.
My god the staples they used to put down the carpet and Congoleum . My knees are screaming but, I saved $300 on the rip out. That savings paid for the vinyl planking !

[JFlightRisk]

Originally Posted by okis

The toilet is a one piece unit held down by two closet bolts, no rusty bolts. As soon as I can finagle a towel from the linen closet I’ll pull it up and set it in the shower. Then it’s the flooring dudes turn.
My god the staples they used to put down the carpet and Congoleum . My knees are screaming but, I saved $300 on the rip out. That savings paid for the vinyl planking !

What's the thickness of the flooring they're putting down?

[okis]

1/4” at the most 5/16”

[JFlightRisk]

Originally Posted by okis

1/4” at the most 5/16”

You still may be ok. The sealing ring does compress a little when putting one in new. I just can't remember how much, since it's been a few years ago when we pulled ours out for a ball seal replacement.

I'd hate to tell you it will definitely work out for sure, and then be wrong. Maybe someone else will chime in with a better answer.