When tiling a bathroom floor, do you go around the toilet or under it?

Question

I have to lay 12" x 12" slate on the floor of my bath and need to know if I just go around the toilet, or take it out, tile up to the hole, then reinstall it. What's the proper way and then how do you compensate for the lift of the toilet with the seal if you go under it?

Answer 1

Tile around the toilet.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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When tiling a bathroom floor, do you go around the toilet or under it?
I have to lay 12" x 12" slate on the floor of my bath and need to know if I just go around the toilet, or take it out, tile up to the hole, then reinstall it. What's the proper way and then how do you compensate for the lift of the toilet with the seal if you go under it?

Answer 4

Definitely go under it. I have been laying flooring for about 4-5 years now and have seen many problems with people not doing tile correctly. if you cut around the toilet, not only is it not going to look as good, but the more that you cut away from the tile, the weaker it gets. think about it, if you have a 200 pound person sitting on a toilet that weighs another 100-150 pounds, that's a lot of weight in one central area. the floor is going to flex and tile will not. if it is cut really thin, it will just break, or pop loose from the floor. the most that it will raise is about 3/4 of an inch, if you have to use a concrete underlayment. You can get taller wax rings just for this. E-mail me if you have any other questions.

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Answer 5

There are advantages and disadvantages to each. Tiling around is easier in that you don't have to remove the toilet and possibly replace the seal but you have to be quite an expert tile cutter to get those curves. Also if the toilet needs replacing down the line, so will the tile. Unless the floor around the toilet is severely compromised and refitting the toilet will cause the tile to crack, removing the toilet will make for a better tile job.

Answer 6

Definitely take the toilet out and go under it but keep the waste line exposed. What's the height of the closet shoe? If its flush with the floor, you probably could get by with a Johnny Ring Plus or super. These are standard wax seals that are thicker than usual to help with this problem. If the shoe happens to be rececessed in the floor, they make a PVC shoe to extend it. It bolts to the floor and has a rubber sleeve that compresses against the old shoe, great if you have a broken flange.
Good luck to you!

Answer 7

Take the toilet out before tiling! It takes all of 10 minutes. This way if you ever replace your toilet, you will wish you did.

Answer 8

Well to be fair it's best to take the toilet out as slate is very brital and chips easily it's still ok to cut around the toilet but will not be such a good finish if you have no plumbing skills it can be an extra cost getting a plumber

Answer 9

o.k., so some day in the not too distant future your toilet breaks, you come to find out that that style isn't made anymore, and the tiles aren't made any more.... save a little time and money now and spend big bucks later!!!!!!! do it the right way, raise the toilet the cuts don't have to be perfect around the drain and the drain will probably raise up for you anyway. think smart, not cheap and easy.

Answer 10

Remove the toilet and tile to the waste line. Replace the wax ring, you can get deeper wax ring if needed, and bolt the toilet back down carefully and evenly. The studs will be plenty long enough to span your new distance.

Answer 11

Under it as the toilette bottom will help hide the cut edges. (Every try to cut a curve into a tile?)

Usually the toilette is removed, the slate laid up to the flange, grouted, sealed and the toilette replaced using a seal with extra wax or use a mechanical seal in place of the wax seal. Only rarely will you need to remove the flange build up the floor and install a new flange.