Water on the floor around your toilet is never a welcome sight and it means extra trouble if it s been there for a while.
How to fix toilet to floor boards.
If only the area directly below the flange is rotted you can install a two piece steel closet flange support.
How to fix a rotten floor around the toilet.
First set the toilet in place without the wax ring and square it up to the wall.
A step by step video of how to repair the floor under your toilet replace it put new flooring and set the toilet etc.
Measure the depth and width of the gluing edge of the bowl.
But if your floor is severely rotted say more than an inch beyond the flange you re stuck replacing the flooring around the toilet.
If the flange is set on the subfloor you may need a flange extender.
Remove the toilet and turn it on its side.
You may have to shim up the toilet or use a toilet base slab to prevent rocking.
If your toilet has been leaking there is a danger the wooden subfloor will be damaged as a result.
How to fix wood that got wet from a leaking toilet.
When you install a toilet on a wood floor you won t encounter any more difficult problems than you would installing one on any other floor covering.
Then make an outline of the toilet on the floor with masking tape.
It goes under the flange and transfers the load of the flange and toilet and you out onto more solid surrounding wood.
Peel back the flooring around the fixture and you will.