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A Plumbing Expert On The Best Way To Install A Toilet & Flooring
By SASKIA AINSWORTH
In an exclusive interview with House Digest, Joseph Wade, vice president of operations at Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, shares the ideal order to install a new toilet and flooring.
Wade advises, "When undergoing a bathroom renovation that involves new flooring and a new toilet, we always recommend installing the flooring first."
This approach ensures that "the toilet flange (which connects the toilet to the floor and drain pipe) is sealed on an even surface level and properly attached to
your plumbing."
He goes on to detail the advantages of this approach, highlighting that "[i]t also will prevent leak paths from forming, which can be damaging to your home and costly to fix."
Moreover, installing the flooring first eliminates the need to trim flooring materials into awkward shapes to accommodate an already installed toilet, leading to a neater finish.
For those unversed in plumbing intricacies, Wade strongly recommends consulting with a licensed plumbing technician when undergoing a bathroom renovation of this magnitude.