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Posted by Evodawg on July 14, 2005, 10:57 pm
coffee__remove_this__@cartewright.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> New to this group, longtime Usenet junkie. I'm doing a few home improvement
> projects on a house we just bought and wondered if maybe I could hang out
> for a while and run some ideas by y'all. I currently have a powder room
> that has a hand-done parquet floor (really nice floor done by Randy Yost, in
> Houston, circa 1975). There is a separate closet for commode and shower,
> where the floor has been destroyed by a slow steady leak in the toilet. I'm
> thinking of redoing that part of the floor with a single piece of black
> granite. It would only be about 3*6, and need just a single cutout for the
> toilet drain. I don't intend to let the new toilet just sit there and leak,
> but I'm just wondering if there are any issues with using a Granite floor
> for a wettish area, and in a single piece?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> ~Bill
Why is the toilet leaking and where? I don't see a problem as long
as the floor is sturdy and flat. Make sure you use a higher than
usually wax ring to seal the toilet to the toilet flange since you
are raising the toilet off the flange by whatever the thickness or
the granite. You will also need to notch out for the hold down
screws on the flange. I see no need for cement board as long as
there are no high and low areas.
Rich
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