Just installed a new heated tile floor in master bath.
The heat source are electric grids currently popular from the Big Boxes.
Tile height variation followed, making the stool wobble.
Front edge of stool needs about 3/16″, tapering to zero on each side. Back is solid.
Tempting to just fill it with clear silicon and get on with life.
BUT, is there a better solution?
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Plastic horse shoe shims
We use lead on our big jobs.
Almost any box store will have corrosion resistant shims.
Shim the big gaps the more the marrier, caulk & go.
We set our toilets in a bed of grout. Solid as...well grout, and sealed in an exact matching color to the rest of the surrounding tile grout.
What if you have to remove it sometime? Coat the bottom with Vaseline before you set it or ???Bruce
Between the mountains and the desert ...
Jim:
I don't have anything to add to the good advice you've already gotten except that if the heat grids are anywhere near the toilet, consider using one of the new synthetic rings to seal the toilet to the flange. A wax ring will soften or melt if it's near the heat source.
Is the bit about warm tiles melting a wax ring just an urban myth or does anyone have hands on experience that this can actually happen. I've installed quaite a few such floors, albeit not running extremely close to toilet bowl and had no problems.Let's not confuse the issue with facts!
Could be a myth, but most manufacturers specify keeping the grid a certain distance from the wax ring, so there's got to be some truth to it. Why take a chance?
IIRC, there was a "Great Moments" article (inside rear cover of FHB) a few months ago where the author indicated he got to fix the mess created when the wax ring melted due to his daughters sitting on the pot with a space heater aimed at their feet... sounds like too much fun to me!