We have had a leak in our bathroom for a little while now. I finally had some time to check it out today. I assumed it was the shower--water was wicking into the green board right next to it. I actually traced it to the toilet next to the shower. The wax ring wasn't sealing.
I removed the toilet to discover when a previous home owner redid the bath, they put in the new tile (12x12 stone about 3/8" thick) directly on the vinyl, which was on top of another layer of vinyl. There is no backer board for this tile. Is this normal? I don't think it is.
The main issue I have is that they cut the tiles to fit around the toilet, so the toilet is sitting on the old vinyl, then they caulked around the toilet . I guess we are very fortunate the water escaped between the tile and the vinyl to where we found it, instead of pooling and rotting the subfloor. The subfloor looks to be relatively clean, dry and solid. The tiles around the toilet are cracking where the water found a channel.
For now, I am going to replace the ring and reseat the toilet, until I get time in a few weeks. Would it be overkill to want to rip out the floor and do it right? Rip down to the subfloor, put down backer and new tile? It's a small bathroom, but that's a lot of work.
I removed the toilet to discover when a previous home owner redid the bath, they put in the new tile (12x12 stone about 3/8" thick) directly on the vinyl, which was on top of another layer of vinyl. There is no backer board for this tile. Is this normal? I don't think it is.
The main issue I have is that they cut the tiles to fit around the toilet, so the toilet is sitting on the old vinyl, then they caulked around the toilet . I guess we are very fortunate the water escaped between the tile and the vinyl to where we found it, instead of pooling and rotting the subfloor. The subfloor looks to be relatively clean, dry and solid. The tiles around the toilet are cracking where the water found a channel.
For now, I am going to replace the ring and reseat the toilet, until I get time in a few weeks. Would it be overkill to want to rip out the floor and do it right? Rip down to the subfloor, put down backer and new tile? It's a small bathroom, but that's a lot of work.
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