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New toilet - what to bed onto?
A new toilet is to go on top of ceramic tiles. What do I put between them?
Silicone? The previous one had mortar between it and the concrete floor. TIA. -- Frank (Beware of spam trap - remove the negative) |
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A new toilet is to go on top of ceramic tiles. What do I put between them? Silicone? The previous one had mortar between it and the concrete floor. TIA. Silicone will do nicley,as its only to form a barrier should you miss? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: F wrote: A new toilet is to go on top of ceramic tiles. What do I put between them? Silicone? The previous one had mortar between it and the concrete floor. TIA. Silicone will do nicley,as its only to form a barrier should you miss? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite Ceramic pan on ceramic tiles, might "grind" a little, since the bottom of the pan is rarely completely flat, so the bedding is not just a protection against the poorly aiming man. Simon. |
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"sm_jamieson" writes: The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: F wrote: A new toilet is to go on top of ceramic tiles. What do I put between them? Silicone? The previous one had mortar between it and the concrete floor. Silicone will do nicley,as its only to form a barrier should you miss? Ceramic pan on ceramic tiles, might "grind" a little, since the bottom of the pan is rarely completely flat, so the bedding is not just a protection against the poorly aiming man. Saw a plumber doing a pan in the Gents at work. He stood it on 4 or 5 tile spacers (2mm ones probably) and then siliconed around the base, using enough silicone that it would have gone right through the 2mm gap and built up on the other side. I didn't see if he pulled out the spacers afterwards or cut them off. -- Andrew Gabriel |
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On 20/07/2006 20:12 Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Saw a plumber doing a pan in the Gents at work. He stood it on 4 or 5 tile spacers (2mm ones probably) and then siliconed around the base, using enough silicone that it would have gone right through the 2mm gap and built up on the other side. I didn't see if he pulled out the spacers afterwards or cut them off. Looks like a good idea - and I'll be removing the spacers. Thanks. -- Frank (Beware of spam trap - remove the negative) |
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sm_jamieson wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: F wrote: A new toilet is to go on top of ceramic tiles. What do I put between them? Silicone? The previous one had mortar between it and the concrete floor. TIA. Silicone will do nicley,as its only to form a barrier should you miss? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite Ceramic pan on ceramic tiles, might "grind" a little, since the bottom of the pan is rarely completely flat, so the bedding is not just a protection against the poorly aiming man. Or very[1] poor aiming woman. Mathew [1] aka '**** poor' ;-) |
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Saw a plumber doing a pan in the Gents at work. He stood it on 4 or 5 tile spacers (2mm ones probably) and then siliconed around the base, using enough silicone that it would have gone right through the 2mm gap and built up on the other side. I didn't see if he pulled out the spacers afterwards or cut them off. -- Andrew Gabriel Worth bearing in mind - one point worth making is that the silicon is enough that you don't need to screw the pan down as well. Rob |
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robgraham wrote:
Saw a plumber doing a pan in the Gents at work. He stood it on 4 or 5 tile spacers (2mm ones probably) and then siliconed around the base, using enough silicone that it would have gone right through the 2mm gap and built up on the other side. I didn't see if he pulled out the spacers afterwards or cut them off. -- Andrew Gabriel Worth bearing in mind - one point worth making is that the silicon is enough that you don't need to screw the pan down as well. Rob After reading the last few posts some weeks ago, that is exactly what I did. Propped it up squirted silicone under it and more down the screw holes, removed props and cleaned up excess.. Seems fine to me... |
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I am about to install a WC onto a smooth concrete floor so this
silicone method sounds good. However ther seem to be loads of 'types' of silicone (builder's, sanitary, high modulus, low modulus, general purpose, etc) so which type do you recommend? On 21 Jul 2006 02:30:30 -0700, "Mathew Newton" wrote: sm_jamieson wrote: The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: F wrote: A new toilet is to go on top of ceramic tiles. What do I put between them? Silicone? The previous one had mortar between it and the concrete floor. TIA. Silicone will do nicley,as its only to form a barrier should you miss? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite Ceramic pan on ceramic tiles, might "grind" a little, since the bottom of the pan is rarely completely flat, so the bedding is not just a protection against the poorly aiming man. Or very[1] poor aiming woman. Mathew [1] aka '**** poor' ;-) |
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wrote in message ... I am about to install a WC onto a smooth concrete floor so this silicone method sounds good. However ther seem to be loads of 'types' of silicone (builder's, sanitary, high modulus, low modulus, general purpose, etc) so which type do you recommend? On 21 Jul 2006 02:30:30 -0700, "Mathew Newton" wrote: sm_jamieson wrote: The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: F wrote: A new toilet is to go on top of ceramic tiles. What do I put between them? Silicone? The previous one had mortar between it and the concrete floor. TIA. Silicone will do nicley,as its only to form a barrier should you miss? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite Ceramic pan on ceramic tiles, might "grind" a little, since the bottom of the pan is rarely completely flat, so the bedding is not just a protection against the poorly aiming man. Or very[1] poor aiming woman. Mathew [1] aka '**** poor' ;-) |
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Is that a sin?
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:09:10 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" wrote: A top poster. wrote in message .. . I am about to install a WC onto a smooth concrete floor so this silicone method sounds good. However ther seem to be loads of 'types' of silicone (builder's, sanitary, high modulus, low modulus, general purpose, etc) so which type do you recommend? On 21 Jul 2006 02:30:30 -0700, "Mathew Newton" wrote: sm_jamieson wrote: The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: F wrote: A new toilet is to go on top of ceramic tiles. What do I put between them? Silicone? The previous one had mortar between it and the concrete floor. TIA. Silicone will do nicley,as its only to form a barrier should you miss? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite Ceramic pan on ceramic tiles, might "grind" a little, since the bottom of the pan is rarely completely flat, so the bedding is not just a protection against the poorly aiming man. Or very[1] poor aiming woman. Mathew [1] aka '**** poor' ;-) |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember F saying something like: A new toilet is to go on top of ceramic tiles. What do I put between them? Silicone? Or expanding foam. -- Dave |
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wrote: Is that a sin? Is WHAT a sin? You forgot to provide any trimmed context beofore your comment. Oh yes and you left a ream of untrimmed irrelevance trailing in its wake. -- AJL |
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