Hello,
I'm currently mid way through a bathroom renovation, doing what work I can myself.
One job I thought best left to a professional was to install a Grohe concealed toilet frame, as it involved cutting an old cast iron stack and fitting an adapter to plastic piping.
A plumber came round for an hour and installed it. He said because of the height of the stack, and how far we wanted the toilet from the wall (which is in front of the inward opening door) it means that when the toilet bowl is installed, the top of the toilet would be 370mm from the floor.
I didn't have the toilet bowl at the time so didn't think too much of it. However once I had it and placed it position I can see its far too low for us. Not to mention the flooring is yet to go down (which will be 6mm floor panels and then 10mm tile so floor will rise up by at least 16mm). So an already very low 370mm toilet will be closer to 350mm.
Ideally we want it around 420-440mm once the floor is down, so whole frame needs to come up by 70-90mm.
I can't do that with rigid pipe, as it wouldn't go to that angle, so I bought a McAlpine Flexi Pan Connector. The flexi hose would solve that issue but my concern is about the angle it'll potentially be? I'm aware flexi hoses exist to mitigate all kinds of awkward angles/positions so not sure if I'm over thinking it, or if its too steep we'll run into issues. When I mentioned a flexi hose to the plumber who installed the frame originally he said he didn't trust flexi hoses in concealed systems which worried me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I can probably move the frame forward another 10cm without too much issue, but more will start to encroach on the door (which opens inwards).
I've attached a picture of the current frame, and another of with a rough drawing to show what I mean with a flexi hose.
Thanks!
I'm currently mid way through a bathroom renovation, doing what work I can myself.
One job I thought best left to a professional was to install a Grohe concealed toilet frame, as it involved cutting an old cast iron stack and fitting an adapter to plastic piping.
A plumber came round for an hour and installed it. He said because of the height of the stack, and how far we wanted the toilet from the wall (which is in front of the inward opening door) it means that when the toilet bowl is installed, the top of the toilet would be 370mm from the floor.
I didn't have the toilet bowl at the time so didn't think too much of it. However once I had it and placed it position I can see its far too low for us. Not to mention the flooring is yet to go down (which will be 6mm floor panels and then 10mm tile so floor will rise up by at least 16mm). So an already very low 370mm toilet will be closer to 350mm.
Ideally we want it around 420-440mm once the floor is down, so whole frame needs to come up by 70-90mm.
I can't do that with rigid pipe, as it wouldn't go to that angle, so I bought a McAlpine Flexi Pan Connector. The flexi hose would solve that issue but my concern is about the angle it'll potentially be? I'm aware flexi hoses exist to mitigate all kinds of awkward angles/positions so not sure if I'm over thinking it, or if its too steep we'll run into issues. When I mentioned a flexi hose to the plumber who installed the frame originally he said he didn't trust flexi hoses in concealed systems which worried me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I can probably move the frame forward another 10cm without too much issue, but more will start to encroach on the door (which opens inwards).
I've attached a picture of the current frame, and another of with a rough drawing to show what I mean with a flexi hose.
Thanks!
