Toilet escutcheon replacement after new flooring
When new flooring is installed, the existing toilet escutcheon often ends up damaged or uneven against the floor. This makes it difficult to achieve a clean, flush finish around the base of the toilet.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Taking the escutcheon off and leaving it off
- 2Cutting off the old escutcheon and installing a split escutcheon
- 3Using square escutcheons or plastic split escutcheons to help clear molding
- 4Buying a new replacement toilet seat
- 5Using spray paint to fix the damaged finish
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“used lysol, now clorox clinging bleach gel or whatever it's called, now... this, I tried scrubbing, made it worse, please help, inspection in a couple months.”source ↗
Adventurous_Badger62 · r/CleaningTips · 4 upvotes
“Just had flooring installed in one of the bathrooms and the existing escutcheon isn't flush / is damaged.”source ↗
Tato_Wato · r/HomeMaintenance · 1 upvotes
Where this came up
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