If the toilet were leaking the stain would be either gray.
Yellow stain on floor around toilet.
The darker floor 2nd bathroom showed no discoloration.
While this type of stain can be small and unobtrusive it still requires attention since a slow leak can seriously degrade subflooring and wooden structural supports.
We have vinyl tile in our bathroom.
A common phenomenon in public toilets.
My bathroom floor is turning yellow really bad by the toilet and bathtub.
Yellow stains appear when the toilet bowl remains a long time exposed to this substance.
Our basement was insulated and finished so that wasn t the issue in that house.
It s this one area that is the problem.
There are dark stains on the linoleum floor in the bathroom on both sides of the toilet.
How do i remove stains on a linoleum floor around the toilet.
2 a floor mat with a rubber backing.
It was only glued down around the perimeter and around the toilet.
The rest of the floor is fine.
Tried using baking soda with peroxide but it didn t work.
Thankfully there are a number of ways to remove stains and prevent some future stains.
For example when toilets or urinals don t flush but people still use them.
The lighter colored floor showed the yellow stain around the perimeter within 2 years of installation.
1 bleach and or a cleanser with bleach.
Vinyl linoleum floors tend to get yellow stains over time for a variety of reasons.
It is not linoleum or vinyl.
If you have a sheet vinyl linoleum floor the yellowing around the base of your toilet could be caused by a few things.
It s commercial tile flooring.
One powerful cleanser is water and bleach another is using rubbing alcohol over the yellow stains until they fade.
I have used clorox to clean up bleach and water and other floor cleaners but nothing has worked.
It seems that when urine residues dry on the surface the stain becomes more intense and much harder to remove.
These less obvious stains are caused by small amounts of water seeping through the floor material.
A family member struggles with incontinence at times and there is a dark brown stain around the toilet.
On jan 2 2019.
Also know as limescale mineral deposits and mineral buildup hard water stains are chalky white residue that form around faucets and water nozzles due to an excess of minerals in the water.
It can also look like a colored stain and appear some distance from the toilet.
Is there any way to remove the stain without damaging the tile.
The color is almost orange.
I wouldn t worry about a leaking toilet.
I think using the bleach made it worse.