Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum and was hoping to get some advice on what appears to be a unique setup.
I have a cast iron waste pipe but the flange is copper (house is built in the 1950's). I recently put down the new tile floor and the underlayment was thinner than the old mud floor that was there so I have too much pipe sticking out of the floor now:
I had a plumber (it was actually two guys) over today to cut the pipe and solder on the new flange but they said it was too much work. Instead, they suggested cutting the pipe below the floor and using a Fernco fitting to PVC (and quoted me $650). I've never been crazy about using them because I was told that eventually they will leak.
They also said that it looked like I had a leak at the joint where the copper pipe meets the cast iron stack. To resolve that (if it did leak) they said they would use a 4" to 3" doughnut and then do PVC all the way up to the flange at a cost of $1000
I did not have any water damage on the drywall that was covering it and I just ran about 10 gallons of water from a hose down it and it was dry, although it looks like there is some serious corrosion (dissimilar metals perhaps?):
I had sugguested to the plumbers that they use an inside pipe cutter but they said that they always fall off the drill and into the pipe.
So my questions:
1) Should I be worried about a leak at the joint on the cast iron?
2) Can I just use an inside pipe cutter and cut the pipe sticking out of the floor? I was thinking of duct taping the bit to the drill so if it comes loose out of the chuck it won't fall in the pipe.
Any advice you can offer is greatly appreciated as I don't think I can bring myself to spend that kind of money on this as it greatly exceeds my budget. I can solder pipes (I plumbed the rest of the bathroom) but I figured this job was best left to the pros but after getting the sticker shock I'm thinking I should take a crack at it.
Here is a picture of the copper flange I got for $40. As you can see it just needs a couple of inches trimmed off the top:
Thanks!
I have a cast iron waste pipe but the flange is copper (house is built in the 1950's). I recently put down the new tile floor and the underlayment was thinner than the old mud floor that was there so I have too much pipe sticking out of the floor now:
I had a plumber (it was actually two guys) over today to cut the pipe and solder on the new flange but they said it was too much work. Instead, they suggested cutting the pipe below the floor and using a Fernco fitting to PVC (and quoted me $650). I've never been crazy about using them because I was told that eventually they will leak.
They also said that it looked like I had a leak at the joint where the copper pipe meets the cast iron stack. To resolve that (if it did leak) they said they would use a 4" to 3" doughnut and then do PVC all the way up to the flange at a cost of $1000
I did not have any water damage on the drywall that was covering it and I just ran about 10 gallons of water from a hose down it and it was dry, although it looks like there is some serious corrosion (dissimilar metals perhaps?):
I had sugguested to the plumbers that they use an inside pipe cutter but they said that they always fall off the drill and into the pipe.
So my questions:
1) Should I be worried about a leak at the joint on the cast iron?
2) Can I just use an inside pipe cutter and cut the pipe sticking out of the floor? I was thinking of duct taping the bit to the drill so if it comes loose out of the chuck it won't fall in the pipe.
Any advice you can offer is greatly appreciated as I don't think I can bring myself to spend that kind of money on this as it greatly exceeds my budget. I can solder pipes (I plumbed the rest of the bathroom) but I figured this job was best left to the pros but after getting the sticker shock I'm thinking I should take a crack at it.
Here is a picture of the copper flange I got for $40. As you can see it just needs a couple of inches trimmed off the top:
Thanks!