Had a plumber come in and install the shower plumbing that dear hubby got wrong - twice. (I made him take out the compression fittings and Sharkbites did NOT hold pressure after my DH installed them. When I finally observed his technique, I could see why. Not that my dear hubby isn't absolutely brilliant at most things, but he is now prohibited from doing any plumbing that involves the inside of walls.)
Mr. Plumber noticed that the pvc toilet offset flange faced the toilet toward the shower instead of toward the door, which was the direction the toilet actually faced when we took it out. Needless to say, it was only held down by one bolt - the other bolt was jammed between the pvc and the slab. I was so busy destructing the bathroom that I failed to notice it too, and plumbing, needless to say, is not my bailiwick.
I thought that they offset the toilet to center it, but after actually doing the measuring, the drain hole is actually centered where it's supposed to be in the slab floor and the offset makes it two inches too close to the wall on the side.
First thing I can't understand is why they put the drain in the right spot, and then changed it to make it wrong.
The second thing I can't understand is how we are going to take out the offset and put in a straight flange, which is preferable anyway (less clogging). The custom shower installer guy thought that we could rent an inside cutter, then attach a repair flange to keep from chipping out all that concrete, but I can't quite see how that's going to work.
The third thing I'm wondering is if anyone else has ever seen this problem before?
Please feel free to describe how to fix this mess (other than have our now favorite plumber come back).
Mr. Plumber noticed that the pvc toilet offset flange faced the toilet toward the shower instead of toward the door, which was the direction the toilet actually faced when we took it out. Needless to say, it was only held down by one bolt - the other bolt was jammed between the pvc and the slab. I was so busy destructing the bathroom that I failed to notice it too, and plumbing, needless to say, is not my bailiwick.
I thought that they offset the toilet to center it, but after actually doing the measuring, the drain hole is actually centered where it's supposed to be in the slab floor and the offset makes it two inches too close to the wall on the side.
First thing I can't understand is why they put the drain in the right spot, and then changed it to make it wrong.
The second thing I can't understand is how we are going to take out the offset and put in a straight flange, which is preferable anyway (less clogging). The custom shower installer guy thought that we could rent an inside cutter, then attach a repair flange to keep from chipping out all that concrete, but I can't quite see how that's going to work.
The third thing I'm wondering is if anyone else has ever seen this problem before?
Please feel free to describe how to fix this mess (other than have our now favorite plumber come back).
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