Hi all,
Been lurking here for a while - site is awesome and really helped me with some projects!
I haven't been able to find an answer to my particular question so I'm hoping someone can help.
My wife and I bought a house built in 1950 about a year ago. We gutted the whole house and are DIY reno'ing it (for better or for worse). Few notes - house is built on a slab with radiant heat throughout - therefore tearing up the slab is a very tenuous procedure.
The master bath is very small but we tiled the whole thing (floors and walls) with porcelain tile. I built a small knee wall that a glass shower door will sit on in the future. From this, I inadvertently narrowed the space where the toilet would go (see pic).
My original solution (which has been in use now for about 6 months) was a 1-inch brass offset flange that I used horizontally instead of vertically to move the toilet a bit to the right. I peened the lead and brazed it. The install went fine and is fully functional. The only problem is that it's still not centered within the already too-narrow space. This irritates the wife.
She found a 2-inch cast iron offset flange that might center the toilet. I haven't been able to find anything regarding soldering or brazing a cast-iron flange to a lead bend. I'm also concerned that I'll have to chip away tile (not so big of a deal) and the slab (bigger deal w/ the radiant heat concerns) in order to make the room needed for the flange to sit flush with the finished floor.
So questions:
1 - can you mate a cast iron flange with lead in the same way as the brass? i.e. peening and brazing?
2 - Are there any other ways to offset horizontally? I can't seem to find any other potential solutions.
I know the space is too narrow - but we're going to deal with that until we're ready for another reno. Too much excitement and not enough forethought put into this part of the project.
Thanks in advance. I look forward to reading the replies.
Been lurking here for a while - site is awesome and really helped me with some projects!
I haven't been able to find an answer to my particular question so I'm hoping someone can help.
My wife and I bought a house built in 1950 about a year ago. We gutted the whole house and are DIY reno'ing it (for better or for worse). Few notes - house is built on a slab with radiant heat throughout - therefore tearing up the slab is a very tenuous procedure.
The master bath is very small but we tiled the whole thing (floors and walls) with porcelain tile. I built a small knee wall that a glass shower door will sit on in the future. From this, I inadvertently narrowed the space where the toilet would go (see pic).
My original solution (which has been in use now for about 6 months) was a 1-inch brass offset flange that I used horizontally instead of vertically to move the toilet a bit to the right. I peened the lead and brazed it. The install went fine and is fully functional. The only problem is that it's still not centered within the already too-narrow space. This irritates the wife.
She found a 2-inch cast iron offset flange that might center the toilet. I haven't been able to find anything regarding soldering or brazing a cast-iron flange to a lead bend. I'm also concerned that I'll have to chip away tile (not so big of a deal) and the slab (bigger deal w/ the radiant heat concerns) in order to make the room needed for the flange to sit flush with the finished floor.
So questions:
1 - can you mate a cast iron flange with lead in the same way as the brass? i.e. peening and brazing?
2 - Are there any other ways to offset horizontally? I can't seem to find any other potential solutions.
I know the space is too narrow - but we're going to deal with that until we're ready for another reno. Too much excitement and not enough forethought put into this part of the project.
Thanks in advance. I look forward to reading the replies.
