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Hello, While doing demo for my current bathroom remodel, I found out that the original closet bend is lead. After doing a lot of reading on this forum, and elsewhere, I decided to remove all of the lead back to the CI hub, and replace with PVC like what is suggested here:
https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/replacing-a-lead-closet-bend.38003/
https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/another-broken-toilet-flange-thread.34981/
I now have what I think is a pretty good seal between the PVC and CI using a Fernco donut, but I am tying to find out if there is some why to test the connection prior to putting down the new subfloor and tile. It would be awful to get the entire bathroom finished, flush the toilet for the first time, and realize there is a leak.
I've poured multiple buckets of water down the pipe, and it doesn't leak. But my concern is that when a toilet flushes, there is a larger concentration(not amount) of water than when a bucket is being poured. Put another way, 1.28 or 1.6 gallons of water travel through that pipe in a second or two when flushing the toilet vs. 3 gallons traveling through the pipe over 15 seconds when pouring a bucket into the pipe.
https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/replacing-a-lead-closet-bend.38003/
https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/another-broken-toilet-flange-thread.34981/
I now have what I think is a pretty good seal between the PVC and CI using a Fernco donut, but I am tying to find out if there is some why to test the connection prior to putting down the new subfloor and tile. It would be awful to get the entire bathroom finished, flush the toilet for the first time, and realize there is a leak.
I've poured multiple buckets of water down the pipe, and it doesn't leak. But my concern is that when a toilet flushes, there is a larger concentration(not amount) of water than when a bucket is being poured. Put another way, 1.28 or 1.6 gallons of water travel through that pipe in a second or two when flushing the toilet vs. 3 gallons traveling through the pipe over 15 seconds when pouring a bucket into the pipe.