Kyle Altendorf
New Member
I've been slowly working on tiling my bathroom floor and got to the toilet flange. It was attached directly to the OSB which I estimate to be 1-3/16" below where the top of my tile will end up so I figured I would need to move it up and reinstall on top of the tile after getting done with that. I went to cut/chip the spigot out of the elbow hub and was stupidly confident rather than my normal overly cautious self and ended up busting the elbow hub (see attached image). So, I went ahead and cut out a section of the OSB and found more than I had bargained for (fittings galore and nearly zero pipe). So, I'm here to try to be more cautious than last time and make sure I'm heading the right direction.
First direct question I've got is if I were able to remove the next elbow hub from the hidden joining pipe would it be acceptable to clean the pipe up (or next hub) and reglue/cement/weld to it? Given the existence of at least a few different tools for drilling out hubs I'm guessing the answer is yes. The tools seem to go for about $75 which is a bit steep for only a single planned use, but it isn't out of the question.
Continuing assuming a yes to rewelding... I then need to figure out how to add 1-3/16" or so to the height. It seems like such a small distance on 3" pipe that I don't know how to get it other than a bit of cheating with insertion depth. Perhaps replace with a hub-spigot elbow (spigot pointing up) then coupling then 3" spigot flange with the elbow-to-spigot joint cut down a bit? Is there a minimum joint insertion spec other than 'completely inserted'?
Of course, if I'm totally off base then I would certainly welcome recommendations for something completely different.
Thanks so much for any help you can offer.
Cheers,
-kyle
First direct question I've got is if I were able to remove the next elbow hub from the hidden joining pipe would it be acceptable to clean the pipe up (or next hub) and reglue/cement/weld to it? Given the existence of at least a few different tools for drilling out hubs I'm guessing the answer is yes. The tools seem to go for about $75 which is a bit steep for only a single planned use, but it isn't out of the question.
Continuing assuming a yes to rewelding... I then need to figure out how to add 1-3/16" or so to the height. It seems like such a small distance on 3" pipe that I don't know how to get it other than a bit of cheating with insertion depth. Perhaps replace with a hub-spigot elbow (spigot pointing up) then coupling then 3" spigot flange with the elbow-to-spigot joint cut down a bit? Is there a minimum joint insertion spec other than 'completely inserted'?
Of course, if I'm totally off base then I would certainly welcome recommendations for something completely different.
Thanks so much for any help you can offer.
Cheers,
-kyle