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I'm helping my friend remodel a bathroom in his new place. We're almost done with the bathroom, except for resetting the toilet. The place was built in the early-mid 70's, and the metal flange for the toilet looks like it's been beat to hell & back. I scraped off all the old wax from the last wax ring, and the flange is very uneven and battered.
As part of this project, we tore out an old tile floor & installed new tile. The new tile floor is about the same height as the old tile, but this beat up flange is about 1/4" below the tile.... from what I understand of plumbing, this flange should be level with the floor, right?
So: my question is how should I prepare the flange area to reinstall the toilet? The home depot guy suggested this PVC flange spacer to bring the flange level with the floor, but it seems like that piece is intended to be placed on top of an existing, flat PVC flange... not a beat-up metal one like we have here.
Is there an appropriate spacer that can be installed on top of the existing flange? Or given the current condition of the flange, would we be better off replacing it? If so, should we replace it with a pvc insert, or a similar metal flange?
As part of this project, we tore out an old tile floor & installed new tile. The new tile floor is about the same height as the old tile, but this beat up flange is about 1/4" below the tile.... from what I understand of plumbing, this flange should be level with the floor, right?
So: my question is how should I prepare the flange area to reinstall the toilet? The home depot guy suggested this PVC flange spacer to bring the flange level with the floor, but it seems like that piece is intended to be placed on top of an existing, flat PVC flange... not a beat-up metal one like we have here.
Is there an appropriate spacer that can be installed on top of the existing flange? Or given the current condition of the flange, would we be better off replacing it? If so, should we replace it with a pvc insert, or a similar metal flange?