FullySprinklered
In the Trades
Ok, about four broken flanges ago I tried something quick cheap and easy to deal with a "almost broken" toilet flange issue. The narrow bands of plastic on the outside of the slot, which holds the toilet bolts, had been deformed upward by over-tightening. There was water on the floor, and the customer tried to fix the situation by overly cranking down on the nuts. Customers tend to blame wax ring failure first. After fixing the leak between the tank and bowl, I didn't feel comfortable reinstalling the toilet as things were, so I put new bolts in (I like the nylon bolts), and screwed fender washers on either side of the bolts, inline with the circumference of the flange, if you will, the screws going into the slots, in other words.
The fact that there was wood under the flange made it possible to do this very easily. Slab would take more work.
Did another one yesterday; same situation. I find this technique especially useful when doing work for friends and family, and I'm not getting paid.
Plastic flanges totally suck, by the way.
The fact that there was wood under the flange made it possible to do this very easily. Slab would take more work.
Did another one yesterday; same situation. I find this technique especially useful when doing work for friends and family, and I'm not getting paid.
Plastic flanges totally suck, by the way.