Yardlady12
New Member
I am nearing the end of my full bath remodel project, hitting a few minor snags with plumbing.
I hired a plumber to update all the plumbing for the bathroom. Seems he set the toilet flange a good 1/2 inch off the finished floor. That's never going to work. I was not there when he did the install. I'm not calling him back out for my own reasons and choose to just handle the issue on my own.
I need to know if my plan to fix this is a good one.
1) Cut 3 in waste pipe off just above the coupling he installed to raise the flange. ( I have crawlspace access).
2.) lower flange and the pipe he attached it to, twist so the holes line up with the bolt hole's on the toilet. Looks like my toilet would need to set at an odd angle even if the flange was level, but I could be wrong. toilet weighs 95lbs, so I'm not carting this thing in to check just yet.
3) Join the pipes again with more Schedule 40 3 " PVC and a coupler, I'm considering a fernco for ease of re-assembly and adjustability in the future if needed. I'm guessing this whole wide coupler he installed needs to be removed and I now need to add a new section of pipe, and two couplers.
I will attempt to add my pictures. Showing Waste pipe in crawlspace, and flange in bathroom. I have not yet set the tile floor down, that's tomorrow's job.
I have flange, 3-5" of 3inch pipe, Wide Coupler, and 3inch pipe currently.
Im thinking I will have to cut the coupler out, add a fernco to each end of the pipe.
Or I could use pipe cement, not my preference if I can get away with a more adjustable option.
Thanks in advance.
I hired a plumber to update all the plumbing for the bathroom. Seems he set the toilet flange a good 1/2 inch off the finished floor. That's never going to work. I was not there when he did the install. I'm not calling him back out for my own reasons and choose to just handle the issue on my own.
I need to know if my plan to fix this is a good one.
1) Cut 3 in waste pipe off just above the coupling he installed to raise the flange. ( I have crawlspace access).
2.) lower flange and the pipe he attached it to, twist so the holes line up with the bolt hole's on the toilet. Looks like my toilet would need to set at an odd angle even if the flange was level, but I could be wrong. toilet weighs 95lbs, so I'm not carting this thing in to check just yet.
3) Join the pipes again with more Schedule 40 3 " PVC and a coupler, I'm considering a fernco for ease of re-assembly and adjustability in the future if needed. I'm guessing this whole wide coupler he installed needs to be removed and I now need to add a new section of pipe, and two couplers.
I will attempt to add my pictures. Showing Waste pipe in crawlspace, and flange in bathroom. I have not yet set the tile floor down, that's tomorrow's job.
I have flange, 3-5" of 3inch pipe, Wide Coupler, and 3inch pipe currently.
Im thinking I will have to cut the coupler out, add a fernco to each end of the pipe.
Or I could use pipe cement, not my preference if I can get away with a more adjustable option.
Thanks in advance.