frank in ohio
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I'm remodeling a small bathroom and after removing the toilet, I noticed that the metal in the flange was pretty much rusted away. The flange is black plastic and is glued to the outside of the black elbow underneath, which has in inside diameter of 3 inches. I tried using one of those stainless flange repair kits, but there isn't much of the remaining flange to get underneath. So I cut the plastic off as close as I could get to the pipe that it is glued to. I am trying to avoid cutting off the plastic underneath and put new pieces back in because there isn't much room to work in. First question, is it possible to somehow get that remaining section off that is glued to the outside of the 3 inch pipe. Or maybe to state it better, can two pieces of plastic that are glued ever be taken apart again. And secondly, at Lowes I found a flange that fits down inside of the 3 inch pipe and has like a big rubber band that supposedly makes a seal once you push the flange down inside of the existing pipe. I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried one of these. Could there possibly be a problem with flushing the toilet, as it is probably original (30 years old) and therefore not one of these low "gallons per flush" models that they sell now.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
thanks
frank
Any ideas would be appreciated.
thanks
frank