Re: toilet flange installation for remodel

Posted by Bud...Suncoast Plumbing Inc. on January 18, 1999 at 19:45:58:
In response to Re: toilet flange installation for remodel
: : I am remodeling a bathroom and I need to install a toilet flange on the existing cast iron waste pipe. : The existing pipe had the original flange cut off at floor level by a plumber. The remaining pipe looks : to be 4 inches in diameter. : I looked at different plumbing supply stores but it was not clear how I would attach a new flange : to the existing pipe or even what type of flange to use. : I heard something about plumbers using molten lead to make this type connection but I have not found : any information regarding this. : So, can someone fill me in on how this is accomplished. : Thanks, : Kevin

Posted by Bud...Suncoast Plumbing Inc. on January 18, 1999 at 19:45:58:

In response to Re: toilet flange installation for remodel

:
: I am remodeling a bathroom and I need to install a toilet flange on the existing cast iron waste pipe.
: The existing pipe had the original flange cut off at floor level by a plumber. The remaining pipe looks
: to be 4 inches in diameter.

: I looked at different plumbing supply stores but it was not clear how I would attach a new flange
: to the existing pipe or even what type of flange to use.

: I heard something about plumbers using molten lead to make this type connection but I have not found
: any information regarding this.

: So, can someone fill me in on how this is accomplished.

: Thanks,

: Kevin

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