32yr plumber
offset flange is a leak and or stoppage waiting to happen poor planning on your builder
My personal opinion is should not be allowed on me construction
Complete speculation of what's wrong until you cut ceiling open and put eyes on it at this pointMime - in your experience, is the offset flange a "leaking hazard" because of how it fits/joins to the drain pipe below or because water backs up and comes out and leaks from under the toilet?
My situation appears to be something below. I plan to open the ceiling tomorrow when the plumber shows up.
I may end up cutting into the joist and building a header and removing the offset flange altogether. I want this fixed permanently.
I ain't buying it. Should have done the bucket flush test. I suspect you have a leaking joint at the top or upper part of a pipe joint. That would only show up with a large volume of water (like dumping a couple gallons).So the conclusion is the offset flange in certain scenarios would back up
Could you spot a water track if you use a bright flashlight, now that you have the floor open? Maybe you could stick a flash camera in there and get some pictures.
Since you are getting a new closet flange anyway, you would be better off getting one with a metal ring.
Frankly no. You would have a stream of water flowing down the bottom of a 3' pipe about 1 to 1 1/2 inches high.So you don't think a hose running at full blast down the drain at 40 to 60
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If the off set flange was creating a back up and causing water to come over the top of the flange then clinging to the outside of the piping, it would only do that up to the first joint. At the first joint it would fall to the ceiling below. To get over the hub of the fitting it would have to go up hill.
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The pipe path you found when you cut into the floor is different than what you expected, right?I've attached a picture of the toilet and water closet. Behind the toilet is an exterior wall. The offset flange and drain go to the left of the toilet about a foot and then down towards the exterior wall and straight down the inside of the wall to the basement.
The pipe path you found when you cut into the floor is different than what you expected, right?
Drywall patching is like the most DIY thing ever... why do you need to hire someone to do it?!So the good news is that we finally solved this mystery once and for all. The bad news is that I have a large hole in my ceiling and now have to find someone to fix it. Any ideas approximately what it may cost to get this patched up?
That's a big hole that goes beyond what I would consider simple patching, I would think. Its a ceiling, not a wall. I think that would not be easy for DIY.Drywall patching is like the most DIY thing ever... why do you need to hire someone to do it?!
This is awkward, but...
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