Jay neubert
New Member
Hello all,
First time poster, but I've heard great things about the Plumbing advice here. Hoping you can advise!
I have a long post on the JohnBridge.com forum on my bathroom remodel job, and they recommended that I post it here to get the proper plumbing advice. I'm at a standstill until I get this licked.
Here goes... long story short, I have a small upstairs hall bathroom that I'm renovating where the existing flange was removed by recip saw as shown the photos. Investigating, the old flange appears to be originally connected to an ABS 90-degree closet bend with 4.5" OD as measured. I can see that it is a 90 degree bend upon inspecting down the pipe. The remaining shaft that the flange was removed from remains in the 90 degree elbow as you can see - and this ID is 3 3/8". I was going to try and remove the remaining piece also with a recip saw, but the previous poster told me that it was likely chemically glued together and this would prove nearly impossible.
I would love to fix this by inserting a new repair flange into the 3 3/8" opening that remains. Possible? Recommendations? Maybe this or this could work...? The height is the challenge since I will want that to become level with my height of the substrate, new ply and tile.
I'd like to avoid having to cut out part of the existing subfloor if I can help it. The joists would fight me. As you can see, I've drawn where the existing joist runs in pencil on the subfloor - it butts up to the drain pipe. Also, I'd like to avoid cutting from below as my ceiling below (my living room) is stippled and would be a total pain to cut into and fix. I'm just trying to start my damn floor tile job!! HELP!
(Just an FYI: My plan is to add another .5" new ply to the existing 5/8" subfloor, plus .25" hardie backer, plus tile/thinset, making the total height somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.625". This should be perfect.)
Originally, after removal (with old mud bed still intact):
90 degree elbow:
I appreciate all assistance/guidance. Virtual beers all around.
First time poster, but I've heard great things about the Plumbing advice here. Hoping you can advise!
I have a long post on the JohnBridge.com forum on my bathroom remodel job, and they recommended that I post it here to get the proper plumbing advice. I'm at a standstill until I get this licked.
Here goes... long story short, I have a small upstairs hall bathroom that I'm renovating where the existing flange was removed by recip saw as shown the photos. Investigating, the old flange appears to be originally connected to an ABS 90-degree closet bend with 4.5" OD as measured. I can see that it is a 90 degree bend upon inspecting down the pipe. The remaining shaft that the flange was removed from remains in the 90 degree elbow as you can see - and this ID is 3 3/8". I was going to try and remove the remaining piece also with a recip saw, but the previous poster told me that it was likely chemically glued together and this would prove nearly impossible.
I would love to fix this by inserting a new repair flange into the 3 3/8" opening that remains. Possible? Recommendations? Maybe this or this could work...? The height is the challenge since I will want that to become level with my height of the substrate, new ply and tile.
I'd like to avoid having to cut out part of the existing subfloor if I can help it. The joists would fight me. As you can see, I've drawn where the existing joist runs in pencil on the subfloor - it butts up to the drain pipe. Also, I'd like to avoid cutting from below as my ceiling below (my living room) is stippled and would be a total pain to cut into and fix. I'm just trying to start my damn floor tile job!! HELP!
(Just an FYI: My plan is to add another .5" new ply to the existing 5/8" subfloor, plus .25" hardie backer, plus tile/thinset, making the total height somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.625". This should be perfect.)
Originally, after removal (with old mud bed still intact):
90 degree elbow:
I appreciate all assistance/guidance. Virtual beers all around.