Hightechburrito
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Started demoing out a bathroom today and found a toilet flange with some rust on it. I need to clean it up better than the picture, but can I reuse this? I'll need to add an extension to match the height of the finished floor (new floor will be ~.25" higher than before.
One thing I noticed is that the flange was 'attached' to the subfloor with 4 nails that were bent over the outside of the flange (one of which was rusted away, top left of picture). There's no subfloor underneath most of the flange to screw it down, so I'm a little curious on what to do. Reading around a bit, it seems like this may have been common ~60 years ago (cast iron toilet flange not attached to flooring).
Also noticed the flange isn't parallel to the subfloor. The front is about .25" higher than the front. It's probably been like that for 60 years so presumably the flange seal can accommodate that?
What's the simplest way to get this back together? I'm not above hiring a plumber to replace the flange, but would prefer a quicker/simpler/cheaper fix if that's possible.
Thanks.
One thing I noticed is that the flange was 'attached' to the subfloor with 4 nails that were bent over the outside of the flange (one of which was rusted away, top left of picture). There's no subfloor underneath most of the flange to screw it down, so I'm a little curious on what to do. Reading around a bit, it seems like this may have been common ~60 years ago (cast iron toilet flange not attached to flooring).
Also noticed the flange isn't parallel to the subfloor. The front is about .25" higher than the front. It's probably been like that for 60 years so presumably the flange seal can accommodate that?
What's the simplest way to get this back together? I'm not above hiring a plumber to replace the flange, but would prefer a quicker/simpler/cheaper fix if that's possible.
Thanks.