KristenJensen
New Member
DIYer here. 1st time poster.
I pulled my toilet to replace the floor tile (& new toilet) on my 1955 homes concrete slab. Now, with the tile reinstalled, the flat repair split ring flange is barely level with the tile when pulled up by hand to its highest level. A plumber gave me the ring while doing a different job.
I’m thinking that I have a couple options, neither of which is likely right.
1. Use stainless steel washers under the repair flange to hold it elevated off the slab, then Tapcon the flange in place. But this would take a lot of washers (5 for each flange bolt, and 5 for each TapCon screw)
2. Fill in the small area with concrete, and maybe use toothpicks/Q-Tips/chopsticks/etc. to keep the area where those Tapcons will go relatively clear of the concrete to make the drilling easier. I don’t think that such a small amount of concrete won’t crack, but I just want to give the repair flange something to “sit” on.
I would also like to know if I can put the 2 flange bolts anywhere along the slot, or if they need to be positioned all the way at the end of the slots.
Finally, although I don’t need to, how do you all like to “break” through porcelain tile when the flange sits on tile and the 4 to 6 screws have to dig in? I’m worried the tile would split.
Thank you all for your answers, and I hope our communication helps someone else in the future. (I was looking at old posts that were just as relevant today as they were when you all wrote them YEARS ago.)
I pulled my toilet to replace the floor tile (& new toilet) on my 1955 homes concrete slab. Now, with the tile reinstalled, the flat repair split ring flange is barely level with the tile when pulled up by hand to its highest level. A plumber gave me the ring while doing a different job.
I’m thinking that I have a couple options, neither of which is likely right.
1. Use stainless steel washers under the repair flange to hold it elevated off the slab, then Tapcon the flange in place. But this would take a lot of washers (5 for each flange bolt, and 5 for each TapCon screw)
2. Fill in the small area with concrete, and maybe use toothpicks/Q-Tips/chopsticks/etc. to keep the area where those Tapcons will go relatively clear of the concrete to make the drilling easier. I don’t think that such a small amount of concrete won’t crack, but I just want to give the repair flange something to “sit” on.
I would also like to know if I can put the 2 flange bolts anywhere along the slot, or if they need to be positioned all the way at the end of the slots.
Finally, although I don’t need to, how do you all like to “break” through porcelain tile when the flange sits on tile and the 4 to 6 screws have to dig in? I’m worried the tile would split.
Thank you all for your answers, and I hope our communication helps someone else in the future. (I was looking at old posts that were just as relevant today as they were when you all wrote them YEARS ago.)