So I'm at the tail end of a remodel, the kind where everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Everything you peel back is a surprise of something to fix.
Well, brain zapped and in over my head in most of this anyway, I've learned so much, but today I learned a hard lesson and was wondering what my options are in fixing it.
I was dealing with some very tight quarters and gluing in a new flange on top of the 3" sewer riser the plumber left me when he was last here roughing everything in.
I cut it flush, positioned the flange, chipped tile away enough to get it to slip over the sewer pipe properly, then spent quite a while drilling through the tile, getting to the subfloor, so I could screw the flange to the plywood under the tile. Feeling proud of myself, I got it glued in, screwed down, and called it a day.
Only later did I realize what I'd done. The slots that I'd painstakingly aligned at 3 and 9 o'clock to get the toilet square with the wall? I aligned the entry holes of the slots, instead of the end, or literally any other part of the freaking slot. And it's glued in, and very tight quarters.
It's also sitting on top of the tile, so repair rings or spacers, I think, aren't an option.
Any tips or tricks, or am I going to be trying to cut the flange off somehow?
Well, brain zapped and in over my head in most of this anyway, I've learned so much, but today I learned a hard lesson and was wondering what my options are in fixing it.
I was dealing with some very tight quarters and gluing in a new flange on top of the 3" sewer riser the plumber left me when he was last here roughing everything in.
I cut it flush, positioned the flange, chipped tile away enough to get it to slip over the sewer pipe properly, then spent quite a while drilling through the tile, getting to the subfloor, so I could screw the flange to the plywood under the tile. Feeling proud of myself, I got it glued in, screwed down, and called it a day.
Only later did I realize what I'd done. The slots that I'd painstakingly aligned at 3 and 9 o'clock to get the toilet square with the wall? I aligned the entry holes of the slots, instead of the end, or literally any other part of the freaking slot. And it's glued in, and very tight quarters.
It's also sitting on top of the tile, so repair rings or spacers, I think, aren't an option.
Any tips or tricks, or am I going to be trying to cut the flange off somehow?
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