Do I need a new flange or just wax ring?

[Eman85]

Did you dry fit the toilet with no ring on the flange to see how it sat on the floor? That is how you determine if it will sit right and if you have too much ring holding the toilet up, that is what Danco means. The screws that hold the flange to the floor need to be in and the flange bolts don't need to be very tight, just snug to prevent rocking.

 

[Mark Ezrin]

You did not mention screws into the wood to hold down the flange.

You did not mention shims, although you did say that you could not detect rocking.


Does what look flush?

Holy cow. Somehow I couldn't see any of these replies. I guess I had some browser issues I got cleaned up.
I'm sorry for the lack of follow-up.

(1) Yes, the flange is secured in the flooring with long screws. Where there were gaps, plastic PVC spacers the original plumber used were needed to provide support to the flange for gaps between a few of the screws and the flooring. They're hard to see in some of the pictures.

(2) I didn't need any shims as the toilet was not rocking at all.

(3) My question on flush and not well stated was whether the toilet base looked flush enough to the floor. Not that I could do anything about it.

My bigger question was just how to safely cut/break the bolts so I didn't risk cracking the toilet with pressure, and how to make sure I didn't overtighten and risk cracking the toilet base when i installed the screws.

Thanks for always being helpful. I see your username a lot.

 

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[Mark Ezrin]

You did not mention screws into the wood to hold down the flange.

You did not mention shims, although you did say that you could not detect rocking.


Does what look flush?

EDIT: This reply apparently posted twice. I see no method to delete it so I'm just editing it and removing the content, leaving the above post in tact.

 

[Reach4]

3. The ideal is that the closet flange sits atop the finished floor, which would put the top of the ring about 3/8 inch higher than the floor. However sometimes the top of the flange is even below floor level. Two wax rings or a thicker wax ring can fill the gap.

As to cutting the bolts, you could use a saw, but see https://terrylove.com/forums/index....efg-2-piece-toilet-written-by-jamie-love.743/ #7 video at time 4:35 for a surprise.

 

[Mark Ezrin]

3. The ideal is that the closet flange sits atop the finished floor, which would put the top of the ring about 3/8 inch higher than the floor. However sometimes the top of the flange is even below floor level. Two wax rings or a thicker wax ring can fill the gap.

As to cutting the bolts, you could use a saw, but see https://terrylove.com/forums/index....efg-2-piece-toilet-written-by-jamie-love.743/ #7 video at time 4:35 for a surprise.

I'm an idiot with apparently a short memory. I've seen that video! It was one of the first I watched on this forum when I installed my first toilet. I think it is just paranoia about breaking something with too much force when we don't have the years of skills others have obtained. Thanks!