Stingerrray
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Hi Folks, Sorry to be asking a question on my first post. I have removed and reset maybe 100 toilets in my 6 years of being in the flooring business. I hate to do it as we are not plumbers. That being said it is common place for installers in my area to do so. Most are 4" flange set in concrete for downstairs and the same for upstairs.
Today I did an install and removed the downstairs 1/2 bath Toilet and surrounding Linoleum. The floor was soaked underneath the Linoleum. The toilet had been leaking for quite sometime. I didnt measure the flange as the realization of what was likey wrong did not come to me till later. I think the problem was that the flange is 3" and appears to be some sort of metal and does not match up to the toilet due to the fact that the bottom of the toilet is to wide to fit in the flange. Also under the linoleum was some sort of leveling material to raise the linoleum above the flange. When we cleaned up the flange installed new bolts and wax ring the toilet is sitting about 1/2" above the floor in the back.
Is it possible that a new toilet will fix this issue. The homeowner does not want to spend the money for the new toilet. It would be great if anyone can point me in the right direction. Also the flange is about 1/8" above the vinyl plank flooring that we installed. Gonna attach a couple of pictures of the flange.
Thanks in advance,
Rob
Today I did an install and removed the downstairs 1/2 bath Toilet and surrounding Linoleum. The floor was soaked underneath the Linoleum. The toilet had been leaking for quite sometime. I didnt measure the flange as the realization of what was likey wrong did not come to me till later. I think the problem was that the flange is 3" and appears to be some sort of metal and does not match up to the toilet due to the fact that the bottom of the toilet is to wide to fit in the flange. Also under the linoleum was some sort of leveling material to raise the linoleum above the flange. When we cleaned up the flange installed new bolts and wax ring the toilet is sitting about 1/2" above the floor in the back.
Is it possible that a new toilet will fix this issue. The homeowner does not want to spend the money for the new toilet. It would be great if anyone can point me in the right direction. Also the flange is about 1/8" above the vinyl plank flooring that we installed. Gonna attach a couple of pictures of the flange.
Thanks in advance,
Rob
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