Ryanwj
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I am helping a friend with a bathroom remodel. The remodel involves laying new ceramic tile on the floor as well as replacing the (pink) toilet. We removed the old toilet w/o a problem but after we removed it, we noticed the flange was somewhat loose. We pulled on the flange and it came up with almost no resistance. Turns out it was a brass flange that had been soldered to the lead. Now we have a 4" diameter lead riser soil pipe that seems to be fit inside a sleeve (maybe what I have seen referred to as a ferrule - perhaps brass) and the sleeve fits inside the hub of the presumably (looks like iron from the inside) cast iron closet flange.
We need to install a new flange on top of the tile we plan to install. All I've found that might even come close to addressing this situation is the Oatey closet flange replacement with the 3 socket head cap screws that is designed to install inside a 4" diameter riser. The lead riser is out of round and has some bad deformation, thus the Oatey product doesn't look as if is deep enough to seal. Unfortunately, this house is on a slab which I'm afraid might severly limit our options for dealing with the situation. The top of the lead riser is about 1" below the existing floor level thus I'm not sure soldering a new brass flange would work - I'm over my head here so any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.
We need to install a new flange on top of the tile we plan to install. All I've found that might even come close to addressing this situation is the Oatey closet flange replacement with the 3 socket head cap screws that is designed to install inside a 4" diameter riser. The lead riser is out of round and has some bad deformation, thus the Oatey product doesn't look as if is deep enough to seal. Unfortunately, this house is on a slab which I'm afraid might severly limit our options for dealing with the situation. The top of the lead riser is about 1" below the existing floor level thus I'm not sure soldering a new brass flange would work - I'm over my head here so any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.