buckyswider
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Hi all, continuing on my powder room renovation which started as "wallpapering & new vanity"...
Have to replace some rotted subfloor noticed after removing the toilet. After surgically removing all the rotted subfloor (there's staple-up radiant heat below, which means the subfloor needed to be removed VERY carefully), I noticed that that cast iron flange is broken. Not at the typical closet bolt slot, but the lip is broken off the front. And with a new finish floor (replacing hardwood with ceramic or marble tile), the flange needs to be replaced.
I've watched dozens of videos so far, and I'm now deathly afraid of breaking the closet bend pipe while removing the flange. But before I proceed, there's one thing that's really throwing me off. It seems to be a leaded in flange; however, when I reach underneath the flange, I expected to feel the oakum underneath between the flange and the pipe. However, to me it feels like one solid cast iron piece- no interruption in feel between the flange, pipe, and the small ledge between. Looking under with an inspection camera and I also can't ascertain any difference in materials between the three areas.
So before I start hammering, drilling, or sawing, I wanted to make sure I haven't stumbled upon some odd duck where the bend and flange are one piece, or something else as equally as odd. I know that replacing the flange is ultimately the best in the long run, but I guess if push comes to shove I could somehow use a spanner flange to shore up the broken front lip, and then use one of the known methods to compensate for a height difference if it ends up that the new finish floor is a different height than the old.
Thanks!
Have to replace some rotted subfloor noticed after removing the toilet. After surgically removing all the rotted subfloor (there's staple-up radiant heat below, which means the subfloor needed to be removed VERY carefully), I noticed that that cast iron flange is broken. Not at the typical closet bolt slot, but the lip is broken off the front. And with a new finish floor (replacing hardwood with ceramic or marble tile), the flange needs to be replaced.
I've watched dozens of videos so far, and I'm now deathly afraid of breaking the closet bend pipe while removing the flange. But before I proceed, there's one thing that's really throwing me off. It seems to be a leaded in flange; however, when I reach underneath the flange, I expected to feel the oakum underneath between the flange and the pipe. However, to me it feels like one solid cast iron piece- no interruption in feel between the flange, pipe, and the small ledge between. Looking under with an inspection camera and I also can't ascertain any difference in materials between the three areas.
So before I start hammering, drilling, or sawing, I wanted to make sure I haven't stumbled upon some odd duck where the bend and flange are one piece, or something else as equally as odd. I know that replacing the flange is ultimately the best in the long run, but I guess if push comes to shove I could somehow use a spanner flange to shore up the broken front lip, and then use one of the known methods to compensate for a height difference if it ends up that the new finish floor is a different height than the old.
Thanks!