Girafdaniels
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I’m getting ready to install a new tile floor in the bathroom I’ve been renovating, and making toilet flange considerations before hand. When I moved the toilet location, I installed a 3 inch 90 elbow instead of a 4 inch to 3 inch closet elbow (which I didn’t yet know existed!).
I knew that I wouldn’t have much 3 inch pipe to work with coming out of the floor from that elbow, but now that I’m at the stage for install, it’s clear just how little there will be. I have an outside fitting toilet flange (pictured) with the steel ring, but if I try to use that one I’ll only have about a 1/2” to glue to after cutting both the pipe and flange extension down. Currently, I’ve got about 1” of 3 inch pipe up to finished floor level, but if I leave that as is, it will stick up 1/2” past the inside bevel of the flange. Cutting the 3” pipe so it’d be below the bevel would leave me with the half inch remaining predicament.
So, is it OK to cut down that 3 inch pipe and only have 1/2” of glue up from pipe to flange? Or, should I use an inside fitting flange given the situation? I’m not sure if they make those with a steel ring, which I’d like to keep, and I was hoping to install an outside fitting as a contingency should anything need to be fixed down the road...
Hopefully this all makes sense, and I really appreciate the good advice as always!
I knew that I wouldn’t have much 3 inch pipe to work with coming out of the floor from that elbow, but now that I’m at the stage for install, it’s clear just how little there will be. I have an outside fitting toilet flange (pictured) with the steel ring, but if I try to use that one I’ll only have about a 1/2” to glue to after cutting both the pipe and flange extension down. Currently, I’ve got about 1” of 3 inch pipe up to finished floor level, but if I leave that as is, it will stick up 1/2” past the inside bevel of the flange. Cutting the 3” pipe so it’d be below the bevel would leave me with the half inch remaining predicament.
So, is it OK to cut down that 3 inch pipe and only have 1/2” of glue up from pipe to flange? Or, should I use an inside fitting flange given the situation? I’m not sure if they make those with a steel ring, which I’d like to keep, and I was hoping to install an outside fitting as a contingency should anything need to be fixed down the road...
Hopefully this all makes sense, and I really appreciate the good advice as always!