Smatz
New Member
We had new flooring installed the other day and the installer mentioned that there was an issue with the toilet flange. Before removing the toilet, I tried moving it and it there was very little movement side to side. I removed the toilet, removed the wax ring and noticed that a couple of the flange securing nails had popped up a bit allowing some movement (not too much) of the flange. It looks like some of the sub floor where the flange was sitting was rotten and allowed a couple of the nails to come up. It is not currently wet so I assume it's been like this for awhile. pounding the nails in didn't change anything.
Is there any issue with leaving the flange like this? I was hoping to not remove the new flooring to repair this.
Is there any issue with leaving the flange like this? I was hoping to not remove the new flooring to repair this.