TedL
New Member
I'm installing a new Drake in my basement, and when I took off the old toilet, I found something I don't recognize, nor do I remember hearing of anything like it.
It looks (and bends) like a lead sleeve that goes 3 or 4 inches below the flange, inside the pipe, and is bent out over the flange. Two holes let the bolts through, but there are no more openings through the lead.
Pipe in the slab is 3" CI.... house is mid 1980's vintage, though the toilet I pulled is a 1994 vintage AS piece of garbage.
Is this some cob job? Can anyone guess what problem was being solved? The flange appears to be the right height without it.
Top view: http://123pichosting.com/images/8253P1010114.JPG
Side view: http://123pichosting.com/images/5815P1010116.JPG
It looks (and bends) like a lead sleeve that goes 3 or 4 inches below the flange, inside the pipe, and is bent out over the flange. Two holes let the bolts through, but there are no more openings through the lead.
Pipe in the slab is 3" CI.... house is mid 1980's vintage, though the toilet I pulled is a 1994 vintage AS piece of garbage.
Is this some cob job? Can anyone guess what problem was being solved? The flange appears to be the right height without it.
Top view: http://123pichosting.com/images/8253P1010114.JPG
Side view: http://123pichosting.com/images/5815P1010116.JPG
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