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Any plumbers out there willing to help me with a problem with a closet flange? Here's the issue:
I'm remodeling my bathroom and when I removed my old toilet I noticed 2 issues: (1) the closet flange is cracked and (2) the flange is not attached to the subfloor. The existing flange is PVC as is the sewer pipe. It is on a concrete slab foundation.
It appears that one of the previous owners had replaced the original closet flange but in order to get access to cut the sewer pipe, the concrete subfloor was chipped away leaving no concrete left to screw tapcons into. Thus, the closet flange and, therefore, the toilet is only supported by the sewer pipe - not a good situation.
Ordinarially, in order to fix the cracked flange, I'd use either a spanner flange or other flange repair kit (super ring, etc.) but without the concrete I have nothing to screw tapcons into. My main concern is that the existing closet flange is not attached to the subfloor in any way - it is resting on a bit of concrete leftover after the subfloor was chipped away.
Anyone have any suggestions of how to fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
I'm remodeling my bathroom and when I removed my old toilet I noticed 2 issues: (1) the closet flange is cracked and (2) the flange is not attached to the subfloor. The existing flange is PVC as is the sewer pipe. It is on a concrete slab foundation.
It appears that one of the previous owners had replaced the original closet flange but in order to get access to cut the sewer pipe, the concrete subfloor was chipped away leaving no concrete left to screw tapcons into. Thus, the closet flange and, therefore, the toilet is only supported by the sewer pipe - not a good situation.
Ordinarially, in order to fix the cracked flange, I'd use either a spanner flange or other flange repair kit (super ring, etc.) but without the concrete I have nothing to screw tapcons into. My main concern is that the existing closet flange is not attached to the subfloor in any way - it is resting on a bit of concrete leftover after the subfloor was chipped away.
Anyone have any suggestions of how to fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!