Rusted Toilet Flange Concrete Floor

Pick up the toilet again bending at the knees and not the back.

Rusted toilet flange concrete floor.

Rotted toilet flange repaired new toilet installed. Bolts rusted completly out on toilet i have concrete floor i need to make sure it doesnt rock. If using a plastic flange ring be careful not to crack the ring by screwing the anchors in too far. Clean up around the bottom of the toilet and place the new wax ring on the repaired flange.

With the toilet flange in place you are ready to install the toilet with a new wax ring. Pipe is copper with the flange attached to outside of pipe. A few minutes work with a hammer chisel and pliers removed all the remains of the pressed steel flange. I soon discovered that the pressed steel toilet flange was badly rusted and the flange bolts had pulled through it that steel flange was held down only by the flange on the end of the pvc drain fitting.

Screw the toilet flange onto the concrete use tapcon anchors or a similar type of masonry concrete screws to fasten the toilet flange to the concrete slab. Slip your repair flange spanner under the toilet flange but replace a toilet bolt in the concrete floor through the hole in your spanner for easy toilet reinstallation. Line the bolts up on the sides of the bowl and gently place the toilet on the repaired flange and press to the floor. To replace the rusted toilet flange you first need to remove the broken or rusted areas using a hacksaw.

Due to its construction you can only use a toilet flange repair ring on pvc or abs pipes. It s an a push tite gasketed closet flange. A rocking toilet over time will break. I went to install a new toilet and the flange was rusted and the slots for toilet bolts broken.

Flange is fixed to copper pipe. This is a step by step instructional video on how to easily repair a broken iron or plastic pvc toilet mounting flange.