Alan Bechard
New Member
Hi folks, just got steered over to this site, and wish I had read a bit more sooner..............
Remodeling a 40 year old home. Has 4" Cast iron pipe under the toilet. Rotted plywood floors in bathroom.
Pulled out all floors, and subfloors, put in 3/4" Ply subfloor glued and screwed down, then 1/2" Hardy board, then tile.
Left the bell end of the cast iron pipe in place while deciding what to do and cut the floor back around it to place it over it for install.
The CI bell was too high (about 1/2") above finish floor level, so decided to cut it off, install new 3" PVC with soft adapter coupling with the 3" PVC sticking down into the CI 4" pipe. Did not know at the time about the Oatey or push fit flanges,,, Dooohhhhh.
So, went to install my toilet flange today, a Chief with stainless outer ring, and realized I have cut my subfloor out too far to get it over the bell. The outer edge of my ring is on the tile, but there is no support directly under the ring.
I know the "right" answer is to remove it all, and properly size my subfloor hole, but with all the glue and screw's and tile there, that will be a REAL challenge.
I am considering removing some tile and subfloor say a 2" radius bigger yet, going underneath the floor (basement home) and doing a tight fit of 3/4" plywood from underneath, then bond down a "donut" of tight fitting 3/4" ply then a slightly bigger donut of hardy board, then retiling up to the drain pipe then setting in the closet flange and securing it too my "donut" as well as through to the underlying plywood.
Man have I made a mess of something that should have been easy, just did it all in the wrong order, and seemed to learn my lessons directly After doing something that was difficult to reverse.
Anyone have some ideas? Does my plan sound reasonable, or am I creating another mess?
Thanks.
I did search and spent the last hour or two reading lots of various posts that seemed to skirt this subject but wanted to ask direct on my situation.
Thanks again.
Remodeling a 40 year old home. Has 4" Cast iron pipe under the toilet. Rotted plywood floors in bathroom.
Pulled out all floors, and subfloors, put in 3/4" Ply subfloor glued and screwed down, then 1/2" Hardy board, then tile.
Left the bell end of the cast iron pipe in place while deciding what to do and cut the floor back around it to place it over it for install.
The CI bell was too high (about 1/2") above finish floor level, so decided to cut it off, install new 3" PVC with soft adapter coupling with the 3" PVC sticking down into the CI 4" pipe. Did not know at the time about the Oatey or push fit flanges,,, Dooohhhhh.
So, went to install my toilet flange today, a Chief with stainless outer ring, and realized I have cut my subfloor out too far to get it over the bell. The outer edge of my ring is on the tile, but there is no support directly under the ring.
I know the "right" answer is to remove it all, and properly size my subfloor hole, but with all the glue and screw's and tile there, that will be a REAL challenge.
I am considering removing some tile and subfloor say a 2" radius bigger yet, going underneath the floor (basement home) and doing a tight fit of 3/4" plywood from underneath, then bond down a "donut" of tight fitting 3/4" ply then a slightly bigger donut of hardy board, then retiling up to the drain pipe then setting in the closet flange and securing it too my "donut" as well as through to the underlying plywood.
Man have I made a mess of something that should have been easy, just did it all in the wrong order, and seemed to learn my lessons directly After doing something that was difficult to reverse.
Anyone have some ideas? Does my plan sound reasonable, or am I creating another mess?
Thanks.
I did search and spent the last hour or two reading lots of various posts that seemed to skirt this subject but wanted to ask direct on my situation.
Thanks again.