Hello, first off I want to say I searched the forums forever, but could not find the info I need. So here is another floor flange question. I have a 3" ABS stub up for my new construction toilet installation. I read that the flange should be installed on top of the finished flooring. So I installed the tile floor. Then I cut off the stub out pipe flush with the top surface of the tile floor. I first tried an internal fit flange. This flange has a small lip molded just below the bottom of the flange. So when I slide this flange on and it bottoms out on the top of the pipe, it sits up off the floor too high. I test fit the toilet on it (Kohler Persuade) to see if there was enough room for "fudge". No way. Toilet sits completely on top of flange and not the floor. So yesterday I spent an hour chiseling out around the pipe to try an outside fit flange, and when I slip that one on, it too sits too high. The outside fit flange has a "stop" molded into it that keeps the drain pipe from sliding right through the flange. However the stop in the flange it lower than the bottom side of the mounting ring of the flange. So when you slide this on the pipe, it doesn't sit flush with the tile surface either.
So my guess is that I should have cut the top of the drain waste pipe off level with the concrete slab and not the tile floor? Any help will be much appreciated. How do I now cut the pipe down? A dremel cut off wheel from the inside of the pipe?
If anyone is interested you can see the house I am building at www.livingwithbigfoot.com
Thanks, Todd.
So my guess is that I should have cut the top of the drain waste pipe off level with the concrete slab and not the tile floor? Any help will be much appreciated. How do I now cut the pipe down? A dremel cut off wheel from the inside of the pipe?
If anyone is interested you can see the house I am building at www.livingwithbigfoot.com
Thanks, Todd.