I’m working on a bathroom remodel. The last couple evenings I’ve been chiseling/scraping a 3/8†layer of glued down particle board off of the ¾†plywood sub-floor. I found a pneumatic automotive chisel works good. I’m having a problem removing the toilet floor flange to get to the particle board under/around the flange.
The toilet floor flange is attached to the particle board. I removed the screws around the metal ring of the flange and expected to be able to pry/lift the flange off to remove the particle board (which is chiseled away up to the point of going under the flange.) The problem is even prying on the tin metal lip of the flange enough to start to bend it I cannot get it to lift off. I have no idea how these work, but I assumed it would not be glued or anything like that. Are they threaded on or anything like that? Any suggestions? I’m afraid if I break it or bend it up too much I’ll have a heck of a time replacing it. Or it will develop a leak if I damage it.
Thanks, Wayne
The toilet floor flange is attached to the particle board. I removed the screws around the metal ring of the flange and expected to be able to pry/lift the flange off to remove the particle board (which is chiseled away up to the point of going under the flange.) The problem is even prying on the tin metal lip of the flange enough to start to bend it I cannot get it to lift off. I have no idea how these work, but I assumed it would not be glued or anything like that. Are they threaded on or anything like that? Any suggestions? I’m afraid if I break it or bend it up too much I’ll have a heck of a time replacing it. Or it will develop a leak if I damage it.
Thanks, Wayne