Hello all,
I had a broken cast iron closet flange under my toilet. This caused the floor and subfloor of the surrounding part of my bathroom to rot. I've since ripped out the floor of the bathroom and am replacing the subflooring/floor from the joists up. In the process of replacing the broken flange, I have managed to drill out some of the lead and the old flange has now been removed. However, the lead band and oakum that was used to seal the pipe is still in place. Is there a trick to removing the lead band. My first thought is to give it a few whacks with the hammer and chisel with the expectation that it will come free. Is there a better(safer for the pipe) way?
Here are a couple of pictures. you can see that the drill bit that i used was pretty conservative, so as not to drill into the cast iron pipe.
I am replacing the removed flange with this one:
how much cleanup to I need to do to the inside and outside of the pipe before i put the replacement on?
thanks in advance for any advise-
Todd
I had a broken cast iron closet flange under my toilet. This caused the floor and subfloor of the surrounding part of my bathroom to rot. I've since ripped out the floor of the bathroom and am replacing the subflooring/floor from the joists up. In the process of replacing the broken flange, I have managed to drill out some of the lead and the old flange has now been removed. However, the lead band and oakum that was used to seal the pipe is still in place. Is there a trick to removing the lead band. My first thought is to give it a few whacks with the hammer and chisel with the expectation that it will come free. Is there a better(safer for the pipe) way?
Here are a couple of pictures. you can see that the drill bit that i used was pretty conservative, so as not to drill into the cast iron pipe.
I am replacing the removed flange with this one:
how much cleanup to I need to do to the inside and outside of the pipe before i put the replacement on?
thanks in advance for any advise-
Todd