We live in an older house and are updating some of the fixtures in our powder room. After removing the existing toilet, I knew that we might have a problem with the existing closet flange.
The flange itself seems it good condition, but sticks up about 1/2" to 5/8" above the finished tile floor. The flange is copper and the waste pipe also appears to be copper. The pipes below the room are inaccessible without tearing things up.
I tried dry fitting a new Drake 776 series toilet to the flange, but noticed that the toilet appeared to just be sitting on the flange itself and wasn't resting on the floor. I called a plumber to inspect the situation and he thought my best bet was to replace the toilet itself for a model with a just bit more clearance to accommodate a higher closet flange.
Any suggestions on either 1) lowering this flange and waste pipe without having to rip up my floor or 2) toilets that can accommodate a slightly higher flange? The folks at Toto suggested a unifit, skirted toilet - but I'm leery of increasing the height even more with the unifit adapter.
Help!
The flange itself seems it good condition, but sticks up about 1/2" to 5/8" above the finished tile floor. The flange is copper and the waste pipe also appears to be copper. The pipes below the room are inaccessible without tearing things up.
I tried dry fitting a new Drake 776 series toilet to the flange, but noticed that the toilet appeared to just be sitting on the flange itself and wasn't resting on the floor. I called a plumber to inspect the situation and he thought my best bet was to replace the toilet itself for a model with a just bit more clearance to accommodate a higher closet flange.
Any suggestions on either 1) lowering this flange and waste pipe without having to rip up my floor or 2) toilets that can accommodate a slightly higher flange? The folks at Toto suggested a unifit, skirted toilet - but I'm leery of increasing the height even more with the unifit adapter.
Help!