Because I'm fixing the CI drain pipe in my main bathroom, I am forced to use my second bathroom, which needs repairs as the first bathroom is taking longer than it should.
The second bathroom is on a slab, and the slab has all broken and shifted. The toilet in the second bathroom is a cadet by American standard and it leaks out the base which I thought was just a wax ring fix. The linoleum tile underneath the toilet was all destroyed so I thought I'd clean that up a little while I was in there. When I got the toilet off, the slab was cracked and separating, the flange was broken, and the wax ring was flattened to nonexistent. So I'm thinking that I just have to remove the broken flange and maybe put a new one in and I'd be good. When I got the flange out, it looked like it was sitting in a malleable lead casing, which I've never seen nor dealt with before. I'll attach some pictures, and I've done some reading after searching here for lead related installations, but I'm not sure if what I have is lead or what.
What should I do with this mess? Do I need to break out some of the slab and pour some quikrete with a new flange? This isn't going to be a finish floor for now. It just needs to be operational without wasting time and money. I'll do a permanent proper installation when I redo the slab and this room. Pictures will follow in a few minutes in the next post
The second bathroom is on a slab, and the slab has all broken and shifted. The toilet in the second bathroom is a cadet by American standard and it leaks out the base which I thought was just a wax ring fix. The linoleum tile underneath the toilet was all destroyed so I thought I'd clean that up a little while I was in there. When I got the toilet off, the slab was cracked and separating, the flange was broken, and the wax ring was flattened to nonexistent. So I'm thinking that I just have to remove the broken flange and maybe put a new one in and I'd be good. When I got the flange out, it looked like it was sitting in a malleable lead casing, which I've never seen nor dealt with before. I'll attach some pictures, and I've done some reading after searching here for lead related installations, but I'm not sure if what I have is lead or what.
What should I do with this mess? Do I need to break out some of the slab and pour some quikrete with a new flange? This isn't going to be a finish floor for now. It just needs to be operational without wasting time and money. I'll do a permanent proper installation when I redo the slab and this room. Pictures will follow in a few minutes in the next post