I am tiling my bathroom; I’ve removed the toilet and underlayment to resolve problems with squeaks in the subfloor. The underside of the toilet flange was flush with the subfloor not the removed underlayment (arg!).
The flange is set into a 3†PVC T hub. The inside diameter of the flange is 3â€. It looks like when it was installed 30 years ago that the top of the flange was cut flush with the top of the T and “glued†to the verticle part of a flange that extends into the T 2†or about 3/8†short of the 90° bend in the T. Even though “glued†it is solidly attached to the top of the T hub.
The existing flange will be 1 ¼â€â€ short when new underlayment (1/2â€), thinset (1/8â€), ditra (1/8â€), thinset (1/8â€) and tile (3/8â€) layers are installed. What I want to avoid is replacing the T hub that services all facilities in 2 bathrooms; this would be an ugly job! I also don’t like the idea of somehow cutting out the vertical part of the flange since I expect I could easily damage the T hub, and I am then back to replacing the T hub.
What are my alternatives for dealing with the flange height?
Thanks!
Stephen
The flange is set into a 3†PVC T hub. The inside diameter of the flange is 3â€. It looks like when it was installed 30 years ago that the top of the flange was cut flush with the top of the T and “glued†to the verticle part of a flange that extends into the T 2†or about 3/8†short of the 90° bend in the T. Even though “glued†it is solidly attached to the top of the T hub.
The existing flange will be 1 ¼â€â€ short when new underlayment (1/2â€), thinset (1/8â€), ditra (1/8â€), thinset (1/8â€) and tile (3/8â€) layers are installed. What I want to avoid is replacing the T hub that services all facilities in 2 bathrooms; this would be an ugly job! I also don’t like the idea of somehow cutting out the vertical part of the flange since I expect I could easily damage the T hub, and I am then back to replacing the T hub.
What are my alternatives for dealing with the flange height?
Thanks!
Stephen