I redid my bathroom floor, putting in new subfloor, backerboard, & finally ceramic title. Since the toilet flange was cracked, I cut it out & mounted a new flange on top of the ceramic tile. This was based upon numerous investigations on a ceramic tile form... mount the flange on top of the final floor. When trying to reinstall the old toliet, Koehler circa 1979, I find the toilet flange is slightly taller than the toilet bottom to underside dimension. As a result, the toilet won't fit flat to the floor. Part of this problem is the irregular underside of the toilet, from its molding process. I am attacking the underside of the toilet with a die grinder & stone wheel, the only thing that will cut the material. The toilet flange I used was the type with an aluminum flange ring and plastic drain connections. For reasons I won't get into, I don't want to cut out the flange because I am out of pipe to couple to, short of breaking into the main house drain. Maybe I'll be sucessfull with my grind job, but my question is: if I buy another toilet, would some brands or styles have more clearance on the underside to accomodate the drain flange being on top of the finished floor.
Thanks, FJK
Thanks, FJK
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