ducktoller
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Our house was custom built in 2000 and in our powder room we have hardwood floors and we just had them refinished. I removed the old Kohler
Wellworth toilet which was prone to clogging alot and decided to replace it with a Toto Drake 2. I have already replaced all the the other toilets in the house a few years ago with Toto Drakes and they have been great. Well when I pulled the old toilet I noticed the top of the closet flange is about .25 inches below the finished hardwood. I also notice the old wax ring was either doubled up or one of the extra deep ones with a horn on it. With that horn on it doesn't it also impede the flow due to the reduction of diameter?
I was thinking I should try a flange extender but how thick should it be? Should I bring it up so the top surface is flush with the finished floor or even higher? I have read a few negative things about them need . Are there some better then others? I see some people cement them to the ABS flange with ABS cement and others just silicone them and bolt them together.
Lastly I could actually cut a hole in the garage ceiling and replace the closet flange completely and lengthen the riser but I don't have a pipe cutter that big so I would be buying another tool and fill in the wood underneath raised flange etc then patch the sheet rock but in the garage not a big deal.
Any expert opinions here ?
Wellworth toilet which was prone to clogging alot and decided to replace it with a Toto Drake 2. I have already replaced all the the other toilets in the house a few years ago with Toto Drakes and they have been great. Well when I pulled the old toilet I noticed the top of the closet flange is about .25 inches below the finished hardwood. I also notice the old wax ring was either doubled up or one of the extra deep ones with a horn on it. With that horn on it doesn't it also impede the flow due to the reduction of diameter?
I was thinking I should try a flange extender but how thick should it be? Should I bring it up so the top surface is flush with the finished floor or even higher? I have read a few negative things about them need . Are there some better then others? I see some people cement them to the ABS flange with ABS cement and others just silicone them and bolt them together.
Lastly I could actually cut a hole in the garage ceiling and replace the closet flange completely and lengthen the riser but I don't have a pipe cutter that big so I would be buying another tool and fill in the wood underneath raised flange etc then patch the sheet rock but in the garage not a big deal.
Any expert opinions here ?