Toilet Flange Rusted Concrete Floor

The hydroseat offers an easy one piece installation that fixes wobbly or leaking toilets and broken or damaged flanges.

Toilet flange rusted concrete floor. After you remove the toilet you will probably find an existing toilet flange. Prepaturn off the water supply at the shut off valve under the toilet tank. A few minutes work with a hammer chisel and pliers removed all the remains of the pressed steel flange. Remove the old supply line and discard.

After you remove the obstructions the old wax ring will still be in place around the drain. I had to complete a couple of toilet flange installs on a concrete floor. Place t bolts in the new toilet flange. I soon discovered that the pressed steel toilet flange was badly rusted and the flange bolts had pulled through it that steel flange was held down only by the flange on the end of the pvc drain fitting.

It s your choice whether to screw the flange to the concrete floor and attach the toilet to the flange or to screw the toilet directly to the floor possibly going through holes lined up in the flange. The toilet and replacement flange and drain pipe all need to be kept in position so the seal is not broken. How to repair the toilet flange on a concrete floor step 1. Installed together with a wax ring the hydroseat technology ensures a tight leak free seal and features a self centering rubber funnel that fits any toilet or closet flange.

Scrape off the old wax ring.