Hello!
I am going to my mom's house to assess the situation but she tells me one of her toilets was leaking around the base. I have seen from some past posts that there may be a number of causes, ie, wax ring offest, drain pipe filling with water above the wax ring, etc. Until I can see the problem first hand I won't be sure what I'm dealing with. My mom tells me that a flooring installer told her the wood under the toilet was bad.... which means a can of worms for me
. That said, I may have to remove the flange and replace the bad subfloor and then replace the flange. I have found a series of steps to accomplish this, but have some questions....
Removing the flange steps state that you must 'cut off the flange at the red line from inside the pipe with a dremel' There is no other mention of the 'red line' in the steps and I am unsure what this refers to, any ideas?
<at this point I would remove and replace the bad subfloor>
Then it states to fit the coupling onto the pipe that you cut off in the floor and fit the new pipe length into the coupling and mark on the new pipe to the correct height which is just below floor level. How much below floor level will it need to be to ensure the flange is flush when installed in a later step? It then states to remove the pipe and coupling and cut it with a hacksaw to the correct length.
I understand that we have to cut the pipe from the inside because the flange is cemented to the pipe, but I want to be sure to replace the pipe with the proper length of new pipe to ensure a successful repair. Any advice on what the term red line means when cutting and removing the old pipe and exactly how far 'just below floor level' is in order to cut the new pipe off will be most appreciated.
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