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Old Mar 11, 2008, 10:40 AM
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Lead closet replaced by pvc closet on toilet

Plumber replaced a lead closet with a pvc closet and now the toilet doesn't line up the way it used to..It is forward 2" and sideways about 1-1/2 " Plumber says that is the best he can do..I don't believe that . Is there a way it can line up like before.

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Old Mar 11, 2008, 11:34 AM   #2  
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Short of getting a new plumber you could ask him to install an offset flange at his expense. That will likely only get you 1.5" back. The toilet should be 12" from back wall to the center of the drain pipe and I have yet to meet a plumber who could not accomplish this.
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Codyoliver:

Bob's right...pretty rare that we can't make things work out MOST of the time.

There has been an instance or two where I had to replace the leaded pipe/flange and the darn thing just would not line up with the old toilet hole. See, when they used cast iron and were installing lead pipes, most of the time they ran things square and no issues...OCCASSIONALLY, one of these guys just shot the drain line out at any *willy-nilly* angle they wanted too...hard to match up to that when fittings of today are rigid and fixed and follow specific angles.

Now, with that said, I think Bob's right, an offset flange could probably have helped here......or plumber could have used a 22.5 degree fitting to offset the pipe over (if room). Call the plumber back and ask him if these were options he tried...or that he COULD TRY NOW ...see what he says.

IF he will not fix..or can prove somehow that he cannot improve the fit, then they do make toilets that are roughed in for 14 " (most are 12" like Bob said). THIS stinks, of course, but would give back the finished look you had before (just an option for you).

Measure from the finished wall behind toilet (not off baseboard -->>off the finished wall) to the center of the toilet bowl caps. Tell us what that measures. Also, tell us what floor this is on..ok? Talk soon...MARK

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Mark, we are a bit low on the totem poll to merge posts. About all we can do is report and inappropriate post and have it moved to a new forum or removed if its obsene.
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LOL...got ya Bob...thanks.
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