I am doing a basement remodel and I am just about to get to the bathroom portion. The bathroom area is pre-plumed and the sewage inlet for the tiolet currently sticks out of the cement by about a foot. My understanding is that I need to cut the pipe at or below the cement floor and then install a closet flange to connect to the inlet.

Are there special tools or procedures I need to use? Also, is this something best left to a professional? I have reviewed several online videos about toilet installs, but haven't found any that start from the point of the pre-plumed pipe sticking out of the floor.

Thanks!

Jeff Arnold

You can flush cut the closet bend using a reciprocating saw but I would wait until the new floor level is established. Is that bend PVC or cast?

The house was built in 2001 and all the drains are PVC, the rough in coming out of the floor is PVC, so I am assuming the bend is PVC as well

The rough you see is the business end of the closet bend. Get you floor in and then cut flush. You can install a PVC flange that is glued or scrwed in with a collar that makes a seal. Flanges :: Oatey.com (http://www.oatey.com/Plumber/Shared/ProductGroup/3/Flanges.html)

OK... thanks!