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gomeral
Nov 12, 2006, 04:03 PM
I'm redoing a bathroom floor and have a problem where the closet flange is going to be too high. The original floor was a mortar-bed tile installation, so the bottom of the flange is 1.5" above the plywood subflooring. The new floor will be backerboard/thinset/tile, and I think it will only be about 1" thick. The waste pipe is 3" copper with a welded copper flange.

I don't want to tear up the floor after I do this, any advice on how to correct this problem?

speedball1
Nov 14, 2006, 08:28 AM
The copper flange is soldered on, not welded. This makes lowering the flange much easier then if were cast iron or plastic. With a torch, heat and usolder the flange. Clean any excess solder off the flange. Now take a Saws-All and cut the pipe off to floor level and resolder the flange. Good luck, Tom