I'm remodeling my bathroom and I tore up the existing floor which had about 4 layers of laminate. Now, I am at the concrete floor slab and the toilet flange is about 3/4" to 1" above the slab. I was just going to tile around the toilet but the toilet rocks because the flange is too high. The...

I have a slab on grade (Concrete Floor) and I am replacing the floor tile. The soil pipe stands just over a half inch proud. It is cast iron. How can I fix the height overage so that the new flange is flush with the floor level? Pictures below... http://www.bryand.com/images/toilet/T1sm.jpg...

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...

I recently noticed water damage on the ceiling directly beneath one of my 2nd floor toilets and decided to inspect it. After removing the toilet I found the wax seal was compromised due to a lack of clearance between the toilet and the flange. I've tried installing one of the o-ring and gasket...

Hi - We have a roughed in two piece bathroom in our basement. We had a plumber come in yesterday to run the water lines. He told us that the flange is "way too high" and wants to break the concrete and lower the flange. Is this really necessary? We are thinking of putting carpet in there which...