How do you install toilet flange on concrete?
Joe Kunya
I'm putting a bathroom in our basement and have been moving right along
up to this point. How do I attach the toilet flange?
Do I have to glue the flange to the drain pipe? If so, do I still need
to secure it to the concrete floor? If so, can glue be used or should/
need I use cement screws? I'm trying to avoid drilling into this (very
hard) poured concrete.
Thanks,
-Joe
Ben Jorgensen
> I'm putting a bathroom in our basement and have been moving right along
> up to this point. How do I attach the toilet flange?
>
Rent or borrow a hammer drill and set some plastic anchors in the
concrete. With a hammer drill it will only take a minute or so to drill
both holes. If the flange is not secure you will get a leak for sure.
David J. Marinelli
What are plastic anchors? And why not metal ones?
Thanks.
Isadore Harris
In article <31EBBB...@longs.lucent.com>, "David J. Marinelli"
<d...@longs.lucent.com> wrote:
This is how I installed a cast iron floor flange and I believe that this
is the standard method. The floor flange has a collar that fits around
the cast iron floor bend with a gap. Molten lead is poured into this gap
and tamped into place with a special tool. Be sure the hold down bolts for
the toilet are in place in the floor bend and be sure to use a level to
make sure the floor flange is level before the molten lead cools.
Abe Klagsbrun
>I'm putting a bathroom in our basement and have been moving right along
>up to this point. How do I attach the toilet flange?
>Do I have to glue the flange to the drain pipe?
>>Yes, you have to glue the flange's tailpiece to the drainpipe.
> If so, do I still need to secure it to the concrete floor?
>>Yes, the flange also has to secured to the concrete floor with a mechanical bond (not glue).
> If so, can glue be used or should/need I use cement screws?
>>No glue, as above. Check at your local home center for some sort threaded, galvanized
>> female screw receptacle appropriate for setting into concrete. There are kinds with
>>threads both inside and out. You drill a hole *ever* so slightly smaller than the receptacle,
>> then screw the receptacle into the concrete. The flange then gets screwed down to this.
>I'm trying to avoid drilling into this (very hard) poured concrete.
>>You'll have to. Don't worry though. It's only four small holes, and with a good masonry
>>bit it won't be too bad. It's certainly better than a leak.
carl...@live.co.uk
> I'm putting a bathroom in our basement and have been moving right along
> up to this point. How do I attach the toilet flange?
>
> hard) poured concrete.
>
> Thanks,
> -Joe
Great question here is an article that may be able to help you. http://familyplumbing.co.uk/Toilet-Leak.html
Gary Heston
>On Monday, July 15, 1996 8:00:00 AM UTC+1, Joe Kunya wrote:
>> I'm putting a bathroom in our basement and have been moving right along
>> up to this point. How do I attach the toilet flange?
>> Do I have to glue the flange to the drain pipe?
>> If so, do I still need
>> to secure it to the concrete floor? If so, can glue be used or should/
>> need I use cement screws? I'm trying to avoid drilling into this (very
>> hard) poured concrete.
the floor, but screws would be better. Borrow a hammer drill and drill
pilot holes for the screws, they'll be much easier to drive.
Gary
Bob F
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Bert
> And you only had to go back to 1996 to find a message to which to
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>
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