As a 36 year residential repair plumber, it's obvious that most of the comments made are folks that have absolutely no clue about plumbing. Yes, prime, glue 100% of the time, replace flange instead of using lags or repair flanges, and GLOVES. Good job on the video!
How long did it take to drill those six holes. I just did a danco flange and could only drill 2 holes in a hour. I could not get through the concrete on the other 2 holes no matter what I did. It became a total mess.
The secret is to only show the footage of when everything goes perfect. Some of the people uploading videos like these do things wrong, then fix them off camera and are either too stupid, too lazy or too embarrassed to film themselves fixing it, so they show you the wrong way, but fix it and you will never get what they are doing to work unless you noticed they fixed it. When watching videos by DIYers, you have to know enough to be able to tell if the guy making the video knows what he is talking about or is a complete idiot. More often than not, they are complete idiots.
Outstanding tutorial! Do it right the 1st time and never go back. My Dad's wise advice over 60 years ago. The homeowner before me simply put a wax ring down on a concrete/tile floor and then siliconed the toilet to the tile on a $600k house!!!! How frustrating on at least three levels!
With Camera close up made it very easy to understand all the steps. I also liked how you removed the old flange, and put spacer. This is an excellent video. I like it when people like you make effort to explain every detail. I gave this video a rating of 100 out of 10. Yes exceptional, attention to detail, right camera angle.
Good job, no gloves would have been classic if he would have slipped in some shots of sandwich 🥪 gradually being eaten away laying in various positions on the floor as the work progressed🎉🎉❤❤😂
@Steve Lopez true i usually dont wear gloves unless im tighting/loosing something next to concrete and have already nicked myself, but this is someones washroom and under there toilet at that
I,like the plumbing work you jut done, very clean flash to the floor well secured will stay in good 11conddition for long time to come. you are the man!!
@@bobwills4420" brass" tank bolts that rot in 2 years . I'll pull a toilet with "Stainless steel " ring years later find rust all over it . Don't know if it's quality control or metals aren't what they say they are .
Then that wasn't stainless steel...and look at the bolts. If they have a green tinted that ain't brass...look for it to have a yellow tint. That's brass. Some are just brass coated...
Always wonder why installers glue the flange to the pipe. Water doesn't flow uphill, and the fit is already nice and tight. If you ever need to replace the flange you made a bigger job of getting it free.
Obviously you haven’t had to plunge a backed up toilet that had either a leaking wax ring or cracked flange. You glue it because it needs to be sealed to prevent any leaks at any point in the future. Not just because someone says so.
It's important to note that one should put some toilet paper down and just inside the waste opening to block it. Not just for blocking the sewer gases but also to prevent the pieces being cut off the old flange from falling into the eternal abyss, never to be recovered!
Great point. I actually had a grocery bag stuffed with several other grocery bags stuffed down into the pipe. As you mention it’s dual purpose. To keep gases from coming up. And to not loose pieces down the pipe as you cut away the old flange.
I got in a hurry once and forgot to pull the grocery store handle sack that had a couple of sheets of newspaper in it I remembered after about the third flush there was another toilet in the next stall and the one in the men's room the line opened up to six inch in the concrete floor i flushed all those toilets many times and urinals and had the vanity faucets wide open the bag made it out of the drain also the dish machine was in the other side of the wall I rant that as well as the pots and pans sink faucets it all happened in a restaurant before it opened for the day I was sweating it for sure
Man that one don't look healthy😂 I had to change 13 of these things in a hotel one time. Oh boy you can only imagine what it looked like under there. Yikes.
Just watched your vid. Quite good info. Although you must have already tested positive for hep C. No plumber would work on a toilet flange with out latex gloves. PPE!
what is that brown colored compound you used on the cement over the cement ... on which the flange sits? Can i use that to cover up rotted wood? if not what would you suggest? Its hard to get in there and replace the wood so i am thinking of using a cement compoud that will allow me to drill holes and fix the flange on... Thoughts?
The spacer is the old flange it goes over existing flange if main drain got broke during trying to break old flange loose you would have to bust up your tile and your concrete floor$$$ your either living right or a very lucky man not breaking your main drain line. If it works it works
IIRC it was 1/4” tap cons. 2 1/2” long. Bit size was 3/16”. When you buy the tap cons the package will say what size drill bit. Might even include the bit
I actually like the idea of having the finished floor NOT underneath the flange so later if you want to remove it it's a piece of cake. Also some floors are FLOATING as well. The spacer idea is great.
My plastic flange is a little warped, but not broken. I used a steel ring to reinforce it, but it was never screwed down. The flange rests on a tiled surface. How do I drill tile to screw the flange to the floor? Concrete under tile. I am concerned about breaking the tile by drilling and/or driving the screws.
Yes it is designed so it can go on top. I didn’t like having a join with the spacer on top to the flange. So I modified it and used it as a spacer to go under. Toilet now sits on the flange with the flange resting on floor height.
If the problem with the toilet is the flange is broken and the toilet moves but doesn't leak. Can I Tapcon the toilet to the floor rather than replace the flange?
i do not know what glue you used but it took forever to set up, it looked like CPVC glue and not the clear or gray PVC cement and no primer, if you used the clear cxement with primer on 4" PVC pipe would not be moving in a couple of minutes for sure
I have a 3 inch abs and that flange looks too big. They sell one that fits inside but it wont sit flush because the 3 inch abs is flush with floor and the flange has extra thickness of about 1/8 inch right there and when i test fit toilet it is 1/8 from sitting flush to floor.
I didn’t use it because I didn’t have any. And the pipe is in cement. It’s not moving. And the flange is also screwed down. It’s not moving. Also there are some studies that show no significant added strength when primer is used. Check the conclusion on this study www.plumbingsupply.com/the-great-pvc-primer-debate.html
Howdy CS444, ... Thanks Great instructional VIDEO my psuedo Son-In-Law is getting ready to Tackle a similar JOB & This might be a great PREPARATORY Video to see the OPTIONS ... I especially the SPACER used to bring the TOILET up to floor Level COOP the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond, INDIANA ...
You could have just drilled some lag bolts and set the stool without all the trouble they even have closet flange that will attach the top of that one but I guess if you have the time and nothing else to do
Mine can't be glued- it's CAST IRON- and I used a screw in flange with rubber around it-- and it will NOT go flat- flush to the floor.. GUess I need to cut it out.. I can't drill into concrete.. NOT able to.. Barely was able to do the tank.. etc.. when I installed a bidet later.
The flange is supposed to sit on the finished surface. This rarely happens because plumbers do the rough in plumbing before the floors are finished/tiled. Because of this, they make regular and thicker wax rings. Though lately I’ve used synthetic neoprene rings with great success.
that is why plubers get over $100 per hour, gfloves really only work just so good, wait till you work on stuff that is up to your elbow like a lift station i just did for the company i work for, i had to use a shovel to scoop off the crap on top before reaching in and i get paid less than $20 per hour, it is not a desk job or for wimps hahahaha
The flange should sit on the finished floor. Rarely happens because the finished floor is never installed when plumbers do the rough in. Hence thicker wax rings.
All good till wax johnny doughnut goes on. So archaic. All the glove freaks will have to handle tools, materials, themselves, the room, and then take the gloves off without getting something on their pretty hands. Use a wet vac and clean up everything first with disinfectant. The inside of the pipe and the sanding job wasn't clean.
that angle stop you have on there is the biggest piece of junk ever made, i hope you change it out soon. the same one cause thousands of dollars in damage to my home.
I didn’t use it because I didn’t have any. And the pipe is in cement. It’s not moving. And the flange is also screwed down. It’s not moving. Also there are some studies that show no significant added strength when primer is used. Check the conclusion on this study www.plumbingsupply.com/the-great-pvc-primer-debate.html
@@69-MinuteFix my understanding is this is a how to video. Maybe you should mention that you didn’t have primer, so that viewers could determine whether to spend the time and money to use it. I my experience a plumbing inspector doesn’t care that you didn’t have primer. You would fail inspection without it. See as a licensed master plumber I have to follow plumbing standards and codes. Nice job otherwise
@@69-MinuteFix thanks. I here from customers all the time “ I saw it on RU-vid and they didn’t tell me to do that “. I firmly believe that RU-vid viewers shut have to take an aptitude test. There would be a lot of “ here’s your sign “ moments. LOL
I didn’t use it because I didn’t have any. And the pipe is in cement. It’s not moving. And the flange is also screwed down. It’s not moving. Also there are some studies that show no significant added strength when primer is used. Check the conclusion on this study www.plumbingsupply.com/the-great-pvc-primer-debate.html
@@doncox2146 lol I know. I can take it thought. Everyone has been busting them for primer and no gloves… makes for good entertainment! The number of views has blown me away.
I didn’t use it because I didn’t have any. And the pipe is in cement. It’s not moving. And the flange is also screwed down. It’s not moving. Also there are some studies that show no significant added strength when primer is used. Check the conclusion on this study www.plumbingsupply.com/the-great-pvc-primer-debate.html
