Removing Toilet Flange Concrete Floor

If the pipes are glued together then you should be able to use solvents to break the bond.

Removing toilet flange concrete floor. Fix the toilet flange on concrete floor. You can chisel away this area with a hand chisel and hammer and it should break the concrete easily. With the toilet flange in place you are ready to install the toilet with a new wax ring. When removing the toilet flange the methods used will vary depending on the type of material your flange is made from.

A special drill attachment further simplifies the task by eliminating the need to cut the flange from under the floor. Slip the repair flange spanner under the broken toilet flange but put one of the toilet bolts through the hole in the spanner first in order to easily reinstall the toilet. Pick up the toilet again bending at the knees and not the back. Step 5 clean up around the bottom of the toilet and place the new wax ring on the repaired flange.

Do this before you try and take up the whole pan with an sds drill if you want to give that a go. Just make sure you take really good care not to damage your floor tiles if you are not replacing them. Screw the toilet flange onto the concrete use tapcon anchors or a similar type of masonry concrete screws to fasten the toilet flange to the concrete slab. You will either need to break the pipe by cutting into it using a dremel tool or by breaking the glue bond between the pipes.

If using a plastic flange ring be careful not to crack the ring by screwing the anchors in too far. Then remove the toilet by disconnecting the hoses and. The floor waste would have a rubber seal under the concrete therefore i would assume the concrete is thin. 1 shut off the water to the toilet disconnect the supply hose from the toilet.