Repairing Toilet Flange On Concrete Floor

Screwdriver use a multi bit screwdriver to loosen screws and remove the toilet.

Repairing toilet flange on concrete floor. If using a plastic flange ring be careful not to crack the ring by screwing the anchors in too far. You need to clean the area around the bottom of the toilet and then place a new wax ring on the repaired flange. A rocking toilet over time will break. To replace a toilet flange lay newspaper down on the floor around the toilet and turn off the water to the toilet before flushing and siphoning all of the water out of the bowl.

Toilet flange bolts have new bolts on hand in case your existing parts are stripped or rusty. Wax ring this secures the flange to the base of the toilet. Bring it to a local home depot store for help determining if you need a pvc copper iron or aluminum replacement toilet flange. Slip your repair flange spanner under the toilet flange but replace a toilet bolt in the concrete floor through the hole in your spanner for easy toilet reinstallation.

Discard in a trash bag. Then remove the toilet by disconnecting the hoses and unscrewing the bolts on the floor. Here at our wall street apartments. This is a step by step instructional video on how to easily repair a broken iron or plastic pvc toilet mounting flange.

Yesterday while making my rounds a tenant in one of the apartments approached me and mentioned their toilet was loose. 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. Remove the broken area from the flange to be repaired using a hacksaw. 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.