Toilet flange in basement

[jgolden]

Hi all.

A couple years ago, we bought a house that had a bathroom roughed in in basement. (walls up, no drywall; subfloor layed - plywood at present).

My wife and I want to finish the bathroom this year, and have noticed 2 things about where the toilet flange is located: It is flush with the concrete floor (not the 1/2"-3/4" above), and the flange was concreted at a rotation of roughly 10-15 deg off (i.e. the toilet bowl would be rotated towards the tub, rather than having the anchor bolts parallel to the back wall). The flange will not rotate at all.

I know I can get the flange raised with spacers, but have no idea how to fix this rotated flange. I was entertaining the idea of purchasing a new flange, and securing it on top of the existing one and into the concreete using some tapcoms, and a suitable gasket (anybody recommend something?), along with the spacers... Any thoughts / suggestions / recommendations? If we can avoid it, we'd prefer not having to rip up the subfloor to hammer away any concrete.

Thanks in advance.

Jeff

[Wgoodrich]

I would leave the flange as is. I would expect a single wax ring will adequately seal the connection from toilet to the flange. I would install anchors in the concrete floor lined up with the mounting holes of the toilet then use the mounting bolts that screw into the anchors installed in the floor. Don't try to mount the toilet to the flange mount the toilet to the floor by using anchor bolts.

Good Luck

Wg

[jgolden]

Sorry, meant to reply earlier, but the wife has had me on other projects as well.

That worked great. Hooked up the toilet, filled the tank, ;-) flushed t repeatedly for about 2 dozen flushes, shut off the water supply, drained the tank, unsecured the bowl... No leaks. *yay* Toilet is now secured and the 4-year-old have been using it since when he plays downstairs.

Thx a bunch.

jeff