This is a Toilet and it's flange on a tile floor
This page is written to help you understand what youre tileman should do for your plumber.
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The plumber will pry off the toilet bolt cap to get to the nut underneath it.
The bolt shown here was so rusted the nut didnt need to be taken off because the foot of the bolt was broken off
and no longer holding on underneath the toilet flange like it is supposed to.
Once the plumber got everything cleaned up he had to very carefully chip out the tile so that he could slip a new
bolt underneath the flange. Plumbers become very good at chipping tile without breaking it but they will always let
you know there is possibility it could break. The plumber here chipped 1/32 of an inch at a time until he could put
the closet bolt underneath the flange. Some Tile guys understand that they need to allow room for this and
they notch the tile so that it stays away right at that point.
When it is all said and done the tiolet flange has new bolts under it and the toilet can be replaced (as soon as the plastic
wrap is removed that is.)
Darrel@plumbinglessons.com
When it is all said and done the tiolet flange has new bolts under it and the toilet can be replaced (as soon as the plastic
wrap is removed that is.)