How To Repair Cracked Toilet Flange

Paul's Travel Pictures

Broken Plastic Toilet Flange Replacement Guide
How to chisel out an old broken toilet cupboard flange and install a new 1 to fix a leaky or wobbly toilet with pictures.

1995 Toilet - Croaky Flange	Pry Off Plastic Commodities Caps	Plastic Cap Removed
If your toilet has been wobbling or rocking excessively and there is water leaking out at the bottom, yous probably need to supplant a faulty plastic closet flange. The toilet closet flange is the plastic fitting that attaches the toilet to the waste h2o sewer drain pipe. If you are replacing the closet flange, you will probably also need to view my Toilet Wax Seal Replacement Guide. There are a variety of toilet cupboard flanges available at hardware stores such as The Dwelling Depot, Lowes and Ace Hardware that range in cost from just a few dollars to over $20. I chose a standard Sioux Principal Model # 886-PPK which was only a few dollars and looked exactly the same as the 20 year old flange that I was replacing. The tools needed to complete this process include a flathead screwdriver, an adjustable wrench or pliers, a small wrench set up or socket set with a ratcheting wrench, a hack saw (optional), a hammer, PVC pipe cement and a rubber mallet.

Difficult Water Mineral Deposit	Loosen Compression Nut	Disconnect Water Supply
Gently pry off the plastic caps that encompass the cupboard bolt ends holding the toilet bowl in identify to the flooring. Disconnect the water supply line from the bottom of the toilet tank by turning the pinch nut at the summit of the hose in the counterclockwise direction.
Water Line Disconnected	Loosen Toilet Basics	Saw Off Corroded Bolt End
Loosen the ii toilet basics in the counterclockwise direction with a wrench or a socket and a ratcheting wrench. This toilet had 11mm basics. Your toilet may take slightly larger or smaller nuts. If the old commodities is corroded and you can't remove the nut with a wrench, you may need to cutting through it with a hack saw.
Pry Off Old Metal Washer	Quondam Cracked Closet Flange	Broken On Left Side
Pry off the onetime metal washers from the end of the closet bolts. Carefully lift the toilet off the floor and set it bated in a safe place. The closet flange on this waste water bleed pipe was broken on the left side which caused the wax seal to break and led to a water leak.

Chip Out With Screwdriver	Erstwhile Flange Chiseled Out	New Plastic Flange
Very advisedly chip out the old plastic cupboard flange that is glued to the 4" waste h2o sewer pipe by using the flathead screwdriver as a chisel. Endeavor to avoid striking the chisel with the hammer too difficult to forestall from dissentious the 4" drain pipe. Make clean up the within of the drain pipe with a towel and and so sand information technology polish with some sandpaper.
Oatey PVC Cement	Use Glue To New Flange	Tap Level With Mallet
Try to match the orientation of the closet bolt slots on the new Sioux Principal flange with how they were positioned on your old flange. Take your safety mallet ready considering you won't have much time to position the flange earlier the mucilage sets. Utilize some PVC cement liberally to the outer edge of the closet flange and too some to the inside of the drain pipe. Quickly button the flange in to the drain pipe and tap information technology downwards flush with the floor by hitting it with the rubber mallet. If you need to supervene upon your quondam wax seal, accept a look at my Sani Seal Polyurethane Toilet Flange Gasket Install Guide. For more, cheque out my other Home Repair & Maintenance DIY Guides.

If yous found this guide to be helpful, delight consider making a small donation by clicking on the PayPal.com "Donate" button located to the right of this paragraph. Thank you!