Replacing a broken toilet flange in a cement floor

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2 жыл бұрын

Replacing a broken toilet flange in a cement floor. Also added a spacer so the new flange sits at the finished floor height.

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@bdog0720 Жыл бұрын

👍🏼Nice! Got the job done. That’s all that matters. Some helpful tips for the next one- Gloves Internal pipe cutter. Use primer before glue

@jerrycotta5978 Жыл бұрын

As a 36 year residential repair plumber, it's obvious that most of the comments made are folks that have absolutely no clue about plumbing. Yes, prime, glue 100% of the time, replace flange instead of using lags or repair flanges, and GLOVES. Good job on the video!

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Do it nice or do it twice :)

@jeffjacoby3039 2 ай бұрын

How long did it take to drill those six holes. I just did a danco flange and could only drill 2 holes in a hour. I could not get through the concrete on the other 2 holes no matter what I did. It became a total mess.

@69-MinuteFix Ай бұрын

Just used a masonry drill bit on a cordless drill. Wasn’t even a hammer drill. Each hole took less than a min im sure.

@cook6052 3 ай бұрын

Outstanding tutorial! Do it right the 1st time and never go back. My Dad's wise advice over 60 years ago. The homeowner before me simply put a wax ring down on a concrete/tile floor and then siliconed the toilet to the tile on a $600k house!!!! How frustrating on at least three levels!

@Viking74256 Жыл бұрын

Amazing how easy you make this look! Great work. When I try crap like this all hell breaks loose. Your video gives me hope tho! Thanks

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

@barrydexterra4217 Жыл бұрын

maybe two pairs...

@MAGAMAN 2 ай бұрын

The secret is to only show the footage of when everything goes perfect. Some of the people uploading videos like these do things wrong, then fix them off camera and are either too stupid, too lazy or too embarrassed to film themselves fixing it, so they show you the wrong way, but fix it and you will never get what they are doing to work unless you noticed they fixed it. When watching videos by DIYers, you have to know enough to be able to tell if the guy making the video knows what he is talking about or is a complete idiot. More often than not, they are complete idiots.

@user-johnvajcner 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Working on this job now and needed a good idea.

@anthonyrojasvlogs7880 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! This is exactly the help I needed.

@manaoharsam4211 Жыл бұрын

With Camera close up made it very easy to understand all the steps. I also liked how you removed the old flange, and put spacer. This is an excellent video. I like it when people like you make effort to explain every detail. I gave this video a rating of 100 out of 10. Yes exceptional, attention to detail, right camera angle.

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the complements!

@richardwolske2015 Жыл бұрын

This video is top notch , thanks for detailed removal and replacement ! Hope I won’t need to use it 😂👍

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@randy0102 Жыл бұрын

I,like the plumbing work you jut done, very clean flash to the floor well secured will stay in good 11conddition for long time to come. you are the man!!

@thetahedgecapital1008 Жыл бұрын

Let's all chip in and get this guy some gloves

@jorgedominguez1957 Жыл бұрын

Please don't be mean

@stevelopez372 Жыл бұрын

Nah, a few nicks and callouses never hurt anybody. Lol.

@OntopRob Жыл бұрын

Gloves = puss

@filthyimposter6689 Жыл бұрын

@Steve Lopez true i usually dont wear gloves unless im tighting/loosing something next to concrete and have already nicked myself, but this is someones washroom and under there toilet at that

@myronward203 Жыл бұрын

He's probably going right to the fridge next. Man put on some gloves!!

@gfysyoutube 8 ай бұрын

Nice work!

@nathanduckeorth806 Жыл бұрын

I needed this video a year ago,, better late than never!!!

@benjamintimmins1656 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I use my bare hands when taking out an old flange too! 😳😂 Nice work though...

@salelpuma1541 7 ай бұрын

Good job keep clean

@user-kj5ul3it4y Жыл бұрын

Good video! Thank you…

@thekat9593 Жыл бұрын

Good job, no gloves would have been classic if he would have slipped in some shots of sandwich 🥪 gradually being eaten away laying in various positions on the floor as the work progressed🎉🎉❤❤😂

@x_VineM_x 9 ай бұрын

😂😂

@MAGAMAN 2 ай бұрын

A few days later he is wondering how he got pink eye.

@anthonynelson9136 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to wash your hands before you pick your nose or eat french fries.

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

For sure!

@RamboOnYaMom Жыл бұрын

Lol I was thinking that the whole time… GLOVES

@wawoodman Жыл бұрын

4 rules of plumbing: 1. Hot’s on the left. 2. Cold’s on the right. 3. Shit won’t run uphill. 4. Don’t bite your nails.

@michaelpatin1362 5 ай бұрын

Great video, what kind of light are you using? I can see it propped up on the side.

@69-MinuteFix 5 ай бұрын

It’s an led work light from harbor freight www.harborfreight.com/500-lumen-led-rechargeable-magnetic-handheld-foldable-slim-bar-work-light-59536.html

@dalemihocik4732 Жыл бұрын

Always wonder why installers glue the flange to the pipe. Water doesn't flow uphill, and the fit is already nice and tight. If you ever need to replace the flange you made a bigger job of getting it free.

@TuscanyFTX Жыл бұрын

Obviously you haven’t had to plunge a backed up toilet that had either a leaking wax ring or cracked flange. You glue it because it needs to be sealed to prevent any leaks at any point in the future. Not just because someone says so.

@69-MinuteFix 10 ай бұрын

Correct. Water potentially could be backed up and come back the other way.

@torotheplumber3788 Жыл бұрын

Metal rings corrode sooooo fast that's why I don't use them but I always wished they made a spacer for underneath the new flange . Great Idea

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

That’s a valid point. But I’d think it would take a long time.

@bobwills4420 Жыл бұрын

I use stainless steel. Code requires stainless no painted rings. Also stainless wood screws

@torotheplumber3788 Жыл бұрын

@@bobwills4420" brass" tank bolts that rot in 2 years . I'll pull a toilet with "Stainless steel " ring years later find rust all over it . Don't know if it's quality control or metals aren't what they say they are .

@bobwills4420 Жыл бұрын

@@torotheplumber3788 hey check out the bolts. I want them are steel with brass coating

@benjamintimmins1656 Жыл бұрын

Then that wasn't stainless steel...and look at the bolts. If they have a green tinted that ain't brass...look for it to have a yellow tint. That's brass. Some are just brass coated...

@premplumbingservices428 2 жыл бұрын

Good job

@jimlaporta8573 Жыл бұрын

Finally, a plumber with a shop vac!!!

@samanthaelsbeth5096 2 жыл бұрын

amazing

@786otto 5 ай бұрын

Nice job

@multuminparvo7560 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir.

@josephhoward4010 7 ай бұрын

Might finally have that project I gotta give in and buy the sawzall

@caseymyhro3769 9 ай бұрын

I just used JB Weld. It worked like a charm.

@kalmdude4440 Жыл бұрын

what is that brown colored compound you used on the cement over the cement ... on which the flange sits? Can i use that to cover up rotted wood? if not what would you suggest? Its hard to get in there and replace the wood so i am thinking of using a cement compoud that will allow me to drill holes and fix the flange on... Thoughts?

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

It’s sanded grout. I don’t think it would make a good filler. Dries like cement and would crack on a wood floor I bet.

@scottsmitherman5333 Жыл бұрын

The spacer is the old flange it goes over existing flange if main drain got broke during trying to break old flange loose you would have to bust up your tile and your concrete floor$$$ your either living right or a very lucky man not breaking your main drain line. If it works it works

@northface484 Жыл бұрын

LOL...

@69-MinuteFix 10 ай бұрын

The new flange will not fit down into the old one. It has to come out. So the old flange cannot be the spacer.

@samdevine9988 Жыл бұрын

Just watched your vid. Quite good info. Although you must have already tested positive for hep C. No plumber would work on a toilet flange with out latex gloves. PPE!

@69-MinuteFix Ай бұрын

Just wash your hands. And it was my house :)

@turboturtle5575 Жыл бұрын

What SIZES ARE THE DRILL BIT & TAPCONS ?? You make it look easier than I'm finding it ?

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

IIRC it was 1/4” tap cons. 2 1/2” long. Bit size was 3/16”. When you buy the tap cons the package will say what size drill bit. Might even include the bit

@ameehasa5504 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for ur video useful information what type of cement do u put under the spacer ?

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

It’s sanded floor grout.

@joseluischamo1716 Жыл бұрын

Good job my Friend

@olivertaylor8788 11 ай бұрын

Good job..

@billhill839 4 ай бұрын

Great job my man😀

@warb3631 21 күн бұрын

ty!

@westonweigand1228 5 ай бұрын

They make repair rings that go right on the broken flange,if you don't want to replace the the old one.

@joegabriel6001 Ай бұрын

My old flange is not level. Off by mm . Would this work if I used more cement on the one side that is lower to make the flange sit even and not tilted.

@69-MinuteFix Ай бұрын

I don’t think so. If the pipe in the floor is not level you won’t be able to glue on a flange without it not being level too. If it’s only off by a mm I’d use a neoprene ring instead of a wax ring.

@skainest Жыл бұрын

My plastic flange is a little warped, but not broken. I used a steel ring to reinforce it, but it was never screwed down. The flange rests on a tiled surface. How do I drill tile to screw the flange to the floor? Concrete under tile. I am concerned about breaking the tile by drilling and/or driving the screws.

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

With a masonry drill bit it will work fine. Don’t need a hammer drill. Take your time. It won’t crack.

@ronnym1977 7 ай бұрын

@@69-MinuteFix What the video host replied is 100% correct. Take your time when drilling through your tiles, a few drops of water helps too.

@patperalez3409 Жыл бұрын

Great job on the flange replacement why didn’t you use a primer before gluing the flange ?

@jonathancruz6156 Жыл бұрын

No primer. It's going to leak.

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

If I had it I would have used it.

@seandextrom1486 Жыл бұрын

Lol dude 🤦🏻‍♂️

@fortunatedad7695 Жыл бұрын

Plumber here from Canada. I've never seen yellow pvc glue, is that a thing? Yellow here is usually abs glue or cpvc.

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

@@fortunatedad7695 it’s all purpose Oatey. www.homedepot.com/p/OATEY-32-oz-Medium-Milky-All-Purpose-ABS-CPVC-PVC-Cement-30847/100345900

@edwardzamorski3711 Жыл бұрын

Yes but do you do when you have a rotten steel flange and an iron pipe in concrete

@butchs2337 Жыл бұрын

i do not know what glue you used but it took forever to set up, it looked like CPVC glue and not the clear or gray PVC cement and no primer, if you used the clear cxement with primer on 4" PVC pipe would not be moving in a couple of minutes for sure

@Alteringrealitystudios Жыл бұрын

Man that one don't look healthy😂 I had to change 13 of these things in a hotel one time. Oh boy you can only imagine what it looked like under there. Yikes.

@dougaustin1328 Жыл бұрын

Stuff and old Tshirt rag down hole,first,no clogged pipes,smaller cut segments,easier removal,hit with file on high spots,check fit!!!

@69-MinuteFix Ай бұрын

Yes I had some grocery bags in the pipe to prevent things from going down.

@timestealr2967 Жыл бұрын

It's important to note that one should put some toilet paper down and just inside the waste opening to block it. Not just for blocking the sewer gases but also to prevent the pieces being cut off the old flange from falling into the eternal abyss, never to be recovered!

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

Great point. I actually had a grocery bag stuffed with several other grocery bags stuffed down into the pipe. As you mention it’s dual purpose. To keep gases from coming up. And to not loose pieces down the pipe as you cut away the old flange.

@billhale9740 9 ай бұрын

I got in a hurry once and forgot to pull the grocery store handle sack that had a couple of sheets of newspaper in it I remembered after about the third flush there was another toilet in the next stall and the one in the men's room the line opened up to six inch in the concrete floor i flushed all those toilets many times and urinals and had the vanity faucets wide open the bag made it out of the drain also the dish machine was in the other side of the wall I rant that as well as the pots and pans sink faucets it all happened in a restaurant before it opened for the day I was sweating it for sure

@frederickneal4781 2 жыл бұрын

Very good job.... What kind of putty, glue or cement type substance was that you put on before the flange?

@JahRidley 2 жыл бұрын

He said it was floor grout to sink the closet flange spacer in.

@PaulsRandomness 2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Sanded tile grout.

@hardwarehenrietta5099 Ай бұрын

Thank You

@Krumholt 3 ай бұрын

why did you use primer before glue?

@jerryrobinson7856 8 ай бұрын

Why no purple primer for the seal??? I never heard of a single applied glue for PVC...

@johnm.515 Жыл бұрын

Previous owner of my house did not remove the old flange. He/she put the new over the old the tould it 3/4 of an inch off the floor.

@andruandu7632 Жыл бұрын

This is the second one for the basement bat. kzfaq.infoUgkxOuLt8IL_GxhhaK8DBuKEL-zV0UJVpWZn , works great

@ronnym1977 7 ай бұрын

Did you change that outdated gate valve angle stop and rubber supply line too?

@69-MinuteFix Ай бұрын

I did! Went with a 1/4 turn valve and a braided line.

@BobThePilotN4WFH Жыл бұрын

If the problem with the toilet is the flange is broken and the toilet moves but doesn't leak. Can I Tapcon the toilet to the floor rather than replace the flange?

@69-MinuteFix 10 ай бұрын

That could buy you some time. But a correct repair would be to replace the flange.

@stevenichols4060 Жыл бұрын

I have a 3 inch abs and that flange looks too big. They sell one that fits inside but it wont sit flush because the 3 inch abs is flush with floor and the flange has extra thickness of about 1/8 inch right there and when i test fit toilet it is 1/8 from sitting flush to floor.

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

You could use a die grinder or dremel type tool to cut the 3” pipe down a little bit so your flange will sit lower.

@captainedc Жыл бұрын

I actually like the idea of having the finished floor NOT underneath the flange so later if you want to remove it it's a piece of cake. Also some floors are FLOATING as well. The spacer idea is great.

@roccruscher7002 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes the pipe can break but not usually whe glued inside 4inch

@614blessed 10 ай бұрын

Are we supposed to glue it in????

@wyattsdad8561 Жыл бұрын

Why does it seem like that spacer is made to be installed on the top of the new flange? Is that wrong for me to think that?

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

Yes it is designed so it can go on top. I didn’t like having a join with the spacer on top to the flange. So I modified it and used it as a spacer to go under. Toilet now sits on the flange with the flange resting on floor height.

@mussim2919 6 ай бұрын

Which glue you used?

@69-MinuteFix 6 ай бұрын

Universal type good for PVC

@davidwayne9982 Жыл бұрын

Mine can't be glued- it's CAST IRON- and I used a screw in flange with rubber around it-- and it will NOT go flat- flush to the floor.. GUess I need to cut it out.. I can't drill into concrete.. NOT able to.. Barely was able to do the tank.. etc.. when I installed a bidet later.

@vajona3894 Ай бұрын

why put the plastic spacer in there rather than just filling with the brown stuff?

@69-MinuteFix Ай бұрын

It’s a solid surface for the flange to sit on as I glued it in. If I only filled with the sanded grout I could have inadvertently pushed the real flange too deep

@ismaelsanchez7490 Жыл бұрын

Cuanto se cobra x este trabajo

@Wayneman48 2 ай бұрын

no primer?

@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369 Жыл бұрын

Howdy CS444, ... Thanks Great instructional VIDEO my psuedo Son-In-Law is getting ready to Tackle a similar JOB & This might be a great PREPARATORY Video to see the OPTIONS ... I especially the SPACER used to bring the TOILET up to floor Level COOP the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond, INDIANA ...

@69-MinuteFix Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@wallacelawson9027 Жыл бұрын

What's the name of the grout you used?....

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

It’s just sanded grout. Lowes or Home Depot will have it in many colors. It was left over from a tile repair.

@wallacelawson9027 Жыл бұрын

@@69-MinuteFix Can you give me a link for the sanded grout you used?....

@joeschneider8025 Жыл бұрын

You could have just drilled some lag bolts and set the stool without all the trouble they even have closet flange that will attach the top of that one but I guess if you have the time and nothing else to do

@northface484 Жыл бұрын

He could have hired you to do it....

@dennisclay9103 Жыл бұрын

Closet flang is what I use and I am a carpenter it works great

@sklee1644 Жыл бұрын

I was told that the flange could not go above the floor because the the wax could not go down. Your does not seem to have problem.

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

The flange is supposed to sit on the finished surface. This rarely happens because plumbers do the rough in plumbing before the floors are finished/tiled. Because of this, they make regular and thicker wax rings. Though lately I’ve used synthetic neoprene rings with great success.

@lasallebrown3310 Жыл бұрын

I know a plumber who would double the wax rings when the flange height was flush with floor 😂 never leaked tho lol

@annalim3050 Жыл бұрын

Please tell me what is the purple material you add on the cement floor?

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

I guess it kinda does look a little purple. But it’s brown sanded tile floor grout

@annalim3050 Жыл бұрын

@@69-MinuteFix why grout instead of fast dry cement?

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

@@annalim3050 that would work too. I had grout left over so used that.

@steverakers Жыл бұрын

No need to prime the PVC connections before gluing?

@RamboOnYaMom Жыл бұрын

People will say it’s because it’s a dwv and there’s no pressure, but I always think sand prime and then glue

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

I didn’t use it because I didn’t have any. And the pipe is in cement. It’s not moving. And the flange is also screwed down. It’s not moving. Also there are some studies that show no significant added strength when primer is used. Check the conclusion on this study www.plumbingsupply.com/the-great-pvc-primer-debate.html

@vrea77 9 ай бұрын

Do you have to glue it in if it slides into the pipe

@69-MinuteFix Ай бұрын

Glue is a must. It’s a chemical bond between the pipes and seal.

@user-kz4dc7jd4q 8 ай бұрын

My plumber has set up ptrap here is it correct elbove would be better

@johnschubert1012 Жыл бұрын

You could of had that out in a few minutes if you used a ram bit

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

Next time for sure! I never knew what a ram bit was until I googled it just now.

@luisfabian5995 Жыл бұрын

Next time use a 3 inch hole saw with a drill

@gjolinares23 Жыл бұрын

Looks good but man idk how you didn’t use gloves and touched everything 😅

@butchs2337 Жыл бұрын

that is why plubers get over $100 per hour, gfloves really only work just so good, wait till you work on stuff that is up to your elbow like a lift station i just did for the company i work for, i had to use a shovel to scoop off the crap on top before reaching in and i get paid less than $20 per hour, it is not a desk job or for wimps hahahaha

@dennislaber4210 Жыл бұрын

You guys make it harder than it really is,

@AlkalineInsides Жыл бұрын

What size drill bit ?

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

5/32 I believe. When you buy the tapcon screws the package will tell you what size bit is needed.

@AlkalineInsides Жыл бұрын

@@69-MinuteFix thanks so much!

@mikejohnson9118 9 ай бұрын

DO NOT used Tapcons. They rust and or break. Use stainless hardware!

@andyprigge4754 Жыл бұрын

My landlord wants to renovict me so I just used a bunch of rubber glue 4 or 5 months lasting.

@jamesmcdonald5026 Жыл бұрын

Put a towel in the hole to catch the plastic pieces

@Erickhardaway 5 ай бұрын

I would’ve used a multi tool

@SpressoHead Жыл бұрын

I think I would redo that floor first . . .

@yyzz9135 2 жыл бұрын

so the bottom surface of flange flush with finished floor? top surface of flange above finished floor?

@Csgs455 2 жыл бұрын

The flange should sit on the finished floor. Rarely happens because the finished floor is never installed when plumbers do the rough in. Hence thicker wax rings.

@savygarnr9526 5 ай бұрын

That's why you shouldn't use that cheap plastic vinyl in your bathroom floor

@69-MinuteFix 5 ай бұрын

This floor is actually ceramic tile. Looks like wood.

@anoldocastro4792 7 ай бұрын

Very easy

@echodelta9 Жыл бұрын

All good till wax johnny doughnut goes on. So archaic. All the glove freaks will have to handle tools, materials, themselves, the room, and then take the gloves off without getting something on their pretty hands. Use a wet vac and clean up everything first with disinfectant. The inside of the pipe and the sanding job wasn't clean.

@lodgefamlodge2586 Жыл бұрын

You did not secure inside the pipe .what if your tools fall down the pipe

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

I had rags in a plastic bag stuffed in it.

@kennp9184 9 ай бұрын

All of you "Do It Yourself Video Guys" should wear gloves. Other than that, Nice Repair.

@slpip4365 2 жыл бұрын

Just flush-cut out the broken flange and put a screw in the new flange. Don't need to chip the old flange out to break the main pipe.

@chrissimpson9011 2 жыл бұрын

How with out drive l cutting into tile

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

The new flange would not fit in if I didn’t remove the old flange.

@northface484 Жыл бұрын

LOL...

@deebo6413 2 жыл бұрын

Why grout?

@PaulsRandomness 2 жыл бұрын

Just some added security for the spacer to stay in place

@raulgut4030 Жыл бұрын

No gloves to remove the flange!!!🙄🙄

@bobwills4420 Жыл бұрын

Also requires primer

@northface484 Жыл бұрын

No it does not..

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

@bobwills4420 Жыл бұрын

@@69-MinuteFix my understanding is this is a how to video. Maybe you should mention that you didn’t have primer, so that viewers could determine whether to spend the time and money to use it. I my experience a plumbing inspector doesn’t care that you didn’t have primer. You would fail inspection without it. See as a licensed master plumber I have to follow plumbing standards and codes. Nice job otherwise

@69-MinuteFix Жыл бұрын

It’s more of a “how I did it” video. But your right.

@bobwills4420 Жыл бұрын

@@69-MinuteFix thanks. I here from customers all the time “ I saw it on KZfaq and they didn’t tell me to do that “. I firmly believe that KZfaq viewers shut have to take an aptitude test. There would be a lot of “ here’s your sign “ moments. LOL

@chincha805 Жыл бұрын

that angle stop you have on there is the biggest piece of junk ever made, i hope you change it out soon. the same one cause thousands of dollars in damage to my home.