I had a leaking toilet from the bottom. The Johnny bolt on one side has snapped and the flange has corroded and bent upward. Normally I would expect the flange to be flat and about 1/4" above the flooring, but this one seems to be flush to the floor had it not been corroded / rusted. The floor was marble tile and underneath has some empty space after I clean out all the leaked liquid / compost matter, none of the flange's hole were bolted to the slab foundation at all. The pipe goes all the way down about 10" or 1' down before bending toward the "outside".
The old flange has some blue coating on the metal "ring" on the outside of the inner ABS (black) pipe. The ABS has a shield logo of UPC on it, with 4 and S along the edge. I can see someone used some solvent to glue it on some white plastic that glue it back to the black pipe going down instead of the common practice of screwed to the concrete or subfloor.
So, what is the "right" way to fix this? I am having a plumber coming soon but just want to know if it is a short cut or a good job.
Another question: anyone used the Home Depot's Glacier Bay Pro Flush Stealth? The one with pressure / vacuum chamber to flush ballard balls with only 1.28gal? My dad said he had to keep replacing Glacier Bay because they break down a lot and ended up replacing them all with Kohler's instead. The Glacier Bay Pro Flush Stealth seems to be a rebadge Niagara Sentinel. Nobody seems to say anything bad about it but what about long term reliability?
The old flange has some blue coating on the metal "ring" on the outside of the inner ABS (black) pipe. The ABS has a shield logo of UPC on it, with 4 and S along the edge. I can see someone used some solvent to glue it on some white plastic that glue it back to the black pipe going down instead of the common practice of screwed to the concrete or subfloor.
So, what is the "right" way to fix this? I am having a plumber coming soon but just want to know if it is a short cut or a good job.
Another question: anyone used the Home Depot's Glacier Bay Pro Flush Stealth? The one with pressure / vacuum chamber to flush ballard balls with only 1.28gal? My dad said he had to keep replacing Glacier Bay because they break down a lot and ended up replacing them all with Kohler's instead. The Glacier Bay Pro Flush Stealth seems to be a rebadge Niagara Sentinel. Nobody seems to say anything bad about it but what about long term reliability?