SylvanLMP
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Originally posted by Walter Sobchak:
Hi, I am installing a ceramic tile floor in my 2nd bathroom, and I had to remove the toilet. My question is, there was a plastic toilet mounting ring with what looks like a lead flanged pipe inside it. I had to bend the lead flange to remove the ring(the new floor will be at a different height than the old one). How do I replce/re-install the lead flanged fitiing. Is it attached to the toilet drain??Help!
thanks in advance,
Easiest professional Legal fix is as follows
Clean the inside of the existing bend very carefully and form the upper most 2″ or 3″ of this lead pipe into a cup (socket)
Then take a piece of lead “D” pipe which weights 2 times the diameter 4″ lead pipe 8 pounds per ft etc.
Carefully clean the new lead pipe on the outside and flux both the inside and out side of these sections.
Get a ladle and Flemco warranted bar solder and without over heating this alloy and carefully pour this solder into the cup until the joint is full.
Wait 45 seconds and watch a perfect joint appear stronger then the base metal.
This sir is called a cup joint and works.
PRACTICE on scrap lead 1st BE careful.
You just saved yourself over $225.00 for about a half hours ART work
Then on top of the plain piece of lead you can “solder” a new brss floor flange using the solder that is left or use another bar of cheaper solder.
[Edited by SylvanLMP on 17 March 2001]
