Broken Toilet Flange & Iron pipe

[BOB MORTON]

My iron toilet flange appears to have been soldered to a 4 inch cast iron pipe. The flange is loose and and still good, but broke off part of the 4 pipe just below where the flange rested on it. This is pipe is now jagged. By moving it, I can get it to fit back on, but there is no seal. I will be raising the floor and need to raise the flange height and would like to replace the old flange with an ABS one. Can the new flange be place over the 4 pipe and then secured to the new floor or does it have to be secured to the cast iron pipe too? Any ideas? Thank you, Bob

[Bob TateParticipant]

: My iron toilet flange appears to have been soldered to a 4 inch cast iron pipe. The flange is loose and and still good, but broke off part of the 4 pipe just below where the flange rested on it. This is pipe is now jagged. By moving it, I can get it to fit back on, but there is no seal. : I will be raising the floor and need to raise the flange height and would like to replace the old flange with an ABS one. : Can the new flange be place over the 4 pipe and then secured to the new floor or does it have to be secured to the cast iron pipe too? : Any ideas? : Thank you, : BobBob call a professional. ANYONE who can solder Cast Iron is FANTASTIC. Most of the plumbers I have ever employed can only Caulk a cast Iron joint or possibly weld a cracked Cast Iron boiler. I think you had better call a good ole Master plumber and have him CAULK a cast Iron closet Flange to the spigot end of this cast iron pipe. Solder doesnt stick to CAST IRON sorry. Have the REAL PLUMBER install either a Deep Cast Iton floor flange OR use a 4 inside Cast Iron cutter and the put on a NH ( NOT FERNCO) coupling and put another piece of CAST IRON in this and then CALK another joint or use a Long NO HUB cast flange with an ASSE and ASTM approval Sylvan

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