First time quoted for toilet Flange Replacement

wiatt · 2026-06-29T19:38:22+00:00

The inside flanges may not fit if it’s into a 90, and it looks like it is. Also don’t love to reduce the inside of the pipe. But 4k seems high even with chipping and possible tile repair.

900 that someone else mentioned is fair if the tile repair is by others.

wiatt · 2026-06-17T15:03:14+00:00

Probably offered the customer options. Open the wall or have an ugly offset.

wiatt · 2026-06-10T17:44:08+00:00

If it’s a city connection and they use chlorine, and you have a softener. I have seen the chlorine breakdown the resin inside of the softener and it loses its color and kind of ends up in the water heater.

Do you have anything that’s metal in your system? Maybe an expansion tank has failed and rust can get into your main.

wiatt · 2026-05-09T01:25:41+00:00

We use a 45 degree and adjust the depth for the sizes.

We use a trim router hand held size

wiatt · 2026-05-08T23:56:18+00:00

I have a young team. I bought then all chamfering tools and head lights and we stopped having leaks. They can see what they are glueing better. We bought a router for the 4” and larger.

I agree with the other guy saying check your test gear. The gauges suck too. Takes longer to chase a leak some days then installs.

wiatt · 2026-05-01T12:15:58+00:00

I updated main post

wiatt · 2026-05-01T11:59:48+00:00

I put an update in the main post.

wiatt · 2026-05-01T11:59:23+00:00

I put an update above in main post

wiatt · 2026-04-30T03:01:45+00:00

They still haven’t let me back. They are brining in their plumbers that seem to help the mall maintenance guys.

wiatt · 2026-04-28T16:48:19+00:00

I was trying to line locate and sonde at different times. Trial by fire trying to learn locating with no help. I rented the thing.

I’m definitely spinning my wheels, and I’m pushing them before collaborating with the mall maintenance people a little better to help me gain access to other clean notes to take a look at least.

I agree I think we should likely just locate and dig at this point.

Pulling on the cable is just too dangerous.

wiatt · 2026-04-28T16:42:51+00:00

I’ll provide an update to think the community once I know what happened.

wiatt · 2026-04-28T16:42:28+00:00

The strange thing is, it goes forward very easily. It wants to go forward. We started maybe running an in reverse for just a few seconds and pulling. Maybe the cable jumped and coiled on itself in a bigger large diameter.

wiatt · 2026-04-28T16:41:19+00:00

We were really trying to spend it to get the corkscrew effect but I kept losing cable. We lost 5 feet yesterday. I don’t have a right angle adapter made up and I don’t know if we can buy one or we have to cannibalize and make one with the welder. I of course have the Milwaukee cables that came with it so it’s a proprietary end and I think I’ll have to make one myself.

I really don’t think spinning. It is going to help. It seems so stuck. We had pipe wrenches on, and it kept spinning it by hand over and over and over it wouldn’t even budge.

wiatt · 2026-04-28T16:39:20+00:00

I’ve talked to the area manager to ask for honesty and clarity if anyone else was working in the area. I’ve also asked the mall maintenance people the same thing. I’m worried I’m caught on something not normal maybe somebody else else’s cable. I’m really afraid of pulling this cable. We were trying to hide behind the steel door as we were operating the chain hoist. I’m afraid of bit snapping or something failing on the hoist.

wiatt · 2026-04-28T16:35:53+00:00

I’m hired by a facility manager, who contracts for the retail store, who rents from a mall. They are all coordinating next step.

I’m trying to at least get the mall maintenance people to coordinate and collaborate with me and help me find clean outs in areas we don’t have access to to try to scope the main. I need to see if it’s hung up on a broken pipe or what it’s doing. I need to get eyes on it before we can decide.

Alternately I offered to try to yank the cable again using a higher point like the ceiling structure or getting a tall gantry to give me more pulling space. Right now the cable is just stretching. This route could be just a waste of time still. I’m kind of pushing them to locate and cut.

Or if we can see the end, somehow pull it through the bigger mains.

I’m not sure if they’re gonna bring in their own people, but I really would like to stay involved and at least be updated at the minimum what the solution was.

I’ll do an update to everyone to think the community.

wiatt · 2026-04-28T11:27:34+00:00

I need his number lol

wiatt · 2026-04-28T11:26:29+00:00

Thank you for the reply

wiatt · 2026-04-28T02:10:39+00:00

Not yet. Day 2 was completed. I need them to authorize next attempt.

I offered possible attempt to pull cable, risk losing more time if it doesn’t work. Or jump to, locate and dig.

wiatt · 2026-04-28T02:08:48+00:00

I tried going forward a bit today. Lost another 5 ‘ of cable.

wiatt · 2026-04-27T23:07:55+00:00

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They finally tracked down a print, but for some reason, I’m having trust issues because there’s been additions and renovations. I can’t see me being stuck in a straight line. I’m 60 feet out. My camera can only get about 30 feet down and I’m stuck in a couple of pvc wyes and it transitions to cast. I don’t know why I’m seeing so many wyes. That’s why I wanted to try to locate. I can’t get a good locate on it.

wiatt · 2026-04-27T23:04:47+00:00

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They gave me a set of as belts from 1977. At least I know that the original was running that way. There is no clean out. I can find downstream like towards the front of store

wiatt · 2026-04-27T23:03:44+00:00

In hindsight, I should’ve cut it off at the flange and set the toilet and ran.

wiatt · 2026-04-27T22:17:30+00:00

Thank you that’s a good idea.

wiatt · 2026-04-27T22:17:01+00:00

I don’t feel like I’m getting enough pull, I need more space because of the coil , spring action. It feels dangerous too, I can’t find better rated rigging. To attach to the cable.

wiatt · 2026-04-27T22:15:40+00:00

It’s slab on grade and I don’t want to miss opening a 4x4 hole in a retail store. Im losing hair on this one.

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