How To Install Sioux Chief Stainless-steel Flange Repair Ring

Broken Plastic Toilet Flange Metallic Repair Ring Installation Guide
How to fix a cracked plastic toilet flange with a Sioux Chief stainless steel repair ring and Tapcon physical screws.

Sioux Master & Tapcon
Snapped Plastic Toilet Flange
Lower Metal Repair Band If you accept a broken plastic toilet flange, yous tin either spend a lot of time chipping out the sometime 1 with a screwdriver and hammer to supplant it with another weak plastic flange or just install a much stronger Sioux Principal stainless steel metal repair ring over the old cracked 1.

For this procedure, you'll need a toilet flange repair ring, a masonry 5/32" x 3 1/2" masonry drill bit, a box of Tapcon three/16" x 1 three/iv" physical screws, a sponge, some water, a towel and an electrical drill.

The start 2 steps are to clean off whatever wax from the erstwhile toilet wax ring gasket and identify a towel in the sewer pipe to forbid tools from falling down in to the piping.

Lower the metal repair ring over the quondam damaged plastic toilet flange.

Test Fit Cupboard Bolts
Bosch Masonry Drill Bit
Towel - Block Sewer Gas Rotate the metal repair ring to the correct position.

Insert the closet bolts that will secure the toilet to the floor.

One time you are happy with the positioning of the metal repair ring, yous can use a marker or the sharp tip of a screw to marker the spots where you will drill holes and install the screws.

I bought both a Bosch five/32" masonry drill chip for standard rotary drills and besides the Tapcon 5/32" brand brick and concrete drill bit that is supposed to be used with a hammer drill.

I was worried that one of the drill bits would wear out half fashion through the job and strength me to gild another drill bit.

Wet Sponge - Use Water
Mark Spot To Drill Hole
2d Screw Location The play tricks for successfully drilling a hole through very difficult ceramic tile such as this mosaic bathroom flooring tile is to be patient, stop frequently, apply a carbide drill bit and use a wet sponge to keep the drill fleck cool.

Use an old kitchen sponge and soak it with water.

Avoid touching the electric drill with wet hands or the wet sponge. I recommend wearing some condom gloves every bit an extra safety precaution.

Continue Drill Flake Cool
Tedious & Steady - Tile
First Screw Secured Start drilling the hole on a dull speed to become through the one-time plastic toilet flange.

And so drill through the moisture sponge and in to the hole that yous previously started.

Utilise light pressure to the drill and start drilling at a low to medium speed through the ceramic tile.

Stop drilling every fifteen to 30 seconds, pull the drill bit out of the hole and place information technology on the sponge to cool it off.

You lot will notice the hot drill bit hissing and creating steam when y'all place information technology on the wet sponge.

One time you have drilled through the tile and in to the physical, y'all can bulldoze in the first Tapcon spiral.

To bulldoze in the concrete screw, use medium pressure on the electric drill and go at a medium speed with out stopping until the screw is flush with the metallic repair band.

Sometimes physical screws can be difficult to get going again if you stop with the screw half style in. I've read that another trick for preventing stuck or "frozen" concrete screws is to use some screw wax lubricant or use every bit whatsoever wax based lip balm.

Three Screws In Identify
Drive In Tapcon Spiral
Repair Ring Installed Proceed drilling the holes for the other 3 screws and remember to terminate frequently to cool off the drill bit.

Drive in the 3 other screws to secure the metal repair ring.

Pull up on the metal repair ring to verify that it is securely in identify.

Plastic Flange Repaired
Sani Seal Toilet Gasket I highly recommend using the green foam condom Sani Seal brand waxless toilet gasket instead of those messy wax rings.

I've used the Sani Seal gaskets several times in the past and they are great since yous can re-position the toilet many times.

If you lot are using a traditional wax band, you but get one chance to position the toilet.

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