I dont think the toilet flange was installed right. Shouldnt the flange be on the concrete instead of on top of the ceramic tile???
Cutting plastic sewer pipe below a concrete slab
Feb 06, 2010
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Dean Hoffman wrote in news:hkl5n3$hps$1 @speranza.aioe.org:
Disclainer: I'm no plumber nor very experienced at it.
Would the lip set the stage for clogging????
The pipe for a toilet is 3" sched 40? If this is true, I found some chart that says the internal diameter is 3.068.
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Sched 40 wall thickness is about 1/4" (.216 according to the table) I take it. If you put an internal coupling (assume it's sched 40 like the pipe?) then the drain reduces a half inch at the coupling. Roughly, diameter is reduced 16% the internal flow area is reduced from 7.39 sq in to 5.18 sq in. or 30%.
Maybe couplings for schd 40 are thinner wall than the pipe?
Beats me. I just know they exist. My plumbing experience is limited to the few things I've had to repair for myself.
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