Are Toilet Flanges Standard Size

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Are toilet flanges standard size.

The first thing you ll want to do when replacing or readjusting the height of your flange to shut your water off and remove the toilet from the floor. The 4x3 size refers to the two diameters in the flange pipe. Instead use a standard inch wax ring. The ring has slots for the bolts that hold the toilet down.

The top section of the flange that connects to your toilet has a 4 inch diameter while the outlet below this has a 3 inch diameter. Once removed examine where your flange is resting. A few other flange sizes exist as well. The top side of the flange which connects to the toilet is 4 inches in diameter while the bottom diameter of the pipe is 3 inches.

The flange pipe can have a diameter of either 3 or 4 inches depending on the size of the waste line but a 4 inch hole works in both. This is the size of the flange opening and outlet. The bottom of this size flange will fit standard sized drain pipes. That is so the flange mounts to standard 3 inch drain pipe schedule 40 used in almost every residential home today.

In addition a 4 x 3 toilet flange is the size of most closet bend pipes. A 4 x 3 toilet flange has a four inch topside and a three inch bottom diameter. Some flanges just have one diameter typically 3 inches.