HydroSeat Toilet Flange Repair

Had a uneven toilet flange in unison with two layers of flooring. Couldn’t get the toilet to seat with larger wax rings and other non wax seals. Made sure the Danco was level, pre drilled my holes slowly tightened it down and it’s solid. No leaks. Make sure your wax ring is compressed firmly into the new flange. You may need a regular wax ring or the larger one depending on floor height. I would recommend this product to anyone.

I have installed one in both of my bathrooms. The first one had a broken flange and the second one was fine but I was installing a new toilet so I figured I would install one of these to avoid having that flange break in the future. The rubber sleeve that is attached ensures that there is no leakage. I used a wax free gasket with both, instead of a wax ring, in both bathrooms and have not had any issues, and the first one I installed about 6 years ago.

I pulled a toilet to replace, to find a 3" cast iron pipe flared out to 5", and the previous owner made a real mess of everything. This solved my problem. Follow the instructions. Some youtube videos by "experts" are wrong.

Saved a lot of money DIY but you do need to be "handy" and use common sense. If you screw it up, it will cost you $$$$ to find a plumber. I was fortunate. Should have taken before and after pictures but was concentrated on getting the job done. Family said "something smelly is leaking in cellar after toilet flushed." Sure enough, there was a leak. After doing some research, I bought this DANCO Kit. After prep, removed toilet. 60 year old 4" cast iron flange rusted out. Wax ring kinda no good either. Pipe looked good though. Opted for DANCO Kit instead of OTAY 4" Twist-n-Seal because rotted flange was mostly even with floor. PVC flange might have been too high. Scraped and cleaned area, put down standard wax ring, and put down Danco flange. Screw ears fit just outside old flange onto subfloor. Fours screws into clean and dry wood and done. Put toilet back and test flush....several times.....and no leaks. Everyone happy, including my wallet. Great product but your mileage may vary. Again, I was fortunate enough to feel confidant to DIY. Just glad I found this alternate repair product.

Fantastic product, simple to use. I made 1 small modification while installing it, worked super.

Easy to install, great product. Installed for 2 toilets with broken PVC flanges

This flange is a great repair for a broken pvc , abs , or iron flange. I fits over the old flange and is easy to line up. The only difficult part was drilling 4 new holes through the standoff’s into the ceramic tile. If you don’t have to do that it’s a quick fix. Also you will need a new wax ring as it does not come with one. ( if drilling through ceramic, remember to use water in the hole to cool and lubricate the drill.

This product was used to fix a plastic flange that cracked where the bolts are located. It was unbelievably easy to use and took all of 30 seconds to install the toilet once I had this set on top of the wax ring. Thank you for inventing this product...it saved me so much time and I was able to cancel the service call I had scheduled with a plumber to repair the broken flange.

the hydroseat toilet flange is a great replacement for an old cast iron flange. The instructions were simple and it fit over the existing sewer line as advertised. the only revision was that I needed to use longer screws than the provided 1" screws to anchor the flange as they had to go through the underlayment and into the structural subfloor for a positive attachment

This is an unbelievable solution to the thorny problem of a broken toilet flange! Way to go, Danco! It bolts down over the flange with four screws, for which you will need to drill a lead hole 7/64 inch, just outside of your existing flange. Use a reinforced wax ring underneath. If the top of your flange is flush with the floor and higher, use standard 1". Use oversized 1.25" ring if the top is recessed below the height of the floor. I sealed the bolt slots and screw recesses on my existing flange with lifetime warranty 100% silicone to ensure a tight seal when the ring is pressed down by the HydroSeat. The outlet cone on the bottom of the toilet presses into and is sealed by the large rubber gasket on the top. The one challenge for this device is if the floor is uneven. My toilet rocked when set in place, so I put a fat ring of the 100% silicone caulk at the outer edge of the black gasket on top to insure a tight fit even though the plane of of the floor and the top of the HS were not parallel. Worked like a charm. My installation required drilling through 1/4 inch tile and into a poured concrete bed underneath that. Held my drill firmly with both hands against my leg while starting the hole because you cannot use a center punch on ceramic tile. Challenging. You probably cannot get a 7/64 inch masonry drill. I should have used a 1/8 inch masonry drill bit but did not have one, so drilled 1/4 through the tile and used as standard steel drill into the somewhat soft concrete bed. If you use a 1/8 drill, you may need to upsize the screws, flat head wood screws or pan head sheet metal will work fine. I accidentally pushed the 1/4 inch masonry bit too deep on one hole and solved that problem with a screw and plastic anchor designed for sheet rock and a 1/4 inch hole. Glue the anchor in with just a small ring of 2 part epoxy, just enough to keep it from twisting while inserting the screw. Worked like a charm. The other beautiful thing about this solution is that the wax ring installation is put in place by the HS, the toilet hold down bolts are held perfectly in place. With the old ring installation, you had to stick the wax on the bottom of the toilet, pick up the beast and line it perfectly without being able to see, and somehow align the toilet over the bolts which are flopping around. 9/10 times you missed the proper alignment, crushed the ring in the wrong places, and had to start over.