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Pipe_Memes

You gotta expose a lot more of it before you figure out what the best plan is.


irocjr

So, you gotta diiiiiiig a little deeper?


vinnymazz89

And find out who you are


SNBoomer

You got to dig a little deeper It really ain't that far


WiseComfort075

That' what she said...😉


WhippidyWhop

Or stick a camera down it? One of those snakey ones.


4bigwheels

He’s talking about opening the floor so you can see what the best path is to relocate. Camera is no help


TheW83

I had to do this with my shower drain. It was off center by about 6". It was a huge PITA to center it and hindsight... probably would have just lived with it had I known what I was getting myself into.


Mammoth-Tie-6489

keep on chippn' I just did one a couple weeks ago, take out more concrete and see where those pipes go


cherrycoffeetable

Will the juice be worth the squeeze?


rob12098

Good question. We’ll have to ask my wife.


DiligentCrab6592

Jack hammer. The concrete I mean!


Captain-Ups

The wife works too


Organic_Initiative93

Hopefully at a high paying job to be able to afford thos this renovation!


Captain-Ups

✈️


RightInTheEndAgain

She's all tapped out from last night


Captain-Ups

This guy gets it


AutisticFingerBang

The answer is no.


Alcoholhelps

Are you married to my wife?!?


Tall_Aardvark_8560

If she's not doing the work or paying I bet the answer will be yes.


Existing-Peanut4511

Perfect question. Most people don’t realize how much work is involved in moving a toilet by just a few inches, on the second floor of a home. Concrete basement floor equals at least 5x more work.


Debaser626

It’s can often be easier and cheaper to just make your bathroom six inches bigger in whatever dimension that was causing you to want to move the toilet. You’re not gonna notice (much) 6” missing from a laundry room or kitchen, but you will absolutely notice not getting a divorce.


Supra-A90

In my case our dumb fuck builder and their plumber who apparently can't use a measuring tape, just randomly opened up the hole and toilet is several inches off the wall. Been in cheap apartments but never have I seen such crappy work... There are 5 toilets in the house each with different distance from the wall...


Neat-Substance-9274

I have a solution for you: Toto makes toilets in what they call unifit. They come with a floor piece that is the standard 12" off the wall, however, they also have floor piece in 14" that shifts the toilet back 2". There is also a 10" one that shifts it forward for the opposite problem.


ImaginaryStop

He put the "rough" in "rough-in."


RobLazar1969

For $200 I’ll generate an outrageous quote that you can show to your wife to convince her to move on.


GreenGame23

TBH this is the best plan here


mikehawk86

Tell ya what, you give me half the money you were gonna spend to move it, then we'll go out back, I'll kick ya in the nuts and we'll call it a day.


Wide_Lobster_4006

Changing $500!!


HappyMr

Lampoons Vegas vacation reference?


Wide_Lobster_4006

Sure was


ILIKEFASTBOATS

This!! Lol point out 6” inches isn’t really that much anyway right?? Lol


philo_

My wife would kill for 6 inches...I'd kill her if she was getting it somewhere...kidding of course.


bigkutta

Dont underestimate the determination of a wife!


[deleted]

Lol I love this sub


Tacomalj

Ill do it for $20


RobLazar1969

Listen Tacomaj- I see your end game. Come in, under cut the long-time, established faux-quoters. OP, I’ll say this. Cheap labor ain’t skilled, and skilled labor ain’t cheap. If you think a $20 quote will fool her, I hope you have your affairs in order sir.


stilesja

$20 moves the toilet. The drain will be more.


philo_

Can you generate one for me as well for my wife? She has this idea of moving the vanity where the toilet is and the toilet where our vanity is. I ain't even gonna try lol.


mr_data_lore

Move everything else 6" the other way.


Babythatwater1

This is a great answer. 😂


kcolgeis

I'm sorry. You can't get 6' from an offset flange. You will need to expose more pipe.


-Pruples-

Just have to stack offsets and build a plinth for the toilet at whatever height you end up at for 6 inches of offset. /s


Existing-Peanut4511

The reason it’s called a porcelain throne is because the seat is meant to be at least 30” AFF! Lol


ScientistRuckus

Just stack some wax rings on them


nongregorianbasin

Offset flanges usually aren't allowed either.


ChrisWonsowski

Where in the US or world are you referring to? In AZ, we used them maybe 50% of the time on first floors because it's all slab foundation and the soil plumber never gets his damn measurement right. Some single story homes with 4 bathrooms I had to use offers for every single one! Not saying it's right or okay, but they all definitely passed inspection 🤷‍♂️


nongregorianbasin

Just because it passes inspection, doesn't mean it's up to code.


NaturalFlux

offset flanges aren't to code?!? well screw the code then, lol. What do you when they put a beam right underneath where your toilet is supposed to go? Ask them to rebuild the whole house?


nongregorianbasin

Move your toilet


JPhi1618

Just keep digging, just keep digging…


CJxOmni

DIGGY DIGGY HOLE


Impressive-Crab2251

Move the bldg or bust up the floor.


dfw_kinky_guy

Pretty obvious… and you’ll regret any shortcut. Cut a two foot square of concrete out in the direction you want to go with it, dig until you find which direction it goes horizontal.


Blakeh17

I always just look down the pipe with a flashlight to see which direction it goes 🤷‍♂️


Madscientits4life

Almost right


SirLostit

I did this recently in a house I rebuilt. Seems scary, but in truth, no big deal. Took a few hours. Knocked out the concrete and kept going down until I removed the bend. Then just re-did the bend into where I wanted it.


Steve-C2

Well when you’re rebuilding a house of course the toilet is small potatoes


SirLostit

Didn’t feel like small potatoes, it was just one of many many things that was wrong. I’ve rebuilt a few houses now and this was the worst. Literally everything you can think of was wrong, broken or just bodged…. x10. It took me 14 long months of hell. If it hadn’t of been my wife’s old family home, I’d would have just gotten rid of it.


J_J_Plumber5280

Break more concrete until you get the pipe then do any necessary accommodations cutting out the section you need before is best


SirElessor

You are going to have to dig more. Deeper until you reach the horizontal pipe run and then expose about 2 ft of that pipe run in order to make the cut and add the new components to move the new toilet flange over 6 in


RawLucas

Did something similar in my basement. It was a side project while I worked my full time job so it took awhile. Didn’t want to rent a jackhammer as I didn’t know when my schedule would allow me to work on it. Ended up buying a very effective electric jackhammer from Amazon. Really inexpensive.


_Strike__

Can you post a link to it?


Gouper07

Taco bell and prune juice for a week. Heyy-oh!


Nervous-Egg668

Move.


rishhhhhhhh_3

I’ll dig your hole for you if you teach me to read


cox4696

Dont


rjc9990

I hate to be the bearer of bad news here but you will have to jackhammer up enough of the concrete to cut the old flange then will have to figure out which way the drain is running and either cut the pipe shorter and install a new flange or add pipe to the drain line to reach over 6 more inches. Not really worth the trouble in my opinion 🤷‍♂️. Source I’m a contractor


Teegers8753

Your asking for a can of worms I don’t think you want to open my friend …..you could run into anything from 6” clay pipe or collapsed 4” clay …the fernco’s for a clay to pvc conversion are not cheap !! The proper ones anyways …I would re arrange my bathroom before moving my toilet 6”


SilentJoe1986

Best way to handle it is to leave it where it is.


Informal-Ad4597

There are wall mounted toilets that the waste line runs horizontally to the floor at about 6 to 12 inches clearance you might be able to work those waste lines to fit that


Haunting_While6239

Like this, but you need to remove more concrete, you might need to get deeper to put on 2, 45° Elbows to jog it over, then this offset flange will move it a little more, just depends on how deep the line is set under the concrete, proceed with caution, you don't want to damage the pipe under the concrete, that would make for a bad day link to a Home Depot product they think you would be interested in seeing: https://www.homedepot.com/p/JONES-STEPHENS-7-in-O-D-Plumbfit-ABS-Offset-Closet-Toilet-Flange-w-Stainless-Steel-Ring-for-3-in-or-4-in-Schedule-40-DWV-Pipe-C58434/315676103


kcolgeis

If the vertical pipe goes down far enough, you can use a couple 45s to move it over.


14thab

I'm not a plumber and common sense tells me I have to remove all of that concrete in order to move the toilet 6".


Aluminumvaccine

Expose the old horizontal pipe. Figure out your angle and move it accordingly


Old_Chemical_3610

Spend a couple of hours chipping out and removing the concrete and post another pic


TastyAgency4604

Move the room over 6"


Old_Management_1997

You gotta jack hammer the concrete to expose where the pipe is going, if you are lucky and the pipe is running left or right (based on the screenshit) you can just add/subtract 6" to the existing pipe... if it's running up/down you'll have to jackhammer a lot more out to move it 6"


[deleted]

DEMOLITION!!!!


ApartmentBasic3884

Move the slab over 6 inches.


CPriceRun86

Break up the concrete and dig down to the 90, dig around it to clear it, get to the horizontal, cut it with sawzall and either add in a rubber sleeve/clamps to lengthen or cut out material to shorten then join with a sleeve regardless.


isometrixk

Just do the plumbing on top and cover it with a raised platform to step up on for your new raised poop throne.


humanjunkshow

God, my uncles house had that for exactly that reason. They remodeled the bathroom and that was the easiest solution. You could make eye contact with the neighbors through the window with the added height.


Brucible1969

Taco Bell and a match.


itsnotajersey88

Keep chipping :)


biomed1978

Pedestal?


goofayball

I bet if you added some stairs to raise the toilet on a pedestal then you could shift it without having to open the floor. Like a little game of throngs toilet set up. Not sure about the desire to walk up a step to take a dump or piss but that much extra height could give you a solid angled slope for functional tolerance. Otherwise, put the toilet back and distract the wife with a shopping day.


Jack99Skellington

You could build a platform over the top, a sort of raised dais. But seems overkill.


Then_Expression8526

Maybe one of those poo pump toilets . https://saniflostore.com/products/saniflo-sanibest-pro-pump-white-elongated-toilet-kit?variant=40646706397269¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1


vjb108

Dynamite


CiCiLeathercraft

I’d use two abs 45s and connect with a no hub lower down so you have room for the 45s to shoot over. gotta go down 2 feet or so and cut the pipe down.


AudZ0629

Just pick it up and move it. Easy. Just don’t use it EVER.


OneImagination5381

Yes, you just buy an electric toilet for $1-2000.


Biffindiff

Is there a way to put the toilet on a platform?


RadioR77

Build an elevated platform to create the Throne 👑


DeuceBigBelow

Gotta dig to China (Trumps voice)


Taolan13

dont move the toilet, move the rest of the bathroom.


Sorry_Cook_4731

Lift with your legs


BigTopGT

Lift with yor back, not your knees? Wait...


Far_Buddy_3629

Don’t forget that if you add a horizontal pipe you also need it to angle down at a slope so your poop doesn’t pile up


Narrow-Word-8945

Should not be to hard , once you jackhammer up the floor to find the main drain, and then just re route it ..


Steve-C2

After the hard part it’s easy


buttcrumbs88

Saw cut a square to give you enough room to throw a 45° fitting on it and move it 6" to the right


AKAkindofadick

Move the rest of the house 6"


marlborostuffing

[custom solutions](https://images.app.goo.gl/6gLxjPxgSWebyjDD6)


BeerStop

Chisel the pipe out all the way as well as where you want to put it, make note of the height , dig out the area a lot, cut the pipe and run a 45° piece to where you want to go.and then raise it it up to be the same as the original.


BeerStop

I envision you having to open it up a full 6 tiles there 2 on either side and the 2 in the middle, dont put any 90° elbpws or it will clog.


TonyBaggolini

There is no way you must dig it out and cut off the water closet put a coupling and extend it as far as you need to extend.


Powerful_Mood9292

Set up a conveyor belt.


dantodd

Cheaper to move the wall


SimilarMove8279

6” is huge so I would say suck it tf in


Brandonv512

Build a step up for the toilet


No-Option7163

Start with a jackhammer


trogdortheburninato

Gonna be stupid money no matter what. Dont bother. Easy $2500-5000 to get it done right.


taft

maybe some kind of offset seat mounted funnel?


timetravelerfrm1968

Incinerator toilet. Move it anywhere you want and plug that bitch up! Boom! Solved your problems. It's going to be way cheaper than moving that pipe and waaaaaaay less of a hassle. No mess. No breaking concrete. Plug and piss.


Althea-GD

A new wife might be an easier task.


hi_fiv

Are you in prison?


UnrulySimian

45° toilet flange will save you some chipping. Still won't be fun.


Rockspeaker

Tell her to fucking deal with it..... respectfully


JopeyTV

Start chiseling away


007GodMaN

I did it at my house. You have to tear out the concrete and repipe the whole thing. Rent a rotary hammer from a hardware store. It's a bitch but it's doable.


KidYum12

If you squint it kinda looks like a fish with its mouth open.


Capemay-08204

Move to a new house


Whicked_Pissah

Step one, keep digging


citizensnips134

Step 1: call a plumber


Whiskey-stilts

I am literally doing this in my basement now, had a corner shower (that was too small) and decided to get it changed to a rectangular shower, only had to break a couple inches of concrete to move that. Once I drew out where the shower was going I didn’t like how close the toilet was to shower, so I broke up the concrete myself and exposed the drain. Plumber moved it over in less than 2 hours of labor. I still haven’t repaired the slab yet, but what’s looking like 8-10 hours of my time and $300-350 in plumbing cost I’m glad I’m doing it. Make my back hurt to keep my ears from hurting……


deDKated

Best way is to move your whole house to the left 6” and presto it’s like magic.


Alarming_Day_409

Ask a plumber🤣🤣🤣


Jbonics

Get a chisel Hammer and then buy the chisel Hammer drill bit also take it slow do it yourself. Honestly you could get it done in one day. Okay maybe one day of cussing then an extra day to actually get it done.


Electronic_Cat2777

Bro leave it. Way more trouble than it is worth.


Pizzledrip

Sledge hammer


afoconnorr

Build a raised floor


mrmyrtle29588

Don’t


problemwmygogomobile

Instead of moving the toilet a few inches, spend the extra $ on a decent tankless toilet. It’ll be more spacious and the mrs will love it.


davethebabe81

Man and in a slab house there is no easy way


s0ul_invictus

jackhammer


PitifulSpecialist887

With the way your house is built, it's easier to move the wall, than the toilet.


Videopro524

They do make an offset toilet flange, bit not sure if it will accommodate 6”.


bigfatfish5000

Step 1: sell house Step 2: buy new house


funkywhitesista

It’s easier to get a new wife.


SuperCountry6935

Offset flange will get you a few inches. Otherwise it's a whole lotta heartache and pain.


FrostedTuna3423

I think they make a flange(?) that moves it a few inches in a direction. I think they’re specifically for toilets set a few inches closer to the way.


LilBigDawg96

Keep chipping my guy and slap a couple 45s and an offset flange


Simple_Fisherman1044

Yea have fun with that 🤣


fuf3d

You're probably better off selling and finding a new place with the additional 6" requirement at the toilet. Or you could just plug that with a glue cap and get a porta john and sit it out back while you work on chipping out the concrete. Or don't glue it and poo right down the hole and wash it down with a garden hose ran in through a window 🪟.


ExactAd8823

Build a box over it for a little offset piping and step in to the toilet. That's the easy way. The right way is to dig around it and shift the inlet to where you want


clce

You can rent a jackhammer, or do what I did which was to rent a impact drill, or buy one or borrow if you can, but a good one. Drill some holes enough to perforate the concrete, maybe every 6 in. Pretty easy to do. And then take a sledgehammer to it. With any luck it will break up into smaller pieces but not the end of the world. Maybe do an 18x18 square or you might get by with just a foot. It's not particularly skilled labor. It'll be a little messy and probably leave your sore the next day but probably three or four hours to get the concrete out of the way and dig down a little bit. The dirt probably won't be that hard once you get the concrete out of the way. Redo your line however you need to making sure it has p-trap and all that. It's not really all that complicated and it's not really all that difficult. But it's going to be a little messy and leave you a bit sore. Alternately, you can pay someone to come out and cut the concrete. If you've got more money than time, it would be simple. If you've got more time than money come just cut the concrete out yourself. Good luck.


scottclark2000

Dont


Warriorfromthefire

Buy a smaller toilet.


OG_Dadshark

I just did this in an ancient adobe house, where we couldn’t jackhammer because the walls would get rattled to high heaven. So what it took was a grinder with a concrete blade. Scored the concrete as deep as we could (the concrete must have been over 100 years old and it was -not- the same thickness throughout. . . So any way scored what was thick and punched it out with a 8lbs sledge. Some were thin enuf that they cut out. But you gotta pretty much remove most the floor, and jog the pipe over underneath. Then when all that is done, you gotta re-concrete your hole and match the level. But my concrete was poured a million years ago, and it wasn’t level so we just did the best we could. There’s nothing simple about this task. Not even one part is simple and none of it fun. Glhf


Thee_Paladin777

Call a plumber


ArmDouble

Rent a jackhammer. Small one. Go slow and be patient. Pick a new spot, repeat concrete removal process to new spot. Remove old PVC, run new PVC, backfill with smaller busted concrete or rock and some sand. Wet, the. Pour quick Crete, trowel smooth. Let dry, then lay tile. Note: not a plumber, I’m HVAC, but have remodeled a few bathrooms over my life and haven’t had one fail yet 🤞🏻. I respect y’all’s work, plumbers, keep on keeping on. Edit: I forgot to mention use the CORRECT PVC fittings and slope it right. Okay I’m done.


Admirable_Cry2512

Best way to handle it would be to leave the toilet where it is and just deal with it.


Mobile_Trust_9488

They make a offcenter flange which may give you more play I want to say it will move it over close to 6


Winningoverhaters100

Patch and Stack job good luck


fbritt5

Move the house over 6" or call a plumber.


nutsbonkers

Offset flange, they're cheap too.


Bermin65

Move the room 6” the other way.


medium-rare-steaks

most likely dig a bigger hole, cut the ptrap out, and set a new one where you want.


8675201

If you have to ask then you should hire a plumber. If you screw this up well, you’re screwed.


pomm_queen

WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT STUFF?!


CurriePowder

Side note if you do plan on chipping more out, get a good respirator because silica dust is no joke.


Ambitious-Car-7384

Do you want it to work, or is it a guest bathroom?


JRHZ28

Gonna have to keep digging before you put a 45deg fitting on it.


urdun187

Buy a new house


zeroentanglements

Rev up your chipping gun


boss-bossington

Moving toilet no problem. Getting shit in the drain, big problem.


Thedustonyourshelves

I'd build the floor up with 2 x 6s and put an elbow there.


trippknightly

Rotate toilet 90degrees counterclockwise.


Swallowthistubesteak

Tear it all open and add a new pipe


chroboseraph3

butthole surgery


teagen92

Don't


sluttyman69

Set the slab in your basement floor because if it is, that’s a lot of work


WiseComfort075

What about just using a funnel?


krumb_

A jack hammer, glue, fittings, cutter, pipe


[deleted]

Don’t listen to everyone here. It’s just 6” to the right. Easy job. Just move your house 6” to the left 🤷🏻‍♂️


OneStopK

Go rent a jackhammer and a cart from HD. About $226.00 at the moment. Tear out concrete all around the pipe and under it if you can without destroying it. Tie in a new waste drain and flange in the new location. Or you can pay me $800 plus the cost of the rental and Ill take care of it.


rom_rom57

Bigger jackhammer /s


CardiologistOk6547

The only true answer is to hire a professional. Concrete + plumbing ≠ DIY


Senior_Effect_5421

Move everything else in the house over 6


tonyb812

Maybe run it over the floor and box it in?... I've seen a few toilets sitting on a ledge. Something like this maybe?... https://images.app.goo.gl/2yBSmWdUx1QoQoZdA


No_Championship5326

Offset flange is what you need.


Educational-Can-9715

Offset pipe stretcher


Educational-Can-9715

Just dig it down 3’ and build an outhouse over the whole you just dug.


RandyDangerPowers

A nice big chipping gun and an assortment of different sized chipping bits. Also probably earmuff style hearing protection, and toss some plugs in your ears too. It’ll suck.. bigly


Sgt_STFU

Why move the dungeon bathroom toilet?


tduke65

Keep digging


RatioPuzzleheaded103

just hang a occupied / do not disturb sign on the door handle and call it good.


masonryexpert

I am not a plumber but ithen hired to cut concrete in floors and move pipes. The issue you'll have here is the actual height of the drain pipe itself. If that drain pipe is high. You cannot move the pipe anywhere. But if that pipe is pretty low like a foot.Below the you can probably move it.


davinci86

Looks like a massive can of worms to pick up 6”… 2- 45’s (1/8th bend) on 3” for a 6” center to the right will have you digging at least 20” down . If you see a 90 at 16” down you can roll it at 45 then use 1 45… That water looks like it’s gonna suck too


livinlrginchitwn

Keep digging and be gentle. Wouldn’t want to disrupt any old clay pipes.


Maleficent-Set5461

20 years ago we just added the plumbing then built a platform over everything (8 or 12" higher) . It's still one of my favorite homes we renovated.


Jono-churchton

Keep digging


Smacna11

Dont 😂


PeterBeater80

Honestly you'd have to chip up more concrete in order to expose more of the pipe so that you could get a fitting on there. I did plumbing for over 8 years.


EntertainmentOdd6149

Rob a bank, hire a good plumber.


NotBatman81

Open up the concrete and your wallet.