Re: [VAL] Metal toilet ring

[Charlie/Betty Burke <cbburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The original toilet for that year was Thetford's Starlite/Galaxy series. 
There was/is not metal flange that was part of the toilet. On the other 
hand Airstream used a plastic floor flange that screwed  into the neck 
of the holding tank. So typically no metal flange there either. Sounds 
like a PO has done or had done some repair work with a dose of creative 
engineering.

The original floor flange was designed, as they are now, specifically 
for an RV application. Because of the invariable flexing of the RV 
environment the floor gasket is made of foam rather than the wax 
commonly see in fixed installations. The metal flange may or may not be 
designed to work with a foam gasket.

Charlie