Patent ID: 7805777

Claim:
A method of installing a closet flange substantially flush to a later-installed finished flooring utilizing a spacer, the finished flooring to be installed atop a sub-flooring, the closet flange having a pipe section and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from said pipe section, said flange having a lower face, the spacer having spaced apart, generally flat first and second faces, and spaced apart inner and outer edges extending between said first and second faces, said inner edge defining an opening which permits passage therethrough of said pipe section of said closet flange but not said flange of said closet flange, said spacer generally having the same thickness as the thickness of the finished flooring, wherein first and second notches being formed in said outer edge, said first and second notches being disposed along a straight axis intersecting a center of the spacer, said method comprising: locating said spacer on the sub-flooring with said first and second notches being located the same distance from an adjacent wall; after locating said spacer on the sub-flooring with said first and second notches being located the same distance from an adjacent wall, tracing said inner edge of said spacer on said sub-flooring to define an outline; preparing a hole in the sub-flooring along said outline which permits passage therethrough of said pipe section of said closet flange but not said flange of said closet flange; disposing said spacer onto the sub-flooring about said hole; inserting said pipe section of said closet flange through said opening in said spacer and into said hole in the sub-flooring; and, fastening said flange of said closet flange to said sub-flooring, with said flange of said closet flange resting in face-to-face engagement on said first face of said spacer and with said lower face of said flange being positioned to be generally flush with the later-installed finished flooring.