OATEY 43495 3 in. x 4 in. PVC Closet Flange with Stainless Steel Ring without Test Cap

No. The 43495 is PVC and the connection is solvent weld, which means it bonds only to PVC Sch. 40 DWV pipe using PVC cement. If the closet bend under your toilet is black ABS, you need an ABS-bodied closet flange instead. Mixing the two on a solvent joint is not a sound connection.

Yes. The stainless steel ring on the 43495 rotates independently of the PVC body, so after the flange is cemented down you can spin the ring to square the closet bolts to the wall. There are 8 screw holes in the ring, which gives you multiple fastening positions into the subfloor rather than being stuck with wherever four holes happen to land on a joist.

The 43495 is UPC listed and meets ASTM D2665, the standard for PVC Sch. 40 DWV pipe and fittings. That's the pairing an inspector looks for on a drainage fitting in jurisdictions on the Uniform Plumbing Code.

No test cap is included with the 43495. If you're roughing in and need to hold water on the line for inspection, order a knockout test cap version of the flange or a separate test plug. For a finish-out where the drain is already tested, the no-test-cap version is the one you want.

They don't. The 43495 uses a patented bolt slot shelf that holds the bolt head captive instead of letting it drop into the slot while you're wrestling the bowl into place. That's the difference that matters when one person is setting a toilet with no helper to hold the bolts upright.

For any bathroom that sees wax ring failures, mop water, or a slow weep at the base, yes. Plain plated steel rings rust out and the closet bolts tear through the corroded slots the next time the toilet is pulled. The 43495 uses a corrosion-resistant stainless steel Level Fit ring on a PVC body, which is the combination that survives repeat service in multi-family and commercial restrooms where the toilet gets pulled more than once.

Straight. The 43495 drops vertically onto the closet bend, so the toilet outlet sits directly over the pipe. If your drain is a couple of inches off from where the bowl needs to land, a straight flange won't recover that, you need an offset closet flange to shift the bolt pattern relative to the pipe.

The flange itself is the PVC body and the stainless ring. You'll also want PVC solvent cement and primer for the pipe joint, closet bolts, a wax ring or waxless seal, and screws to fasten the ring to the subfloor through its 8 holes. No test cap ships with it either.