Help with Toilet

I'm currently in Southern México. Puebla, to be exact. I decided to try and repair a toilet wax ring, knowing it could be more work than just that. I pulled the toilet, and found what you see in the picture. If you notice, the bolts that hold the toilet aren't aligned with the sewer pipe. It looks like they broke away some tile and floor so everything flushed would flow to to the pipe. There has been no leaking, but there was an odor. I caulked around the toilet which stopped it mostly. The two bolts are strongly secured to the floor, although slight cracking in the tile next to the bolt is visible. Probably partly due to no caulking around the toilet. I bought an offset flange. I can drill through the tile. Here in Southern México, most or all of the houses are made of brick or concrete blocks. The building pictured looks to me like the floors are also concrete. I think the one I'm in is concrete block, although the house exterior has stucko. What I don't know is what the floor (2nd) is composed of. My real concern is how I'll attach the flange to the floor. If I should use anchor bolts for concrete, screws for wood, or something else. The floor is very solid, and this house has to be at least 40 years old. And if that toilet had been that way for very long (I'm almost positive it has) , I'd think water damage would have compromised the integrity of a wooden floor. If you look at the image, it almost looks like wood. But I'm almost positive when I was looking at it it wasn't wood. I'll have to pull the toilet again to know for sure. So any good advice on attaching the flange would be great, or anything else someone may think is helpful.

What you have pictured should have a pvc (flange) cant tell the thickness on the plpethere is a flange that pushes into the pipwith ribbed rubber around it to make a snug fit,then yo would use (tapcon screws)sold at most hardware stores use a tile bit to drill thru the tile then there id a bit to drill into the concrete then secure the flange to the floor using the provide holes

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Geofd said:

What you have pictured should have a pvc (flange) cant tell the thickness on the plpethere is a flange that pushes into the pipwith ribbed rubber around it to make a snug fit,then yo would use (tapcon screws)sold at most hardware stores use a tile bit to drill thru the tile then there id a bit to drill into the concrete then secure the flange to the floor using the provide holes

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And if its wood under the tile use stainless steel wood screws and stainless steel washers to secure

Sounds easy enough. Thanks.

Good luck!!!!!!

These come in different sizes and styles.

Oatey PVC Twist-n-Set Open Flange

https://www.homedepot.com/p/100062268

Your pipe looks pretty thin and flimsy, so if one of these fits, don’t make it so tight that it cracks open the pipe.

They come in three and four inch pipe sizes.

That pipe looks like thin wall schedule 30. Make sure you can get a sch 40 fitting on before you order the offset flange.