Orange County Floor Kitchen Bath

We are re-doing our bathroom and need some advice. We took out the old toilet, pulled up the old sub floor, and laid down a new subfloor and hardibacker, leaving a hole for the toilet drain. The toilet flange was 2″ higher than the floor, so we removed the old cast iron flange, in order to replace it with PVC. We then laid mortar and porcelain tile on the floor, again leaving just enough for the drain pipe. We now have a PVC toilet flange that – when inserted into the PVC drainpipe – sits on the new tile floor, meaning that the new flange sits 1/4 inch higher than the floor. Can I drill down into the floor/tile to secure the flange, or do I need to rip up what I laid around the pipe? Basically, my question is – can a toilet flange rest on the tile floor?

We have lived in a tile floored home for two years now. and now my new home has carpet and tile. My dog princess will not come on the tile. I even tried bribbing her with a bone. She will wiggle and lay down and when i come up behind her, she is terrified and runs away. Hrmmmm im confused?

I’ve already considered the budget and materials I want to use.

i have never done this before

Going to start laying tile in my kitchen and want to save money by doing it myself. I have never layed tile and am willing to learn. Talked to several people who have layed it and now going to try this myself. I now have part carpet and part lenolium. Is there any special trick I need to remember before I begin? I will be using the cement board and leveling compound. Thanks for the help.