It’s been sitting in my bedroom for ten months waiting to be installed.
Only had to go to the hardware store for extra parts once.
Nice work! I unclogged a toilet today, which required removing it, clearing out the drain pipe with an augur, and replacing the wax seal. I’ve done this a few times over the past year, as my son has a habit of flushing enormous quantities of toilet paper.
While it’s a dirty, smelly job, by far the worst part in my experience is reseating the toilet bowl on the drain pipe. The bolts are all wiggly, so if you don’t get the placement just right, you have to back off, set the bowl down—gently, or you’ll chip it!—and realign the bolts before trying again. I did it today on the third or fourth try, but I’ve definitely gotten up to eight or ten before.
Can any dull folk enlighten me as to how to make this process easier? As the fellow in the infomercial says, there has to be a better way!
Get better bolts. Replace them everytime. You’ll have to cut them down with a hack saw. They have many different bolts. But a decent set will have a retaining washer. Either plastic or another nut and washer. You set those onto the flange and then they don’t move around. The second set of nuts is then used to bolt the toilet down.
Alternatively you can try a neoprene or rubber gasket as you will not have to deal with the messy wax. Just make sure you always clean both sides of the flange and base of the toilet for a positive seal. Wax is tried and true for me but in this case a rubber gasket would be warranted.
Alternatively you can try a neoprene or rubber gasket
bad advice. it’s not a question of if they leak, but when.
Wax is tried and true for me but in this case a rubber gasket would be warranted.
See, I have been replacing the bolts every time. And the seals I’ve been using come with plastic retaining washers, purportedly to hold the bolts in place—they don’t. Maybe it’s an issue with my anchor flange.
Sure. Try an extra nut and washer and bolt them to the flange. 100% that flange should be secured to the subfloor with no movement.
Great, this must be toilet troubles week. Now I know what to do when the person responsible for fixing things does their usual cheap - ass fly-by.
Why have you needed to replace the bolts each time?
I wouldn’t say I needed to, but I was replacing the seal every time, and the seals come with a new set of bolts, so I figured I might as well. It’s no bother, really.
Ah, I see. I’ve yet to replace a toilet seal.
There’s a product that replaces the wax seal with a rubber gasket that makes the install a lot easier. I’ve used it twice now without issue. I’ve done a wax seal once and it was awkward
I actually did use the rubber variety! I should have been more precise. I think it’s an issue inherent to my anchor flange. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
Wow, it must have been a relief to finally flush it!
Are…are you me?
I installed my new kitchen sink a couple weeks ago that had been sitting in the box in my kitchen for a month. I didn’t post pics because I butchered the countertop cutout, but it works for now. The dishwasher is still uninstalled though, because I have been procrastinating running the electrical line to the new breaker.
And here I am. 40k in the bank. Good credit. No debt. No kids. No child support. No bankrupcies. In a city where I’m looking at a house thats 155k. And being told I’m not good enough to buy this house. Even though the monthly payment would be $200 less than my current rent.
So now the goal posts keep moving. I’m 42. Still no house. So I literally play animal crossing simply because it’s a game of paying off a loan to own a house. That’s as close as I get.
Why would you not be good enough? This doesn’t make sense. Unless you mean not qualified, sort of? Because you’ll want to put $30k+ (20%) into the down payment, maybe?
My first job makes $12/hr, and my second job makes $13.60/hr.
They aren’t counting my second job because I’ve worked it 17 months, and they require it to be 24 months.
Thenthey tell me that they need 75% debt ratio as a down payment. Meaning if a house were 100k, and I make $0, then I’d need 75k down payment. But since they’re only counting my first job, that’s only 20k.
So on a 100k house, I’d need 55k down payment. Since 75k minus my 20k salary is now 55k. Not only do I not have 55k, but also the houses I want are in the 130-160k range.
But nooooope.
What kind of work do you do? You can easily beat that at like… Aldi. Or with a CPR, non-medical baby/elder sitting. Costco. Waiting tables. Bar back. Typing.
Alright, I misunderstood “I’m not good enough”. I’m not familiar with whatever loan standard you’re taking about, as it’s different here. Not like it’s a good system here anyway, still predatory as hell.
Leave yourself a healthy stash of money. 3-6 months of loan cost plus, I don’t know, 5-10% of your down payment? Houses bring all kinds of new expenses. Some emergencies, some priorities, some luxuries you’ll want. We’re in different markets but it took at least 3 years to feel comfortable in my home financially.
Wow, to run plumbing all the way to the bedroom and you only had to go to the hardware store once? 9/10 personally I put toilets in the bathroom but to each their own.
Nice! Was it difficult? What type of flushing mechanism does it use?
Traditional flapper. But I did have to change the fill valve to the bulbless variety
Nice. You go with a Fluidmaster valve?
Kohler silent. Same price as the fluid master, but looked like nicer materials and had an adjustable height. The tank on this toilet is short, so I needed an unusually small piece
Oh, that looks nice! Very cool.
Only had to go to the hardware store once? You had me there for a bit but that’s not possible.
Makes me think of a couple months ago when i got the itch to buy a portable dishwasher online.
Faucet had a nonstandard aerator threading so i went to the big box store about five times trying different adaptors to no avail.
Eventually I just replaced the kitchen faucet.
This would be duller news but I rent and I didn’t tell the LL that i torched the plastic nuts off the old fancy one that matches the rest of the house because he used locktite to install a faucet.
Well shit.
I totally read pants and thought, hmm, that’s the motivation, but why get them at the hardware store? Oh well.
Welcome to the club! Plus you can put on gloves and grab the old wax then make the kids smell it! LOL.
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