Maybe you should consider if perhaps you are trying to do a job that is beyond your skill level.
Gary....
Whether I have 4 posts or 5000-sorta condescending statement you made to Chesapeake-he found the forum and IMO you should never underestimate a person. How would we learn anything if we rely on others....Advice is priceless. Passing the buck is worthless.
IMO, experience is gained in doing things beyond your "current" skill set and best remembered when you make a mistake.
Analogy...
I'm a P.E. (Professional Engineer) and I might say that(it's above my head) about myself related to a project to be self deprecating-but never say it to someone else in search of, say, info on a Plumbing Forum. That's is why we are here. Plumber or not. 1 post or 10000. I do molecular 3D design for a Major Pharma company but that does not give the right to tell you not to split a tablet(pill) in half just cause you asked a question out of your "paid" realm.
I will surmise that by having 5000 posts that you are in the plumbing trade; perhaps a plumber.
My experiences with plumbers, in person, have been very expensive and largely negative as, IMO, they charge then exorbitant hourly rates for relatively repetitive tasks that "ordinary" people do not do or may not have time for.
Why is it when you mention the thought of calling a Plumber-people nearly faint? They are expensive. 100 bucks to replace 3 dollar part in a Delta faucet-I'm in the wrong biz.
My ex-plumber,Sam Cooper, a self proclaimed "best of the best" Master Plumber, was running the main waste line (80' long 4" diameter waste line) during my home construction) and took a break for lunch at the 40' mark; came back and started running the last 40' against the grade upwards toward my Septic Tank. I was so embarrassed for him I could not say "man you are screwing up" as he was a real hothead; so I dropped a 4' level on it and showed him the bubble was going the wrong direction!
My master plumber could not figure how to get CPVC(I spec CPVC for everything except waste) main supply line to an internal wall(I've a steel frame home) from the outside. I have the actual instructions and diagram I had to provide him as he said it was not possible. I wanted CPVC over the top in my attic-he wanted to put thin gauge copper in my 400,000lb slab.Thank God I did not go w/Cu pipe as when you get a leak in your 400K lb slab what do you do? What I spec'd in the change order and over ruled my builder and Plumber.
Last week; before I found out my Builder CEMENTED my toilets down I got phone quotes to swap toilets-$300 to swap a toilet here in SC from two different plumbers? That's outrageous in a "right to work state". Give me a break.
Instead of insulting Chesapeake I will tell him "Welcome" and contact: QuickFix**************** at 1-800-333-5099 (California use 1-843-448-5668)-they are "Flange Masters."
At one time no one on this board knew anything about plumbing...But learned by experience....Apprentice then Journeyman I think you guys call it?
Kudos to Chesapeake for the DIY mentality and not panicking and maybe learn something new as you guys are so busy, so it seems, when ever a paying customer calls.