jpinard
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Quick background - I have Cystic Fibrosis and my sister just found out she has cancer. We don't have children but we'll be watching hers for a while (they're 2, 4, and 7 years old).
So we had to get a new toilet today which we really can't afford. But plunging our old one every 2 days - and with our nieces/nephews going to be over here for a while I needed to get something in that would be trouble free. Getting geared up for a physical project like this is pretty difficult for me, and tomorrow when my pain meds wear off I'll be in bad shape so I was hoping I could finish this tonight. At any rate, like a super stupid person - I ripped the old toilet out after seeing no cracks in the new toilet (but before thoroughly inspecting the new one), now that I'm about to put it in I noticed some things that concern me:
It's a Kohler Cimarron and there's a small hole in the bowl in front. I can't tell if it's supposed to be there (to help direct flow?) or if it's a manufacturing defect?
The second issue seems to be sloppy workmanship. I can chip this stuff out:
but the line of porcelain caulk or whatever in back - doesn't actually cover the whole seam:
Is it OK if it doesn't cover the seam where those two parts come together?
So we had to get a new toilet today which we really can't afford. But plunging our old one every 2 days - and with our nieces/nephews going to be over here for a while I needed to get something in that would be trouble free. Getting geared up for a physical project like this is pretty difficult for me, and tomorrow when my pain meds wear off I'll be in bad shape so I was hoping I could finish this tonight. At any rate, like a super stupid person - I ripped the old toilet out after seeing no cracks in the new toilet (but before thoroughly inspecting the new one), now that I'm about to put it in I noticed some things that concern me:
It's a Kohler Cimarron and there's a small hole in the bowl in front. I can't tell if it's supposed to be there (to help direct flow?) or if it's a manufacturing defect?
The second issue seems to be sloppy workmanship. I can chip this stuff out:
but the line of porcelain caulk or whatever in back - doesn't actually cover the whole seam:
Is it OK if it doesn't cover the seam where those two parts come together?