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I have read numerous places to avoid going up as best as you can. I think a short run and metal duct would contribute much better to a clean line. Every home in my edition exits from the...

Okay, so the image makes sense, but I have a variation.

I have a 2x4 wall instead of 2x6. Also, my dryer vent needs to go down into the crawlspace (yes, then over and out). I want to avoid the...

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1. I had about an 11-3/4 rough-in, due to some negligent designing in my brand new bathroom. Nevertheless, I was able to install the Toto Soiree and actually...

Jim,

Thanks for the reply. It was after 9pm, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find a ring tonight. Lowes and HD were closed, but my local super grocery had a plain ring. The toilet is all...

I am hoping to get my toilet installed tonight. I used a single wax ring, the brand in the photo. It is not only wax, but has the rubber gasket too. At finger tight, I get quite an unreasonable...

In case I have to spring for the 10" unifit, is there any market for reselling or trading the 12"? It would be nice if Toto allowed you to choose when ordering the whole toilet. I'd hate to just...

I am scheduled to take delivery of my Toto Soiree today, and I'm excited. I wrung my hands a good deal between the 1.6 gal still available and the newer 1.28 gal. I got rid of the last toilet due...

Terry,

I saw that Unifit photo in between your and my posts, on a search. It did occur to me that perhaps I could drill alternate holes through it. If I can do that, man, that is the best...

I set my flange last week. It was about 1/8" tilted off the floor, but once I tightened the screws, it rested on the floor without problem. Now, I want a Toto Soiree. I just got off the phone with...

I'll soon be ready to install my closet flange. I need to know how to attach it to the following floor sandwich:
slate tile
thinset
Ditra
thinset
self-leveling cement
cement board
thinset
2...

Hey Redwood, I work for a large player in the pneumatic fittings market. Being familiar with that push-to-connect technology led to much comfort in finding similar products for home plumbing. I saw...

I am soon to finish plumbing a shower valve set, including thermostatic valve and diverter, 3 body sprays, a rain shower head, and a hand shower sprayer. I used PEX and quick disconnect fittings...

Gabe, you and Frenchie speak the truth about the shower. Thanks for the advice.

Perhaps I am. A contractor who added a 2nd floor for us had to match an existing ceiling texture when he cut back a floor-to-cathedral-ceiling wall to create the entrance. Certainly we wouldn't...

I am remodeling a bathroom, and I only removed drywall where necessary. I have new drywall butting against existing walls and ceilings. I need advice on how to finish the joints between new and old....

Late in the game and probably won't be read, but you may have a much simpler thing going on. If you get Windows Updates automatically via the web, you could have it set to reboot when the install is...

I've inspected all of my drain pipes in the crawlspace. My home is only 20 years old, and the entire drainage system is basically flat. The new lines I'm installing are sloped properly, but I...

Fluid dynamics laws state that velocity increases while flow decreases through a restriction, but pressure will stay the same. We learned this as kids when we put our thumb over the water hose to...

If you turn the Home Depot version 90 degrees with the post vertical, your roll will not come off. That may be too radical for some though.

Hammer arresters are water accumulators plumbed into the copper piping near the point of use to cushion the sudden stopping of water flow. I thought it was only a phenomenon when shutting off the...

I initially dismissed this, because I'd join the toilet's 3" line beyond the 5' limit from my trap. However, I'd been measuring from the drain center line, instead of from the trap. I gain an...

Okay, I intend to work on the plumbing this weekend, as I have the entire rest of the project ahead of me. I know that both of my sketches above will work. They're vented within the right distance,...

Here is the layout I described. As you can see, there is a wall behind and beside the toilet. If you're sitting on the toilet, the corner in front of you on the left has water supply lines running...

That is a fair statement based on what I've posted. The nearest wall is the one up through which the vent is shown running. There is another wall perpendicular to that, 15" off toilet's centerline....

Okay HJ, this one was designed with you in mind!
I have two options I am considering for my toilet drain and vent. One has a short horizontal run and the other has a 180 bend. The 180 bend...