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Greetings! I attempted to solder copper pipe into a Delta shower valve and noticed the tiniest little bead of water forming along the solder at one point. Is this worthy of redoing the entire joint, or should I re-flow the existing solder at that spot? The tiny bead forms inconsistently, with...

Again, many thanks. I have a hydro-seat still in the box from my last DIY…maybe I’ll give it a try. Cheers!

Nice. Thank you! Is the 3.75” ID unusual? Should I go with a 4” or 3”, if I go the twist-in route? Or does the odd diameter rule out this option?

Thanks for the reply. I did try to post a pic…too large. Will try again. The inner ring of pale crud inside the circumference of the pipe is friable. The pipe itself seems to be round…ID looks like 3.75”.

Remodeling my ground-floor bathroom on a slab. Removed the toilet and found that the guy before me had the toilet on top of this, with one of those two-piece encircling metal flange repair kits that wasn’t firmly attached to anything. The toilet was, essentially, held in place with caulk…but it...

Thanks for the reply. I can definitely do that. As the horizontal run is just around a foot, I guess I can get away with keeping that…I mean, smells weren’t ever really a problem in all of the years before I tore everything out. Cautiously optimistic that there’s a trap down there and I can get...

Greetings! After removing my shower basin, I found this situation: black ABS, with no visible p-trap. I dug it down to where it looks like the plastic is coupled to the original line with a rubber compression fitting. I know I can endoscope or just dig down further to confirm the presence of a...