toilet

I'm replacing a rotten subfloor and toilet flange for a customer. Was going smoothly until I noticed that their piping is 3" Schedule 30 and all my new pieces are Schedule 40. Can somebody please recommend a coupling that will work to join these? Do they even make them? I had found a bushing to...

I live in Massachusetts and recently installed a half bath on my first floor. The main vent is on the other side of the home. I ran a wet vent from the toilet and exited the vent through an exterior wall. It is currently stubbed out, planning to run 2" PVC up outside of the house, above the roof...

Kohler 2-pc toilet was installed 20 years ago in a MIL unit over my garage and worked fine. Now I'm using that area as a home office, so using the toilet from time to time. I will use and flush the toilet, and the next day--there is stuff in the toilet bowl. It's almost like I haven't...

My toilet was leaking and I pulled it off the floor the problem was clear. The flange sits on top of the bathroom tile on 3 sides but on the subfloor on the 4th (yes I know the flange is round) allowing it to rock. Found a foam spacer between the floor and the flange. Wondering if anyone...

Recently we noticed a bad smell coming from our downstairs bathroom. When we investigated it further it seem that there was some leakage from base of the toilet. So had a plumber come out, took out the toilet, and informed us that the wax ring had failed. So he replaced new wax ring and...

Hi, I live in the city and I'm remodeling my upstairs bathroom. My flange knockout cap accidentally went down the 4in ASB pipe. How serious of an issue is this? What do I need to do to get it out? I've gotten some mixed answers. I had a plumber come and he scoped it out and found it to be about...

I've often got questions or just curiosity on the means, methods, and materials used for every day, taken for granted, inner workings of buildings like the DWV systems used to evacuate our waste. I might even sketch out an idea once in a while just to see if it's at all plausible. My recent idea...

Hello. My situation is that I'm remodeling a 100-year old bathroom (78" x 90") were all the current plumbing/venting is on the right-hand side. I'd like to move the toilet to the left-hand side, which will actually put fixture spacing more in code and allow for a larger vanity sink. I'm in...

I cut the four inch PVC down to where the toilet flange would be at finished floor level but it won’t go down into the pipe. It only goes in about 5/8”. I was thinking of cutting it down to where inserting about that far would leave me at finished floor level and epoxing it in for strength. Is...

Old angle valve failed so I had to replace it and needed to replace the supply line as well - the old supply line was part of the valve. First time doing any of this kind of work and wondering if the supply line I installed is the wrong length. I had to put a lot of pressure on the line to make...

We're remodeling an old, old bathroom. The closet drains to the stack with a cast iron 4" elbow, with a 1 1/4" heel inlet for the bathroom lav and tub drain?!? There haven't been any drainage issues (probably b/c water pressure is so low). But since we have it open we want to increase the...

Recently I've noticed that the area on the bathroom floor around the toilet is stained red. I don't have any red carpets or spilled anything red at all. Not sure what causes it, and I think the area is spreading/getting bigger. There are also areas where it's black, like mold? I tried to use...

Hi everyone, I have a clogged toilet and I am really looking to avoid having anyone come into my house due to the fact I live in a pandemic hotspot. But I'm not very handy. My toilet was completely clogged and plunging only helped a little, allowing it to slowly drain. Any time paper is used...

Gazzam Lake Preserve on Bainbridge Island. Pam and I went to Bainbridge to install a wall-hung toilet and made an adventure out of it. Lunch in a Mexican restaurant, the only ones there on the outside deck, then the installation and then a walk down through the woods to the beach. All this and...

Hello experts, I have done a good amount of bathroom gut and remodel on my own, and I have you folks to thank for some advice received on what I have already done. For example, I replaced my previous tub/shower drain line which was galvanized steel with PVC all on threads that I have read in...

Here are some pictures of a Case 1000 toilet that I removed the other day. No I did not keep any parts from it. Sorry Case 1000 toilet This think was very low to the ground.

Hi all, I have a 2 story house. Had a water leak a few days ago from somewhere on the wall between the laundry room and bathroom. Laundry side has water connection, bathroom side has no water (toilet/sink/shower/tub water sources are on outside wall). Figured it was washing machine's drain...

After flushing, my toilet makes this noise. It stops when the tank is full. I believe the important part of this video is the sound. I don't mind the noise so much, but is this a sign that something is about to break? Thank you.

Bought a house built (poorly) in the 90's. In the master bath, which is on a concrete slab foundation, the toilet has given me issues since moving in. It's an old Proflow 1.2 gal/flush model that was probably the cheap contractor special at the time. Symptoms: - 50% of the time, after...

Hi everyone, Thanks to all who contribute--I learned a lot (especially about turning a main line back on!), even if I didn't find a precise answer to the question I had: Do elevated pin-type moisture meter readings between wood floorboards indicate a leaking toilet? A few weeks ago, the wood...