toilet

I had been noticing the "odd smell" for a week or so, when I noticed that there was water puddling by the toilet. Since the shower is only used for visitors, figured the toilet was leaking. So after draining and removing the toilet, I removed the wax ring. Then I found what you see in the...

Ok here goes. I have a 3 story home with a bathroom on each floor and all are above each other which I assume that means they are on a shared drain line and vent stack. I'm having a devil of a time figuring out what the real issue is that's troubling the toilets. I keep thinking I have a venting...

I'm building a house, and I want to solve one of my biggest annoyances in the process - cleaning the cats' litter box. We have planned a laundry room/mud room with a drain in the center (in case of washing machine or sink overflow), and I would like to install a "toilet" for the cats in there...

I used this forum so much a few years ago when we redid our bathroom. I also discovered my favorite toilet ever, the Toto. I'm familiar with the unifit flange having installed one on over a concrete slab 3 years ago. We are going to redo our back bathroom and I need to know if I can install the...

The Glenwall Vormax wallhung by American Standard is a gravity flush with their Vormax technology. Two flappers in the tank to distribute water to the bowl. It's a taller comfort height bowl, about 1.5" higher than their pressure assist Glenwall. Just a few parts to keep track of. :)...

Any advise about this very creative bending of the line to pass the wall. Has anyone seen anything like this before? 1. Can it work? I do not see a vent. 2. Would a "magic vent" work? 3. Would lowering the main line at the point where the toiled line connect, help the slope from the toilet...

Hi! You are all so helpful - thanks in advance! I have a new issue: When the tub/shower/washer drains, the toilet bubbles and gurgles and the water level fluctuates. Today I also noticed that my shower was very slow to drain. We had a lot of rain last and my lawn was like a small lake in one...

Have an American Standard Toilet with a manual Flush valve (6047.161.002) and the wall mounted toilet (3351101.020). Installation is going in a church with a 3/4 inch line, which doesn't quite have enough pressure. Other than a new bowl, my thoughts were an in wall tank might work in the 6 inch...

Just purchasing first home in May and we recently have been having our toilet gurgling & the water backing up into the showers randomly. We snaked out one of the showers and it was just a little bit of hair and it’s still making gurgling noises in the toilets when we wash clothes the toilets...

I love that he and Melinda are so involved in helping people. This is pretty cool.

My wife and I just bought a new to us, home. The toilet in one bathroom had a sloan power assist flush installed originally, it was not working appropriately and was just over all annoying as the flush was super loud and it had developed a leak. I decided I'd remove the power flush and just put...

We are replacing a very large # of toilets at a 2003 built apartment complex. Lines are CPVC. The complication is that we need to replace the existing 1 piece push/pull angle stops because we don't have enough slack in the supply line for the new toilets. It seems like there isn't an ideal...

I am in the midst of a remodel/addition; turning a full bath into 1.5 baths. I’m adding a 3” waste line for the toilet, and mapping out the vent. I was planning on connecting a sink, shower or floor drain, and toilet to a single vent stack, but now see a branch vent might be required. (Note: The...

Hello - I live in a very old home that is full of cast iron and lead bends. As such, I had a number of leaks and plumbing issues in my one bathroom (hence my ceiling) which is located on the second floor of my house. No one was able to repair our issues after many tries. So we decided to gut the...

Hi, I am installing a wall hung toilet in my basement. The existing main stack is several feet away. To install the toilet where I'd like, the toilet drain will need to run horizontal (nominal fall) to the main stack. Question is, will the toilet flush properly with the drain exiting the...

I have always seen the advice to regularly replace the supply lines for faucets and toilets. I actually had a polybutylene pipe burst overnight and woke up to a inch of water in our slab-home. I replaced every supply line in my current home when I moved in 6 years ago. I used the metal...

Hi all, I have always gotten stellar advice from this community, so here goes: For reference: My place is a townhome with a concrete subfloor, built in '79. When I moved in, everything in it was all original. Had a contractor put down new cement tile, and install a new toilet. When he was...

The Gerber Maxwell WS-20-912 toilet with pictures. It looks to have a 3" flush valve and a trapway that around 2". I found this in a new home provided as their builder grade toilet. WS-20-912 Here is the standard 12" rough. I haven't seen this fill valve before, and the flapper is...

I am doing a minor renovation and I changed the pipes for the plumbing. When I spoke to a plumber who happened to be passing by, he said the work was done incorrectly. The 3 inch pipe has a toilet above it. The 2 inch pipe comes from a shower. This is in DC where 2012 ICC plumbing codes...

The Kohler K-3997 and K-4775 seat with pictures. This is a standard height round bowl with a 1.28 GPF tank.