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Apollo to Houston: We have a toilet problem.
Emboldened by my vast, bold previous experiences, I embarked upon
another journey into the dark mysterious world of toilets. When I pulled out the old toilet and saw this, I knew that I wasn't meant to explore beyond my own tiny pond of a universe: http://i30.tinypic.com/2mwujqr.jpg (side view) http://i31.tinypic.com/xpphts.jpg (top view) Although I was filled with dread, I threw caution to the winds and placed the new toilet upon the resting place. Alas, my heart sunk when I felt the toilet rocking back and forth. I I looked at the bottom of the new toilet: http://i32.tinypic.com/2djrmrs.jpg I measured the interior depth. About 1/2". Then I measured the old toilet clearance: About 7/8". Oops. How would Joe the Plumber resolve this? Umm, like tonight. Or better yet, right now. |
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Apollo to Houston: We have a toilet problem.
On Sep 13, 6:18*pm, John wrote:
Emboldened by my vast, bold previous experiences, I embarked upon another journey into the dark mysterious world of toilets. When I pulled out the old toilet and saw this, I knew that I wasn't meant to explore beyond my own tiny pond of a universe: http://i30.tinypic.com/2mwujqr.jpg*(side view)http://i31.tinypic.com/xpphts.jpg* *(top view) Although I was filled with dread, I threw caution to the winds and placed the new toilet upon the resting place. Alas, my heart sunk when I felt the toilet rocking back and forth. *I I looked at the bottom of the new toilet: http://i32.tinypic.com/2djrmrs.jpg I measured the interior depth. *About 1/2". *Then I measured the old toilet clearance: *About 7/8". *Oops. How would Joe the Plumber resolve this? *Umm, like tonight. *Or better yet, right now. If running out to lowes or home depot to get a different toilet is not an option... 1) shim around the edges of the toilet to prevent rocking. they actually sell wedges for this. paint sticks or plywood scraps will work for now 2) cut off the old flange and 'slide' in a new one. http://tinyurl.com/q8eepx note that for some reason the 3" slide in is much longer than the 4" ones I think Lowes & HD sell both sizes 3) get a bucket for the time being... Good luck! |
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Apollo to Houston: We had a toilet problem.
Limp Arbor wrote:
On Sep 13, 6:18 pm, John wrote: Emboldened by my vast, bold previous experiences, I embarked upon another journey into the dark mysterious world of toilets. When I pulled out the old toilet and saw this, I knew that I wasn't meant to explore beyond my own tiny pond of a universe: http://i30.tinypic.com/2mwujqr.jpg (side view)http://i31.tinypic.com/xpphts.jpg (top view) Although I was filled with dread, I threw caution to the winds and placed the new toilet upon the resting place. Alas, my heart sunk when I felt the toilet rocking back and forth. I I looked at the bottom of the new toilet: http://i32.tinypic.com/2djrmrs.jpg I measured the interior depth. About 1/2". Then I measured the old toilet clearance: About 7/8". Oops. How would Joe the Plumber resolve this? Umm, like tonight. Or better yet, right now. If running out to lowes or home depot to get a different toilet is not an option... 1) shim around the edges of the toilet to prevent rocking. they actually sell wedges for this. paint sticks or plywood scraps will work for now 2) cut off the old flange and 'slide' in a new one. http://tinyurl.com/q8eepx note that for some reason the 3" slide in is much longer than the 4" ones I think Lowes & HD sell both sizes 3) get a bucket for the time being... Good luck! I didn't receive your post until much later. Here's the solution I came up: In several layers, I put a ton of clear sealant on the bottom of the toilet. I let the sealant firm up for about 4 hours before placing the toilet onto the floor. I used about 3/4 of a tube of sealant to create this gasket. Afterwards, I used the remainder of the tube to fill in the gaps. Here's a picture of the toilet nearly 10 hours later. The glue is still milky since it hasn't cured yet. It'll probably take the rest of the week to cure and become clear. The toilet is now firm and doesn't rock in the least. http://i31.tinypic.com/345bevb.jpg What really ****es me off is that each time I start a project, I find that the builders took every conceivable shortcut imaginable, or they were stupid and or lazy, and the project takes me a few hours extra to complete. Assembling the toilet took less than 20 minutes. All the other crap took hours. |
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Apollo to Houston: We had a toilet problem.
On Sep 14, 7:11*am, John wrote:
Limp Arbor wrote: On Sep 13, 6:18 pm, John wrote: Emboldened by my vast, bold previous experiences, I embarked upon another journey into the dark mysterious world of toilets. When I pulled out the old toilet and saw this, I knew that I wasn't meant to explore beyond my own tiny pond of a universe: http://i30.tinypic.com/2mwujqr.jpg(side view)http://i31.tinypic.com/xpphts.jpg* (top view) Although I was filled with dread, I threw caution to the winds and placed the new toilet upon the resting place. Alas, my heart sunk when I felt the toilet rocking back and forth. *I I looked at the bottom of the new toilet: http://i32.tinypic.com/2djrmrs.jpg I measured the interior depth. *About 1/2". *Then I measured the old toilet clearance: *About 7/8". *Oops. How would Joe the Plumber resolve this? *Umm, like tonight. *Or better yet, right now. If running out to lowes or home depot to get a different toilet is not an option... 1) shim around the edges of the toilet to prevent rocking. * *they actually sell wedges for this. * *paint sticks or plywood scraps will work for now 2) cut off the old flange and 'slide' in a new one. * *http://tinyurl.com/q8eepx * *note that for some reason the 3" slide in is much longer than the 4" ones * *I think Lowes & HD sell both sizes 3) get a bucket for the time being... Good luck! I didn't receive your post until much later. Here's the solution I came up: In several layers, I put a ton of clear sealant on the bottom of the toilet. *I let the sealant firm up for about 4 hours before placing the toilet onto the floor. *I used about 3/4 of a tube of sealant to create this gasket. Afterwards, I used the remainder of the tube to fill in the gaps. Here's a picture of the toilet nearly 10 hours later. *The glue is still milky since it hasn't cured yet. *It'll probably take the rest of the week to cure and become clear. The toilet is now firm and doesn't rock in the least. http://i31.tinypic.com/345bevb.jpg What really ****es me off is that each time I start a project, I find that the builders took every conceivable shortcut imaginable, or they were stupid and or lazy, and the project takes me a few hours extra to complete. *Assembling the toilet took less than 20 minutes. *All the other crap took hours.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - unfortunately your solution has two problems 1 If the wax ring leaks you won't know until the waste water builds up enough to leak below. Don't know if it is correct or not but I always leave the base of the toilet unsealed so if there is a leak I'll know quickly. 2 When that silicone fully cures you'll need dynamite to remove that toilet. |
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Apollo to Houston: We had a toilet problem.
"Limp Arbor" wrote in message ... On Sep 14, 7:11 am, John wrote: Limp Arbor wrote: On Sep 13, 6:18 pm, John wrote: Emboldened by my vast, bold previous experiences, I embarked upon another journey into the dark mysterious world of toilets. When I pulled out the old toilet and saw this, I knew that I wasn't meant to explore beyond my own tiny pond of a universe: http://i30.tinypic.com/2mwujqr.jpg(side view)http://i31.tinypic.com/xpphts.jpg (top view) Although I was filled with dread, I threw caution to the winds and placed the new toilet upon the resting place. Alas, my heart sunk when I felt the toilet rocking back and forth. I I looked at the bottom of the new toilet: http://i32.tinypic.com/2djrmrs.jpg I measured the interior depth. About 1/2". Then I measured the old toilet clearance: About 7/8". Oops. How would Joe the Plumber resolve this? Umm, like tonight. Or better yet, right now. If running out to lowes or home depot to get a different toilet is not an option... 1) shim around the edges of the toilet to prevent rocking. they actually sell wedges for this. paint sticks or plywood scraps will work for now 2) cut off the old flange and 'slide' in a new one. http://tinyurl.com/q8eepx note that for some reason the 3" slide in is much longer than the 4" ones I think Lowes & HD sell both sizes 3) get a bucket for the time being... Good luck! I didn't receive your post until much later. Here's the solution I came up: In several layers, I put a ton of clear sealant on the bottom of the toilet. I let the sealant firm up for about 4 hours before placing the toilet onto the floor. I used about 3/4 of a tube of sealant to create this gasket. Afterwards, I used the remainder of the tube to fill in the gaps. Here's a picture of the toilet nearly 10 hours later. The glue is still milky since it hasn't cured yet. It'll probably take the rest of the week to cure and become clear. The toilet is now firm and doesn't rock in the least. http://i31.tinypic.com/345bevb.jpg What really ****es me off is that each time I start a project, I find that the builders took every conceivable shortcut imaginable, or they were stupid and or lazy, and the project takes me a few hours extra to complete. Assembling the toilet took less than 20 minutes. All the other crap took hours.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - unfortunately your solution has two problems 1 If the wax ring leaks you won't know until the waste water builds up enough to leak below. Don't know if it is correct or not but I always leave the base of the toilet unsealed so if there is a leak I'll know quickly. 2 When that silicone fully cures you'll need dynamite to remove that toilet. ---- a razor knife will cut through that pretty quickly. cleaning up the floor to replace it won't be very easy, as nothing, including itself, will stick to the cured silicone. |
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Apollo to Houston: We had a toilet problem.
On Sep 14, 6:11*am, John wrote:
Limp Arbor wrote: On Sep 13, 6:18 pm, John wrote: Emboldened by my vast, bold previous experiences, I embarked upon another journey into the dark mysterious world of toilets. When I pulled out the old toilet and saw this, I knew that I wasn't meant to explore beyond my own tiny pond of a universe: http://i30.tinypic.com/2mwujqr.jpg(side view)http://i31.tinypic.com/xpphts.jpg* (top view) Although I was filled with dread, I threw caution to the winds and placed the new toilet upon the resting place. Alas, my heart sunk when I felt the toilet rocking back and forth. *I I looked at the bottom of the new toilet: http://i32.tinypic.com/2djrmrs.jpg I measured the interior depth. *About 1/2". *Then I measured the old toilet clearance: *About 7/8". *Oops. How would Joe the Plumber resolve this? *Umm, like tonight. *Or better yet, right now. If running out to lowes or home depot to get a different toilet is not an option... 1) shim around the edges of the toilet to prevent rocking. * *they actually sell wedges for this. * *paint sticks or plywood scraps will work for now 2) cut off the old flange and 'slide' in a new one. * *http://tinyurl.com/q8eepx * *note that for some reason the 3" slide in is much longer than the 4" ones * *I think Lowes & HD sell both sizes 3) get a bucket for the time being... Good luck! I didn't receive your post until much later. Here's the solution I came up: In several layers, I put a ton of clear sealant on the bottom of the toilet. *I let the sealant firm up for about 4 hours before placing the toilet onto the floor. *I used about 3/4 of a tube of sealant to create this gasket. Afterwards, I used the remainder of the tube to fill in the gaps. Here's a picture of the toilet nearly 10 hours later. *The glue is still milky since it hasn't cured yet. *It'll probably take the rest of the week to cure and become clear. The toilet is now firm and doesn't rock in the least. http://i31.tinypic.com/345bevb.jpg What really ****es me off is that each time I start a project, I find that the builders took every conceivable shortcut imaginable, or they were stupid and or lazy, and the project takes me a few hours extra to complete. *Assembling the toilet took less than 20 minutes. *All the other crap took hours.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You don't mention putting a new wax ring on the bottom of the toilet or on the top of the flange, If it leaks, you'll never know until the floor rots out or the odor becomes unmisteakable. |
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Apollo to Houston: We had a toilet problem.
John wrote:
Tony wrote: hr(bob) wrote: On Sep 14, 6:11 am, John wrote: Limp Arbor wrote: On Sep 13, 6:18 pm, John wrote: Emboldened by my vast, bold previous experiences, I embarked upon another journey into the dark mysterious world of toilets. When I pulled out the old toilet and saw this, I knew that I wasn't meant to explore beyond my own tiny pond of a universe: http://i30.tinypic.com/2mwujqr.jpg(side view)http://i31.tinypic.com/xpphts.jpg (top view) Although I was filled with dread, I threw caution to the winds and placed the new toilet upon the resting place. Alas, my heart sunk when I felt the toilet rocking back and forth. I I looked at the bottom of the new toilet: http://i32.tinypic.com/2djrmrs.jpg I measured the interior depth. About 1/2". Then I measured the old toilet clearance: About 7/8". Oops. How would Joe the Plumber resolve this? Umm, like tonight. Or better yet, right now. If running out to lowes or home depot to get a different toilet is not an option... 1) shim around the edges of the toilet to prevent rocking. they actually sell wedges for this. paint sticks or plywood scraps will work for now 2) cut off the old flange and 'slide' in a new one. http://tinyurl.com/q8eepx note that for some reason the 3" slide in is much longer than the 4" ones I think Lowes & HD sell both sizes 3) get a bucket for the time being... Good luck! I didn't receive your post until much later. Here's the solution I came up: In several layers, I put a ton of clear sealant on the bottom of the toilet. I let the sealant firm up for about 4 hours before placing the toilet onto the floor. I used about 3/4 of a tube of sealant to create this gasket. Afterwards, I used the remainder of the tube to fill in the gaps. Here's a picture of the toilet nearly 10 hours later. The glue is still milky since it hasn't cured yet. It'll probably take the rest of the week to cure and become clear. The toilet is now firm and doesn't rock in the least. http://i31.tinypic.com/345bevb.jpg What really ****es me off is that each time I start a project, I find that the builders took every conceivable shortcut imaginable, or they were stupid and or lazy, and the project takes me a few hours extra to complete. Assembling the toilet took less than 20 minutes. All the other crap took hours.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You don't mention putting a new wax ring on the bottom of the toilet or on the top of the flange, If it leaks, you'll never know until the floor rots out or the odor becomes unmisteakable. On my recently installed American Standard "Champion 4" the instructions tell you to caulk around the base after it is mounted. It looks nice. I'm sorry to say but all that silicone looks like crap. I agree. The silicone does look crap. Especially, when you're looking at it from at it on your hands and knees and photographing it with a very high-resolution camera and a flash unit. At eye-level, one would have to point out the silicone to even notice it. http://i36.tinypic.com/2gy3fnn.jpg You are correct. I probably wouldn't be 100% happy, but if I ran into the same problem I just may have done the same thing. For some reason a thought just came to mind. Make stencil like, wooden spacer out of 1/4" Luan. Maybe 2 thickness'. Or one thickness of wood with much less silicone. But of course this would have required a trip to the borg the next day. I do agree the pics from a standing view look much nicer and I may not have noticed it right away either. Glad you got it installed and your toilet doesn't double as a rocking chair! |
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