NEVER, I Mean NEVER Contract Anything With Home Depot !

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buy me a plane ticket, it might be cheaper lol


I will actually be back in sac for the next 2 weeks for a project... I f....k hate it.

[tombogan03884]

"Illegal Mexican toilets" Ain't ya glad you live in a FREE country ?
This is why Hillary , Soros, and Bloomberg keep pushing gun control. If you will tolerate being told how much water you're ALLOWED to flush a turd , you'll tolerate pretty much any thing.

[billt]

"Illegal Mexican toilets" Ain't ya glad you live in a FREE country ?
This is why Hillary , Soros, and Bloomberg keep pushing gun control. If you will tolerate being told how much water you're ALLOWED to flush a turd , you'll tolerate pretty much any thing.

The bulk of the people not only are stupid enough to tolerate it, they welcome it with open arms. Look at this Orlando ass wipe. He should have been caught because he was Muslim. Instead he got away with it because he was. Law enforcement is forced by political correctness to back off from these people. If this guy waved anymore red flags, he would have blinded people. This whole country is completely ass backwards. What time is Obama teeing off today?

[billt]

So the plumber showed up this morning, took a look and said, no how, no way. I need a 10" toilet, and there is no way a 12" will fit. He said he could "make it fit", but that would involve moving the drain. He said that would make a mess, and cost around $650.00.

So I took the toilet back to Home Depot and got a refund. Then I called a local plumbing supply place here in town, and ordered a nice American Standard 10" toilet for almost the same price. It will be here by 10:00 AM tomorrow. The saga continues.

[Timothy]

You'll be happier with the quality of American Standard over the HD brand.  I've always used American Standand or Koehler.

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[Solus]

While we wait......

Does anyone know where the slang name of "Crapper" for toilets originated?

There is some myth involved here, but there is also fact.

[Big Frank]

Thomas Crapper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper

[billt]

And finally.................... IT'S DONE! The plumbing supply store called me yesterday morning and told me my 10" rough in toilet had arrived. So I went and picked it up. An hour later the plumber stopped by and installed it. It fit perfectly. So... 8 long days after this fiasco started, it's all finally finished. Both bathrooms really look nice. New tile floors, and both with nice new toilets, supply lines, and valves.... This is what I learned from all of this, that may help you guys who are ever going to attempt bathroom improvements:

Helpful Hint #1.) Always measure your toilet drain from the wall to centerline of the pipe, immediately after removing your old toilet, and before ordering any new ones. You, like me, may require a 10" rough in toilet.

Helpful Hint #2.) Always buy the extra tall wax sealing ring with the rubber flange poured into it. They're just a couple of bucks more, and seal much better.

THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT:

https://www.ebarnett.com/Sku/191170?CID=Shop_Barnett_THD500_PP_1_ALL_C&CAWELAID=120259710000003141&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=27472108846&CATCI=pla-174369358846&gclid=Cj0KEQjw-YO7BRDwi6Stp7T296ABEiQAD6iWMSgaMrafCCNU_8RDPO6N4NACtiO-dV9TUkUH8cU4yxQaAmR_8P8HAQ

NOT THIS:

http://www.supplyhouse.com/Hercules-90210-Johni-Ring-Wax-Toilet-Gasket-Waste-Lines-Standard-Size-for-3-or-4-Waste-Lines?gclid=Cj0KEQjw-YO7BRDwi6Stp7T296ABEiQAD6iWMfMs2Lp2Gp65-hCmKGBcjHR7kFNQd_s-BaMQi7T_IgwaAmF28P8HAQ

Helpful Hint #3). Buy a pair of SHORT toilet mounting bolts. The ones they give you with the toilet are usually way too tall, because they don't know what kind of flooring situation you have going on. 99% of the time the studs will be too long, and the caps won't sit right. They'll spin around on the top of the studs and look stupid. If you can't find short studs, you need to go with tall caps, which are not easy to find, let alone find them in colors, (I needed Almond or Biscuit color).

You don't want to have to cut off the bolts because they're a PITA to get to, and you'll have limited access to cut them off without getting a charley horse. And it's very easy to scratch up your nice, brand new toilet. So it's tall caps or short bolts. Measure beforehand and see what you'll need. And buy them in Stainless Steel, not brass. Many times the bolts look to be made of solid brass. But most are just brass plated, and will easily corrode over time. Go by price. Stainless Steel bolts will cost over triple what the brass plated one's sell for.

Helpful Hint #4). No matter how nice or expensive of a toilet you buy, it's all but guaranteed they'll package it with the most cheap $h!t, plastic toilet seat they can possibly find. Every aftermarket toilet seat I've ever purchased, regardless of price, will slide around on the top of the bowl. This regardless of how much you try to tighten the cheap plastic bolts all are provided with.

I finally found a solution. Buy a Bemis "Slow Close / Stay Tight" toilet seat. They're $40.00, but are worth every penny. They have a patented bolt system that centers the bolt at both the top and the bottom, in the oversize porcelain holes all toilets have. The nuts they give you with it are almost 2" inches long. And are easy to tighten when you're working all but upside down, trying at the same time to get a wrench on them. After you snug them up, the seat will NOT slide around. And they stay tight. As the name say's, they have a nice hinge system, that gently closes both the seat and the lid so they'll never slam down on the bowl. This is the seat. They come in both round and elongated, in most any color. Both of mine match perfectly.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/BEMIS-Slow-Close-STA-TITE-Elongated-Closed-Front-Toilet-Seat-in-Bone-1201SLOW-006/205003588

Let's face it. We're all men here. And there are some things in a man's life that we want to go smoothly. Taking a crap is one of them. What I've outlined here will help assure that for generations to come.

 

[billt]

There is one other thing I would add that really saved my ass. This is the toilet supply valve I installed on both of my bathrooms.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/BrassCraft-1-2-in-Nominal-Compression-Inlet-x-3-8-in-O-D-Compression-Outlet-1-4-Turn-Angle-Valve-G2CR19X-C1/202047059

Here is the real beauty in this particular valve. It's solid brass, quarter turn, full on / full off. The best part is if you have 1/2" copper compression fitting supply, you can use the existing nut and compression ring that will remain after you remove the old valve. The threads are standard and match most older valves used in the last 20 years or so.

This is important, especially if you run into a situation like I had, where I did not have enough pipe sticking out of the wall, to cut off and run a new compression fitting without sweating on an extension, which is a PITA. All I did was clean the existing pipe and compression ring with some steel wool. Then I cleaned off everything well with some acetone, (nail polish remover). Then for good measure I wrapped a few layers of Teflon Tape around the compression ring, and greased the threads on the old nut. (You can't get the old nut off without cutting the old compression ring off).

I then simply threaded on the new valve. Snugged it up good and tight, and that was it. Nice new valve all ready to go. This valve shows a compression fitting to the supply line. But if you use the Stainless Steel braided supply lines, they'll thread right on, no problem and no leaks. This is the supply line I used. They come in a slew of different lengths.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Homewerks-Worldwide-3-8-in-OD-x-7-8-in-BC-x-20-in-Toilet-Supply-Line-Braided-Stainless-Steel-7233-20-38-2/203082393

[Timothy]

In my decades of doing this stuff I've learned to avoid buying cheap parts.  Find a good plumbing supply house and bring coffee and gut bombs.  Get to know them well...

All good info, Bill!  Thanks.