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Thanks Terry. The house was built 10 years ago. This is the first issue with the shower, so the drain is what was installed when we had the house built. There are 3 other showers with similar (looking) drains. I was guessing that the nails were some sort of flashing (they are fairly think...

Hi all. Our master shower leaks slightly -- a few drips, but the drips still materialize a day or two after it was last used. The drip is immediately surrounding the drain. Fortuitously right above a ceiling speaker, so above and below pictures attached. Marble tile floor, over full copper...

Evidently, despite what the old static KAR Labs website says, the new owner has not taken up the mail order water testing. Anyone have other options? I had KAR test our water before and after the water treatment equipment every year, which was easy to swallow at $55 each from KAR. It appears...

Thanks. You hit on the issue I am concerned about -- namely that sending the hot water backwards through the orifice on the shutoff valve will act like a nozzle and kill the water pressure. There are shut off valves on the hot and cold sides of the h/w indirect, so I can easily take that out...

Hi all. I live in small condominium in New York City that evidently had a small gas leak in the basement. The gas company came and shut off the gas to the entire building. We have individual gas fired boilers and indirect hot water heaters in each apartment. The long and short of it is that...

Wanted to report back and convey a big thanks for the advice. I only had time for one toilet this weekend. The good news is that it was a breeze to remove the old wax ring. It came nowhere close to touching the Unifit, and was not deformed in any way. :mad: It was basically flush with the...

thanks again. I have seen a Toto install kit and it looks to me like their wax ring is relatively small. I will pick up some rings, no horn. The flange should be flush to the tile surface as this is a brand new renovation, but we shall see. I will report back once I pull the toilet.

Thanks all. Very much appreciated. I assume there is nothing special about the Toto wax seal? Horn or no horn on wax seal?

I am a fan of Toto toilets, and have 8 of them in two houses. But following a renovation, we have a serious sewer smell from two toilets, an Ultamax and an Aimes. We had a number of issues with this contractor, and I suspect a defective install. The renovation was two years ago -- the sewer...

Thanks very much wjcandee. We had given some thought to the Neorest, but as best I can tell only the new one, which retails over $6K, is an ADA height or even "comfort" height toilet. Am I correct? I am rather tall and not getting younger, and having installed ADA toilets in our last...

Looking at acquiring toilets for a Manhattan loft renovation. Initially we were going with wall mounts, but that plan has been scrapped. We want some funky, contemporary toilets for at least one or two of the bathrooms. We are thinking of the Toto Ryohan. Anyone have one/seen it in person...