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One thing that confused me, not being a plumbing professional, was the "mission" coupling. It was not capitalized and I did not realize it was a brand. Initially I thought it was a type of coupling.

Thanks Terry. You are a gift to us unwashed trying to figure these things out. It wasn't easy, but I found a Mission coupling that I think will do the trick.

I contacted Fernco for recommendations and the two couplings they recommended are the unshielded ones that I am using.

Thanks for your comments. I did purchase a riser clamp and support the top section of cast iron (~3 feet) before cutting out the damaged area so that isn't an issue. I believe I would have had to order the mission fittings and my wife was not in a waiting mood with laundry piling up. I have...

I had an 80 year old section of cast iron split down the side. I cut out the section and planned to simply install a section of 4" PVC with no-hub couplings. I read that the proper couplings were those wrapped with metal. I tried to do this, but the cast iron is 4.25" and the PVC is 4.5". When I...