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I finally got the toilet set and no leaks. Well, had 1 leak at the tank to bowl bolts because they were too loose. Fine now. I used an air hammer to break up some of the inner cement in order to pour new 80lb bag. I covered the pipe that had the lead sleeve in it with a scrap piece of 4" pvc. I...

How to tie PVC into Cast Iron hub Is this what I should be doing to my existing hub? Is mine an Oakham joint?

Shoot. Maybe i'm TOO much of a novice to handle this. I can't do oakham joints.

The only lead i've seen is this sleeve that was inside the 4" pipe. Do I have an Oakham joint?

Appreciation goes to this fine forum, and its' participants. I like the 887-GPM option. Too many options, and I get in analysis paralysis. I just need to figure out the pouring of cement/mortar around the flange area. I agree, it has evolved from hokey to not-as-hokey. As long as I am doing the...

1. I guess that's my problem. I don't have a planned new floor surface. I'll have to come up with something. 2. It stays straight 4" from the top of the pipe.

From top of my pipe, to top of broken cement is 2". That would have me pour 1 5/8" of cement around the tail and surrounding area? leaving 3/8" free up to the flange? Or am I calculating that wrong?

The adapter is a LESSO 4"x3" DWV S&D Adapter Coupling LP117X - 422B After the lead was removed, the ID of the pipe is 4". The OD of the PVC adapter looks more like 3 15/16", but would take gentle tapping to get it in the pipe. A long-tail spigot closet flange looks good but would need to fit a...

What would make it water tight?

I've removed some cement. My goal is the remove the smaller piece of cement altogether then put the bigger piece back in. The two pvc pieces fit in the metal piece perfect. I'll glue the flange to the pvc coupler/riser, whatever it's called. make sure the flange is level, build a form and pour...

I have LOTS of experience with battery backups in Enterprise level companies

Do you have the APC software installed on the computer? It's needed to initiate the computer shutdown when the battery backup takes over supplying power in the case of a mains power outage. Without the software, the APC will keep the computer powered on as long as it can. If the batteries in the...

Thanks John, I'm on that as we speak. This doesn't take too long, but I'm trying not to damage the cast piece since it's crusty and might crack to pieces.

Thanks for the part numbers, Reach4. I bought some things while at my local hardware store, if that doesn't work then I'll make the hour drive to a plumbing supply store tomorrow am. I got a flange, a extension that fits inside the cast, quikrete, flange bolts, wax ring with horn, wax ring...

What is this? It is very flexible, must be lead, but what function does it serve? Packing? Liner? The CI is a little crusty, but intact. I'm thinking that I should just remove the lead, and install a CI "collar" or extension piece, then the toilet flange, and remove all the immediate broken...