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    Noisey Pipes and rattling?...

    "Turbulence" is a good word! That sort of sounds like an accurate description. What should my Max water pressure be at for my house?! Funny thing is that I get more noise from the sinks and tub, but the shower and toilets are relatively quiet.
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    Noisey Pipes and rattling?...

    I don't see a pressure reducer in the house. In our part of the country (Aurora, CO), the meter and service shut off is out at the street, and then there is a main shut off for the house in the basement. I don't believe I've seen a reducer after the main shut off. The other sound isn't the...
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    Noisey Pipes and rattling?...

    Our house was built in the 1980s, but we bought it in 2003. I didn't notice it at the time of purchase, but over the passed few years the pipes seems to be really noisey. It's hard to explain, but the sound is that of really loud rushing water. A deep hissing sound. Like if you went "SHHHHHHHH"...
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    Water level in toilet bowl

    Thanks for the info guys!! I will try and pour more water into the bowl and see if the level comes up. The hose that fills the overflow tube in in great shape and not kinked so it's either the way the toilet is manufactured or the fill level needs to be increased to allow more water to flow...
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    Water level in toilet bowl

    So it's a new low flow toilet thing? The other toilets in our house are from the 80s, and I'm used to seeing a water level that is about half way up the bowl, and on this new toilet it only a couple of inches over the outlet.
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    Water level in toilet bowl

    So , I finally got the toilet installed and seems to work great, BUT The level of the water in the bowl seems a little low. I was wondering if any knew how to raise the water level in the bowl of the toilet. Thanks Sean
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    Basment Toilet - New Construction

    I forget the name of it off the top of my head (I'm at work), but I will take a picture of the box when I get home. I know I picked it up from Lowes over in the sticky vinyl tile area.
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    Basment Toilet - New Construction

    It's really looking that way!! Nothing has been easy with this project. I was really hoping that one thing would be easy. Sean
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    Basment Toilet - New Construction

    Actually it's not real hard wood! It's a vinyl floor that looks like hard wood! It comes in 4"x36" strips that you lay like a wood floor, but just stick to the concrete/subfloor. It carries through my basement into the lounge.
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    Basment Toilet - New Construction

    So, the censensis is to chisel out the concrete around the drain?! Also an inside mount on a 3" drain is frowned upon?! Thanks guys! Sean
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    Basment Toilet - New Construction

    jadnashua... Yes, I have already laid a vinyl sticky tile flooring down on the floor. markts30... I like your idea, but I'm not sure I want to do that with the room almost done. I'd sure like a flange that had a metal ring and an ABS middle to bond to the inside of a 3" pipe. If...
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    Basment Toilet - New Construction

    There is what looks like tar paper wrapped around the pipe now, but there would be no way that there would be enough space between it and the pipe to get an "outside" fitting. On another note, should I be looking at a metal flange with an ABS fitting?! Thanks for the help Sean
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    Basment Toilet - New Construction

    SO I'm installing a bathroom in my basement and I'm at the portion of installing the toilet. We have a slab basement floor, and the builder (1980s) left about 9" of 3†ABS pipe sticking out of the concrete where the toilet should go. My question is on the flange. Please tell me if I’m wrong...
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