Recent content by riftsawn

I am a woodworker, so naturally I use what tools I already have around. Anyway I use a japanese cross cut saw in those situations. They are very thin, flexable, and cut on the pull stroke. They cut through PVC like you wouldn't believe and I have never had one chipout the pvc like a sawzall...

Any suggestions on working with it? Will one type of wax ring work better than another? And just out of curosity how would you plumb the riser under a slab installation like that without bending the waste line? I guess you could use two street forty five's that were slightly offset but I...

I've been downstairs looking at it and came up with some usefull informaion ... I determined that there is at least 1/8 of space between the top of the flange and the bottom of the toilet. By putting a piece of 1/8 shim stock ontop of the high side of the flange and there was no rocking. When I...

I am working on finishing my basement bath (concrete floor) and I set the closet flange today (PVC with a stainless steel ring). The problem is that the flange does not sit perfectly flat on the floor, it is flush in the front but the back is raised up about 3/16 of an inch (it is however level...

Thanks for the quick reply, I was thinking that seasonal movement of the slab would be a problem... but if the slab is going to move the bedding right under it is too. Sounds like installing the flange is going to be a non-issue, especially seince I can use the metal ring flange. I've had bad...

Good morning to ya. I have been frequenting your forum for a while now and I have found a wealth if information here. For the first time in probably a year I have actually encountered a problem that I couldn't find a post that already covered my question! So here it is. I am finishing my...