I was replacing a toilet last night and needed something to plug the hole while I was building the rest of it. An old Meh shirt that I’d already overworn to death seemly a fitting way to be retired.
@RiotDemon@therealjrn the HomeDepot store brand, GlacierBay also gets great reviews at around the $95 price point. Although I’ve not bought one. I got a champion 4 although was seriously considering a highline. Honestly if you don’t have flushing issues. Which I’d never seen till I met a guest who used a quarter of a roll of toilet paper. Flushing power is probably fine on most modern toilets and way better than old ones and you don’t need an expensive one.
I would open the box in the parking lot and check for obvious cracks before loading it up. And absolutely check for any glazed over cracks with a strong flashlight from top and bottom before installing anything. Last thing you want is to bolt it all down then it starts leaking.
@callow@therealjrn those are round front toilets. Make sure you know if your want round or elongated. The difference is about 2" farther out. Normally doesn’t matter much unless you have a swinging door that’s really close.
Just… Why. Surely you have an old pair of holy boxers or an actual wrecked shirt around.
Also if you’re prepped and recently flushed the line you don’t even have time to worry about that. You just take the old off, scrape the wax ring, drop the new one with new wax ring. Takes about two minutes. Unless you forgot parts or had a busted flange why bother.
Honestly my gloves from the dollar store smelled way worse and took way longer to air out so I never even
Smelled anything from the toilet.
@unksol It’s not to stop smells from coming up, it us to stop dropped things (parts, dust, etc.) from falling into the open pipe. Which will definitely start an issue down the road.
Oh no. Poor pixel shirt. My favorite
@RiotDemon Mine too. It was in the regular rotation and worn every laundry cycle for a solid 18 months.
lol Good idea for a tagline: “Meh shirts; keeping sewer gases at bay since 2014!”
That’s an old shirt!?
Good lord, I still wear woot! shirts (usually as undershirts), but still…
That is a shitty thing to use a meh shirt for.
Smart use.
I feel bad for the sanitary pipe. What? You couldn’t find a higher class rag to stuff the hole?
I could have used that one for the Meh shirt quilt I’m making some day.
Making me feel bad about still wearing shirts I bought in college 12+ years ago…
@MrIncognedo I still have shirts from high school. You’re fine.
@RiotDemon Phew, thanks for that. I’d say my oldest piece of clothing is a hoodie purchased in 2004.
@MrIncognedo I’ve got you beat. Probably 1997/1998.
@MrIncognedo @RiotDemon
I’ve got a couple t-shirts from mid-late 80s. Only wear them when doing yard work - they could easily be mistaken for rags
@MrIncognedo @RiotDemon i have a lands end sweater from 1988 . I wear it every winter
What toilet did you end up installing @colinlord?
@therealjrn This one: https://www.lowes.com/pd/KOHLER-Highline-Classic-White-WaterSense-Elongated-Chair-Height-2-Piece-Toilet-12-in-Rough-In-Size/3283830
@colinlord That looks nice, I’m toilet shopping but on a budget. I like that it is all complete.
@colinlord @therealjrn I have the Highline in my master. Works great. My guest has the Sterling brand, which is more affordable. Also works fine.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sterling-Windham-White-WaterSense-Elongated-Chair-Height-2-Piece-Toilet-12-in-Rough-In-Size/50034690
@therealjrn at my grandma’s we did the super affordable option:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/AquaSource-Henshaw-White-WaterSense-Elongated-Chair-Height-2-Piece-Toilet-12-in-Rough-In-Size/1000340935
Cheap seat. Doesn’t clean the bowl as well as the others, but it flushes things away.
@RiotDemon Thanks for the ideas!
@therealjrn We replace two toilets with these, I think about $130 each. https://www.americanstandard-us.com/bathroom/toilets/mainstream-right-height-round-front-128-gpf-toilet-21841
My water bill decreased by a third. Love the chair height except when I am at a house that has a lower one and I feel like I’m going to fall.
@RiotDemon @therealjrn the HomeDepot store brand, GlacierBay also gets great reviews at around the $95 price point. Although I’ve not bought one. I got a champion 4 although was seriously considering a highline. Honestly if you don’t have flushing issues. Which I’d never seen till I met a guest who used a quarter of a roll of toilet paper. Flushing power is probably fine on most modern toilets and way better than old ones and you don’t need an expensive one.
I would open the box in the parking lot and check for obvious cracks before loading it up. And absolutely check for any glazed over cracks with a strong flashlight from top and bottom before installing anything. Last thing you want is to bolt it all down then it starts leaking.
@callow @therealjrn those are round front toilets. Make sure you know if your want round or elongated. The difference is about 2" farther out. Normally doesn’t matter much unless you have a swinging door that’s really close.
@RiotDemon Thanks! Both are small bathrooms that had round front toilets with brand new seats that I put on the new ones.
I always wanted a Toto toilet, so I’ve started tweeting Rivers Cuomo to have Weezer make me one.
Just… Why. Surely you have an old pair of holy boxers or an actual wrecked shirt around.
Also if you’re prepped and recently flushed the line you don’t even have time to worry about that. You just take the old off, scrape the wax ring, drop the new one with new wax ring. Takes about two minutes. Unless you forgot parts or had a busted flange why bother.
Honestly my gloves from the dollar store smelled way worse and took way longer to air out so I never even
Smelled anything from the toilet.
@unksol It’s not to stop smells from coming up, it us to stop dropped things (parts, dust, etc.) from falling into the open pipe. Which will definitely start an issue down the road.