Friday, May 8, 2020

Yes it was a crappy job

Got home from work today and found water all over the hall bath floor.  Quick inspection revealed the tank bolts were rusted and leaking there. As fate would have it, I actually had a tank repair kit in the garage, so no problem right? The first bolt was so rusted that it snapped as I was trying to take it out. No luck on number 2. Rusted solid, the wrench spun around on the nut and now it's more round than hex. Trying to grab the bolt and nut with 2 vice grips while lying on my side wedged between the bowl and tub. I moved wrong or something because next thing I know the bowl lifted up and I snapped the floor flange, (PVC flange).  OK so I just lifted the whole thing up and broke the other side. Cool!  Now I can get the sawsall to the bolt. Bolt cuts off easily, tank goes back together and I'm off to Lowes. They do sell a neat 2 piece stainless steel repair flange. Back home, got out the oscillating saw and cut off the rest of the PVC flange, drilled and installed the stainless flange with some tapcons and the toilet is back together. For the wax ring, flange and tapcons I spent about $20, and about 2 hours. Thankful for the skills and instruction from my dad to do these things. It was still a crappy job.