I’m Joe Schmidt with Home Remodel Workshop. Today were going to show you how to get that toilet installed.
In this situation where the flange is actually sitting on top of the finish surface, you want just a standard wax ring in standard length John bolts. In this circumstance where the flange itself is actually below the finish flow surface, you’re going to want to get yourself and extended wax ring and longer bolts. As you can see this wax ring is much thicker than the standard wax ring. I personally like the John bolts that have the extra washer built on to it. It helps the bolts stand up very easily. Youll notice the head of this bolt clipped square. They fit down into this square slot on your flange and just slide them in.
Now you’re ready to apply your wax ring to the flange. There is a flat side on the wax ring, it goes down against the flange taper side up. Just apply the wax to the flange, center the wax and bolts over the opening and you’re ready to go.
Now set the toilet onto the flange. Pick up the toilet and carefully line up your bolts with the openings in the bottom of the toilet and once you get both bolts through press down evenly and wont mess the wax ring. When you’re setting you’re toilet you want to press straight down, keep an even pressure on your wax gasket. This is the connection to your plumbing system and it needs to be airtight watertight. Do not rock back and forth or front to back or you’ll end up with a leaky seal which could lead sure gases in your house or water on your floor.
Now, were ready to bolt the toilet down to the flange. First you want to take your cap washer place it over your bolt then the metal washer goes over that. Keep in mind on this cap washer there isnt up and down side on them and sometime its hard to tell. Go ahead and take your nut, thread it onto your bolt. Now, that your bolts are finger tight, go ahead and alternate your wrench from side to side to tighten both sides of the toilet evenly.
Now I’m ready to cut off the toilet bolts so the cap will fit over the nut and the washer. I take a hacksaw that I wrapped with a little duck tape. Now you can use a mini hacksaw if you’re more comfortable with that and basically you just start sawing the bolt off right above the nut. And once you get it broken off, you take your cap and you give it a firm wrap and its on.
For connecting up your toilet I would use one of these flexible waterlines, unless you have some experience with bending rigid plumbing supply lines you’re better off with these, theyre braided metal, they come in various sizes and its easy to connect.
And there you go put the toilet sit on it and this one is ready to get to work. Oh yeah and dont forget to subscribe. Thanks.
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Guy Hayes – ‘Georgie’ (Trad) Guest appearance 07/04/14.
The Brighton Acoustic Folk Music Session
Now at the Prince Albert, 48 Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Sussex on the first Monday of the month.
Given that there is no PA setup, most of the regular performers have a folk / bluegrass / country background, whether performing traditional or original material.
Admission is free – with collection.
https://www.brightonacoustic.com/
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Nerdy Videography Rant:
Why do I bother? Well, I am working towards learning ultra-portable videography /archiving on a tight budget and there is no substitute for doing!
I recorded 24 times PAL WVGA = 480p, 30 frames per second videos because they upload in the real world (not fast, industry web-connection speeds), also that is the maximum frame rate for free YouTube accounts. 1 of 16 videos! If each video takes 14 minutes to upload then I spend 224 minutes, or 3.7 hours just doing that for free! That does not include editing videos and writing / corresponding and updating comments etc.
The stereo microphone needs to be nearer and in-between the performers to get a better sound, where the lead is likely to get yanked and the stands knocked over, equipment wrecked, etc! Should I have looked for a microphone stand and used a stereo 3.5 mm extension lead? The +20dB boost on the microphone distorts slightly on the double bass and adds background noise. The tripod stand is microphonic, picking up the stereo downstairs through the floorboards (I need to isolate that)! I was slightly too near and too far to the side to get a good viewing angle on the banjo type instrument and could not zoom out more.
N.B. Piss poor lighting… worse than last time… I am glad I brought two LED lights. I used a 05 heat resistant rose filter on the 9W Cool White LED COB G10 Bulb, (my first experimental use of new, not too hot, budget technology from toolstation.com). It was mounted on the flash bar. Perhaps, I should have used a matt white disco diffuser too (see shiny scalp), that might melt though (probably OK in front of bulb)! Dazzling annoys the performers. Maybe, I shall try illuminating the side wall drape indigo/blue (behind the performers another time) as black is rather dull!
The stage lighting would not swivel (the venue needs loose, nylon insert ‘locking nuts’ from Namrick Portland Rd and also to loosen the bolts to allow lamp tilt… use ‘nylon washers’)! I could not see a stepladder to enable adjustment either… (can nobody be bothered to do stage lighting these days)?
I wish that someone was there to volunteer to set up lights… push a few faders, learn very gradual, laid-back DMX mixer wash-lighting with permission! …A regular punter or Music Technology or BIMM student for course credits?
Blow cool white! …I want to try warm, golden/rose lighting again… to give a slight sun-tan feel and a contrasting cool-blue background! It means trouble… adrenalin makes the ‘macho man’ kick-in… some performers don’t like generic A36 Pink stage wash!
Regards…
‘His Nibbs’