Absolutely replace the wax ring. I would suggest having a set of bolts ready for replacing the ones that hold the stool down. They can very easly get jacked up during the removal process. If this is in a basement on concrete floors you probably have a flange which the carriage type bolts fit into and the nuts are on top. If it is a wood floor they might be wood screw style or they may be the flange type. If in doubt it might be wise to have both on hand and return the unneeded kind. I think some kints have both in them. I hope the metal detecter works hopefully it isn't too deep that it willl not sense the snake. It sounds like you have a good plan. Ron ps. I hope your husband is a young man because he can't last long at those kind of working hours. Been there, no fun. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jennifer Jackson To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 12:51 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] plumbing question and update
Ok, my husband is finally going to go after the plumbing problem again. I do want to mention that the man does work two jobs and while he finally told the second job that he could really only work 15 to 20 hours a week, it was just in time because his primary job piled on a new project and he is putting in a bunch of extra hours. So once he has worked and all the travel time involved with that, met his basic needs, and spent a little face time with his kids, he has really more than used up his week. I just did not want you all to think my honey is a lazy bum, as he is really a good guy. :) So, first my question. They are going to take off the toilet and run the heavy duty snake that way tomorrow morning. Will we need to replace the wax seal or anything like that, or will it come off and all go back on if everything goes right? The second plan if this does not fix the problem is to use the snake down the line and a metal detector to find the line. A very clever idea given to us by a friend who used to work as a plumber many years ago. Because we have interesting friends, we have one coming over with his metal detector, but we are renting the snake. :) Our friend with the snake is also coming with a heavy duty ladder and they are prepared to go on the roof and clean the vent if needed. So, I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping. I will let you guys know how it goes, but I thought you all might find the snake and metal detector idea interesting too. Jennifer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
