The toilet, continued

s it turns out, the new $16 replacement flange would not fit in our pipe. Despite the Home Depot guy insisting that it would, not all 4" pipes are created equal. So, that's going back to H.D. along with the CFL dimmer bulb that not only dims, but flickers.

Here's a shot of the "SuperRing" installed over the old cast iron ring. See those little half-round tabs around the circumference? Those are the reason why this solution wouldn't work. A spanner flange would have worked, too. Hindsight is 20/20 of course, and we finally ended up going with what we should have done in the first place.

I removed the "new" superflange and today, we got the broken bolt drilled out and a new one installed. It took some wire and JB Weld, but it should be good to go. I also took the opportunity to steam clean the surfaces around the back of the throne, and while the rust didn't want to budge, I'm not too worried about it. As soon as I find a replacement (low profile) vent cover in the appropriate size, I'll pull that rusty old thing out and refinish it and hopefully place it over the new one. It's pretty, but one does freeze their ass off sitting in that corner.

Going to set the toilet tomorrow afternoon, and hopefully we'll be flushing upstairs now, too!