I ran into a situation where someone had installed a toilet with a 15-inch offset from the finished rear wall of a bathroom. The typical offset is 12-inches for most residential toilets. As a result, there was a full 4-inches behind the toilet, making it look like it was trying to participate in the activities of the bathroom rather than sit quietly until needed. While this would seem to be a hopeless situation - I mean who wants to completely remove and cut out a new toilet drain hole? - there is a way to make it right. Shop at your local home improvement store or neighborhood hardware store and you'll find a device called a toilet offset flange. This product is designed to give you approximately 2-inches of extra distance in any direction from the existing toilet sewage pipe.
Replacing a toilet can seem like a daunting task, but it's really not all that difficult if you follow a few basic steps and understand the big picture. At some point nearly every homeowner is faced with some kind of toilet task - whether fixing a leak or replacing an entire fixture with a new model. This can be for any reason - from purely cosmetic to replacing a toilet that has cracked or is beyond repair. In either case the process takes less than an hour if you have everything you need. Double that if you need to run to the store in the middle somewhere because you forgot something.
Do you have to run your faucet in the morning for a few minutes before you get hot water? Those days can be over with the low cost and simple install of the Watts 500800 Hot Water Recirculation System. This system is well suited for existing homes where it is nearly impossible to run a new hot water recirculation pipe.
