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Ok, then I will plan to wait for a 40% off sale for the HF set. Thanks!

I actually have the Astra nano sockets, but figured thought the offset ratcheting wrenches would be lower clearance. I did not know about the olsa retainers...is that item on Amazon?

Hey everyone. I'm trying to see if a lower cost option exists for offset flexhead, box end ratcheting wrenches. There is an Icon set at Harbor Freight for $230 and two VIM Tools sets that come out to about $240 combined (2 sets in order to cover the size range), but both of these are way over my...

I have yet to see the missing chunk, and I also was thinking it must have been missing for a while. It does appear the leak was happening for a while, but the toilet has been there for about 2 years.

Actually, I never saw I crack, I only saw the chunk of porcelain missing, so I'm not sure how that chunk even came off.

FullRaceMerc, thanks for the many great tips there!

Thanks again everyone for the great feedback. I poured 3-4 gallons of water down the drain to make sure it drained quickly without any slowing (also did this at the drain waste vent/cleanout), and the water did not back up at all. After checking that first, I finally discovered the issue as I...

I'll check the toilet for a possible crack in it. The busted pipes from a past freeze was from 3 years ago, after which we replaced the PVC water lines with pex. Then the next winter we kept the water trickled, and one day I went in there to check on it and the water had frozen in the sink, yet...

The toilet drain pipe comes out from under the crawlspace, and the vent pipe is coming up from a Y, just before the drain pipe goes into the ground, so I can remove the vent pipe and clean out at that Y.

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I will try pouring 3 gallons of water directly down the drain to check for a clog, and I'll be checking the vent pipe as well. Also, if I do have a clogged drain, what would be the best way to unclog it without having the toilet seated?

FrankLee, the drain is vented, but crudely, since this is basically a glorified shed building, so the vent is just a 4" pvc pipe that rises up 5-6 ft on the back side of the building on the way to the septic system. There is no covering over the top of the vent, so it is possible that it could...

Wow, the responses are coming in quick. You guys are amazing!! Each time I have replaced the wax ring (3x at this point), I fill and flush the toilet to re-test it, and it flushes completely normal, so there does not seem to be a clog. rlitman, I will try the Fluidmaster Better Than Wax seal...

Hey FrankLee. It is a wood-framed building sitting up on blocks, so it has a crawlspace. It has metal siding, so it's basically a nice "shed" building. I mis-called it a "ring with a flange" in my original post, but it was a cone wax ring that I used the first time. I later read that if the...

Hey everyone. I'm not sure if this particular forum is okay for this question, but I did not find a more suitable one. I have a small, fully finished, wood framed "shed" type of building that is used as a guest house. It has a plywood subfloor and thin faux wood flooring. I discovered that the...

I will try that, thanks PCustoms!

Thanks, Shiftless.

PCustoms, you're correct, they are face frame cabinets. The front edge of the slide is flush to the front edge of the faceframe, and I'm using a spacer strip at the rear of the slide to fill the gap to mount slide inside the cabinet, since the faceframe off-sets the slide inward. This is working...

Hey everyone, I've got a drawer slide issue that I thought the woodworkers in the forum would know the most about. I replaced all the 30 year old metal slides in my kitchen will all new soft close/self close slides, and all of them are working fine EXCEPT for one bank of 3 drawers. There is one...