Carol Shenkenberger wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
 CS> replace the toilet over it.  Best to have some corkwood about 
 CS> if you replace the toilt too, as that will make a neat leveling 
 CS> material that will grow with the house as it shifts.  Seals 
 CS> normally last 10 years.  Many folks end up spending 200$ for a 
 CS> plumber plus the cost of a new toilet unit for what is actually 
 CS> a 2$ job and about 4 hours work for a *first timer at it*.
RJT> I did have to do that job,  once.  I ended up using a rubber 
RJT> seal rather than the wax ones,  but didn't know about the cork. 
RJT> Had lots of fun with that place,  it was a mobile home which 
RJT> had been set up after thanksgiving,  and had no skirting on it 
RJT> when things got real cold.
 CS> Wince.  Ways to help with that.  The cork for example mostly 
 CS> makes the seat fit well, rather than rock.  
Which it *did* tend to do after the job was done...
I'll remember that tip.
 CS> The rubber gasket about the toilet wont last as long (waxy ones 
 CS> last 10 years by average, rubber 5 or so). 
Well,  it was handed to me by a guy I worked with.
 CS> Skirting can be as simple as mere plexiglass but that green 
 CS> corrigated stuff with a trellis work in front looks better (and 
 CS> cinderblocs behind it are a must in windy areas storm-wise).
We weren't in there all that long,  and were *real* short of funds while we 
were.  Ended up losing the place after the guy who sold it to us,  who was 
also "financing it" for us,  turned around and tried to screw us while we 
were at it.  Last time I'll ever do a deal like that without something in 
writing, but we got our money's worth out of it.
RJT> Whatever you do,  you don't want to come in contact with those bars 
RJT> running down the center of the box in the back...
 CS> (breaker box) Heck, we were really careful.  We just opened it 
 CS> and looked.  Like I said, we know when it's time to get a pro 
 CS> in.  Crispy critter dance isnt my style .
Yeah.  Most of it isn't a problem,  as far as I'm concerned,  especially if 
you connect the wires to the breakers before you snap them in and as long as 
you're careful where you put your hand and tools.  If I'm at all nervous I'll 
cut the mains off,  or go even further upstream.
Overall,  this stuff is a lot easier to deal with than what you find in some 
old places.  I remember one house my mom lived in where the wiring was partly 
romex,  partly bx (armored cable),  partly "knob and tube" (*real* old 
stuff), and there were little fuse boxes everywhere,  with each of them 
handling a different subset of the stuff there.  I never did bother to try 
and map it out or anything,  it was a rental anyhow...
 CS> Thanks for the help!
No problem.
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