John's Profile

It's a toilet.

You can buy a shiny new one for about $150.00-$200.00. If the landlord doesn't like it, you simply put the blue bomber back when you move.

It's one of the easiest things you can do: Turn off the water. Flush the toilet. Remove the water line, unbolt the toilet and move it. Scrape the old wax ring off the flange with a putty knife, gently dump a new wax ring in on the flange, and plop the new crapper right back on the bolts in the floor and sit on the throne to seat it on the wax ring, hand tighten the bolts, re-attach the water line and turn the water back on, profit!.

It uses less water per flush and saves you money if you pay for the water. I don't see you not getting your security deposit back back because you improved the place with a new toilet.

Tapcon screws. They are permanent though. Tapcons come with a drill bit that is perfect for drilling the hole with a real drill. Don't hog the hole by moving the drill to widen the hole, simply mark the depth of the screw onto the drill bit with masking tape. You're going to want to drill it a little shallow.

A secret tip for drilling into messy things like drywall and masonary is to cut a cheap basketball in half and hold one half of it under what you're drilling to catch the slag.

Growing up in the suburbs, I always assumed people had a real 12v or higher voltage drill; then I moved to New York. All my friends now feel like I'm running a tool depot from my condo.

If I were hanging pictures I'd be on the lookout for the Hex Flange head Tapcons so they picture had something to grab.

A warning though, when you're going to drill make sure there isn't anything buried in the wall like electrical or plumbing. Also you may run into rebar in the wall, that isn't the end of the world, but you would need to find a new location to drill and patch the hole with some kind of silicone.

Along those lines, if it were me I'd put a dollop of silicone in the hole so it sealed the hole from behind to prevent weeping from the other side.

Never bang anything into concrete or brick without drilling a pilot hole. Masonary products are strong, but they damage easily, so save the headache and drill a tiny pilot hole even for the masonary anchor pins.

And buy a real drill New York!

Please?

Fine take it.