[Pipe Rat]

 

[Pipe Rat]

Do these other methods screw up the threads so the next guy cant get the nuts off? That always pisses me off, just did one the other day where a hack used a grinder

 

[Pipe Rat]

This is the main reason I don't cut Joni bolts and instead use the Set-Fast bolts. The newcon guys set a toilet once and never see it again. When someone falls and knocks that toilet, when it gets nasty from piss sitting overnight, when the seal goes bad from their teenager rocking the toilet, there are a bunch of reasons I might have to pull that toilet again, why make it harder on myself?

I always insisted on the Johni-bolt brand for the brass bolt and ss nut but always hated hacksawing them off. I did not know these Setfast bolts existed. They look like quality components and I like the no cut concept. Definitely giving them a try.

 

[Pipe Rat]

brass is soft, the nut backing off the closet bolt will straighten the cut threads.

The bolt is secured to the flange with a nut so it doesn’t spin.

I have no problem backing off a closet bolt nut with a nut driver and then reinstalling it over the same bolt.

The wolverine brass nuts are robust……and use a 1/2” nut driver to finish.

Yeah except for the part that the last guy didn’t use an extra nut to fasten the bolt to the flange

 

[Pipe Rat]

I lay down on the job too much to wear that stupid vest

 

[Pipe Rat]

You ever use a "Star Drill"? They are brutal.

I’ve drilled hundreds of holes through 8” concrete foundations for water services. My old man wouldn’t buy power tools. I had a brace and bit, keyhole saw, handsaw for pipe, I hand threaded all the black iron and a star drill for concrete. I don’t miss the old days.