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Marble Countertop Installation

Bob visits with Greg Rockland the plumber who is installing a marble countertop supported by stainless steel brackets. Eli is installing an electric powerflush toilet also, and he explains how to properly install a wax ring seal for the toilet. The toilet is a powerflush unit, in that it pumps water into the bowl instead of just water pressure in a conventional toilet. The unit will flush at a rate of 1.1 or 1.6 gallons per flush (GPF). Also a very unique spun glass sink is installed on the marble countertop.
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Marble Countertop Installation

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" Back in the bathroom we're still at work with other aspects of the installation so read my window what do these for these stainless steel brackets we have fabricated out of tubing and and plate. And they will hold of the marble top. So we're putting in a marble top and doing kind of a custom installation and we'll be adding. That -- Kohler lavatory right now BC pretty sturdy good that's heavy marble top right tell. Heavy weapons where probable into the wall the walls -- half inch concrete floor. Peaceful situated for about 300 to four pounds of pull out as about as big as the toggle little -- is -- 3400 pounds right. OK so you're confident that we can put that -- on there for us all right. And he lives over here getting nothing getting ready to install toilet. Now he must like this work because this is the -- type of installation of new work as opposed to remodeling her pulling an old toilet and replacing it. Yes its citizens and you know anything. To view this. Yet things you've got a rough Ben and this is the most important part are there any tipster secrets on how you set the wax ring."

" That's not clearly just there have been sent to earth and make suitable land up in the center of the pipe. Which was told it was hasn't -- and that's basically meant. And you don't have to do any kind of compressing to -- I'm tired of putting -- the -- says -- an element and then when you sit there till then. Squeezes the glass all over and if you put that the most important part in order to make sure each you don't have please. Greg what kind of between it is this it has. An electric stuff sports coming out of back."

" Kohler toilet with a powerful."

" Actually this is a switch here. And it contest two point sonnet one -- flush at about one point one gallons and number one inflation by one point six."

" the -- is basically what activities here yes it's in here it's it'll it'll remove water from the reservoir quite the toilet tank and pump it. Into trouble getting very strong flush similar to airplane toilet thing right I mean I think what it's trying to deal later this is the new code which only allows him he's very low down. This really look clean out the ball and it O one half gallons is that well. Well either one point why when we don't want six the Pentagon. What kind of flushes pretty president expressed Coolidge took this out of harm's primitive planet Q and I -- and bring the marble slab can see how it. Looks. It is a heavy piece of marble that set it up -- here's careful. We have this circle cut out but it's a Vermont marble right yes. Vermont granite and is of the backside of us who can't really appreciate that I wanted to show everybody this. Is this kind of rustic edged. It's something that. Represents the the whole block the whole chunk of marble when it was quarter written up in Vermont that it -- and a half of the -- all the thing -- that -- are exactly when he drew down four or five feet. Before blasting the whole piece out. And so we've left that and only kind of -- to edges and in the -- is politics in a minute you Larry coming with a photo from. Lou this is the easy part to tightening down bolts. And obviously the weight of the toilet and setting it down the pressure of sitting down spreads that wax seal that. Who missed and then the last the next thing news defeated right thank -- exactly. It. Excellence. And succeed so -- And it standard -- pipe cutter. Now how does that work designers are they different kind of internal. It's similar to pediatricians. -- death that violence Miami we'll follow yet and so you just. Apply as much as you he doesn't need. The experienced I. Of course there's an important part of doing this right. You hope. And it looks like it's gonna line up. -- one more cuts. OK so after a couple more little adjustments we've got just the right bend. You can't -- start filling it. You take the top -- so we can see in this. Always going to take -- We'll limbo and after the airline. Okay. Well let's see how it works. It's pretty impressive. -- Let's put this marvelous complacency -- To the front a little bit. Yeah now is this not supposed to go all the way to the -- inches up the wall. -- liked the design direct that we've got candidates free floating sentence and look at this grain and its moral and what did you tell me don't quite as anymore. I very rare now this this this sound. -- It's very hard to find coming out of upon and one quarter Vermont grated Vermont granite remind -- well I love it. Now where's the lavatory that's the real history as he's not here answers here. OK great now this is because spun glass right this one of the most beautiful thanks Cole next. It's. The flats casting. And specifically designed to -- actually when we install it -- to put a bead of silicon around the leisure but it sits on top above yes so it looks like it's a floating bolt what's happened last -- floating on top of tomorrow. And then Vila what kind of possibilities. You know we're just -- Canada to show everybody that is going to be beautiful. And then you've got another little design ideas for up here right yes system had a piece of sheet glass because of an inch -- a light underneath it. So when your children alike don't have. A sharp band of green right on the edge special pick up this bloom right. And then can we do something about the -- I think zone in making -- yes. It's going to be beautiful."

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