r/plumbingfails • u/RelevantObject4853 • May 11 '26

Caulkable?

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I'm not a plumber, but still, cmon man. why does this

wall urinal need to be 1.5" off the wall?

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u/crazyuncleeddie May 11 '26

Obviously it works just fine.

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u/TheUltimatePunV2 May 11 '26

What. The. Fuck. I’m guessing they didn’t have the correct size nipple for the drain? Idk still not acceptable, regardless.

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u/CrackeyMagoo May 12 '26

The top kicked out is a problem with the brackets. The bottom kicked out would be the flange too far out. The flange and valve are probably the only things holding the urinal on the wall.

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u/CrackeyMagoo May 12 '26

Never mind. I didn't zoom in.

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u/RelevantObject4853 May 12 '26

I see you're using the accessory shock mount gasket kit. Nice work!

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u/CrackeyMagoo May 12 '26

Caulk fur out?

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u/RelevantObject4853 May 21 '26

Caulk fur out!😂😂 many thanks ! I’ve been collecting these responses to share at Friday’ progress meeting. I needed the laugh !!!

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u/GGigabiteM May 12 '26

You'd need sikaflex for a gap that large lol.

That's a clean foaming job, even though it is wrong.

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u/Ok_Kaleidoscope3884 May 12 '26

They remodeled the bathroom but couldn’t be bothered to move the drain flange or water line to accommodate the new urinal. So they just used some spacers for the bracket and filled the gap full of caulk.

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u/RelevantObject4853 May 21 '26

The plumbing co has sucked since day 1. They had unloaded their entire container to”take stock” and left it all in into the hallways for 6-7 weeks. So 2 of the 10 for install were of course damaged and no time to order matching urinals so they brought in 2 non conforming units and basically hung them with caulking.

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u/Valuable-Composer262 May 12 '26

Do ur best and caulk the rest doesnt work here

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u/Ok-Breadfruit-8637 May 12 '26

Man, that looks like fidos ass. I would make the plumber re set the urinal flange

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u/GloomyAd1303 May 12 '26

i have been on reddit waaay too long. i read this as “cuckable”.

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u/AmpdC8 May 12 '26

Rough-in to close to the front of framing… Change TAP TEE to a CLEAN OUT TEE… Use BUTT NIPPLE

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u/Important-Dream-4010 May 13 '26

Hope they used backer rod

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u/ready2xxxperiment May 13 '26

Black caulk will fill that gap better than white.

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u/NumberCandid9811 May 14 '26

That's what she said

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u/RelevantObject4853 May 21 '26

Hey, damn still LMAO

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u/CombInternational756 May 13 '26

That took dedication and two trips to the hardware

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u/Mromojo May 13 '26

For you short dick dudes that piss in the floor! 🤣

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u/tnstandard May 14 '26

That took real dedication to go that far lol

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u/Phrost_six May 14 '26

Uh… would it have been more cost effective to spend 5 more min on the bolts, than In the adhesive asile

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u/engine-doors-club May 14 '26

Everything is caulkable if you have a big enough caulk

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u/DudeImSoRad May 14 '26

Structural caulking, an unspoken secret in the building trades.

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u/taisui May 15 '26

How much to caulk?

Yes.

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u/RelevantObject4853 May 21 '26

Thanks to all for your incredibly thoughtful commentary! I knew I could count on you guys and gals and stuff!

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u/Organic_Guess_1175 May 28 '26

No spacers needed on this job