I'm in the middle of a couple of bathroom tiling projects, and have an "issue", so I figured I'd throw this out to the PPOT braintrust
. The water supply lines to the toilets are through the floor, and I'm unsure what to do about the escutcheons (those 2 1/2" chrome "face plates") that surround the supply lines for asthetics. The metal escutcheon will not clear the shutoff valve so if I opt to cut them off, I'm looking for a replacement solution that will not require removing the shutoff valves (and cutting off the main water supply to the house). On the JohnBridge (tile) forum, I've seen a thread the talks about a plastic "chrome finish" split escutcheon that will slip around the supply line, but they seem to be "scarce", and I don't know if that is truly a viable solution. I'm heading off to a plumbing supply place to get their opinion, but just wanted to see what you guys have done to work around an issue like this. Trekkor...are you out there?